The Dork lord wrote: Bar-tim-ay-uss.

Thats one of the ways I pronounced it. But.... this is funny...I am so dumb, through three whole books I pronounced this word wrong that is said in every other paragraph.

I kept reading it as Dee-tone-ay-shun
When it is detonation

I didn't realize until the last chapter of PG

That is pretty special

the movie is definately happening!

I know some of you might not wnat to see the books butchered. I personally hope they do it well. I just hope a good looking guy plays Nat and they don't butcher it too much.

But anyway..I was on the official russian bartimaeus site, and it said that Miramax has bought the rights to The Amulet of Samarkand. It's all very hush hush, the site says, and they don't know or won't tell who the actors are yet. but apparently jonathan stroud has commented:

"I was completely shocked. It was one of the turning points of my life. I spent the first half of the year by myself, writing the first book. When I sent the manuscript to different publishers, there was a bigger response than I could have hoped for-bigger than for any of my other books. The director(?) of the company Miramax read the book and expressed interest in buying the rights to the film. "

(the Russian is below, if anyone here is fluent.)

«Я был совершенно шокирован. Это был наиболее поворотный этап в моей жизни. Я провёл первую половину года в уединении, завершая первую книгу и создавая начало «Амулета…». Когда я окончил рассылку рукописи в различные издательства, пошла волна интереса – большего, чем я мог получить в ответ на какую угодно другую мою книгу.. Руководитель компании MIRAMAX прочитал её и выказал заинтересованность в покупке авторских прав на создание фильма!»

of course, i don't know how trustworthy a source this is, but it's better than nothing! If they've told the fans there's a movie, it definately means something.

Oh. My. Holy. Friggn'. God.

we have known that for ages.

Miramax have owned the rights for ages.

the only question is when are they going to start making it.

Tell me about it. Tuck everlasting - I don't even want to think about!

But I think that Bartimaeus might be different.

If i dont get to wath it in my life, ill give my right arm to at least watch the trailer.

They buy rights to movies all the time.

Sometimes it takes six years to get off the ground.

And then it takes years to make.

Look at Artemis Fowl.

Wuh? Theyre making an artemis movie? Im so behind the times! But i did see the Barti movie description before.

Check Artemis Fowl thread.

Yeah, I've seen that before, but I still doubt it'll be produced.

It seems like lately they're trying to make every popular teen/kids book into a movie. I don't think many of them will get to the screen.

Sadly, Pullman is going to get his stupid story on screen.

Ianna wrote: Sadly, Pullman is going to get his stupid story on screen.

:o

What's wrong with his stuff?

He ruined the last book by making the characters different than who they were, didn't seem to have a conclusion, and randomly add junk in so he could have a bittersweet ending at the end.

The first two were great.

Ah.

Haven't read the third one yet.

How many have you read?

First.

I'm going to read the second one soon though, as soon as I finish another book I'm reading and the library has it.