Dean
asked
T.C. Rypel:
If this has already been asked I apologize, but I've always felt that the Gonji series would make a great film or TV series, especially now in the era of CGI. I've thought that Keanu Reeves would be great for Gonji. Has there been talk about a film and who would you like to play the title character or others?
T.C. Rypel
Hi again, Dean.
A Gonji movie, or mini-series, has been a dream talking-point by many people over the years. I have a lot of visual-effects friends in Hollywood, in particular, who have expressed a desire to work on such a project. Alas, none of them has the clout to win over the deep-pockets producer that would be needed.
I have one VFX pal of many years' standing, in fact, who works on GAME OF THRONES for HBO and has been known to leave copies of Gonji books lying around the Belfast set of that popular show! His own indie production company has bought the screen rights to an old horror story of mine (as yet unproduced). He'd love to do Gonji. But that dream remains out of reach.
As for an ideal actor to play Gonji... I don't have a definitive known actor I'd favor. DARK VENTURES cover artist Larry Blamire and I discussed this in depth during his creation of the DARK VENTURES cover painting. Gonji Japanese/Norwegian, so we looked at some pix of the rare folks of that particular mixed extraction. Larry's DV cover character comes as close as I've seen to my own vague notion. We threw out various names out of movie history for reference. The nearest approximation we could agree on in terms of Gonji's rather exotic blend was, ironically, also a "Dean": 1960s actor Dean Fredericks, when he wasn't going blond in films like THE PHANTOM PLANET.
A Gonji movie, or mini-series, has been a dream talking-point by many people over the years. I have a lot of visual-effects friends in Hollywood, in particular, who have expressed a desire to work on such a project. Alas, none of them has the clout to win over the deep-pockets producer that would be needed.
I have one VFX pal of many years' standing, in fact, who works on GAME OF THRONES for HBO and has been known to leave copies of Gonji books lying around the Belfast set of that popular show! His own indie production company has bought the screen rights to an old horror story of mine (as yet unproduced). He'd love to do Gonji. But that dream remains out of reach.
As for an ideal actor to play Gonji... I don't have a definitive known actor I'd favor. DARK VENTURES cover artist Larry Blamire and I discussed this in depth during his creation of the DARK VENTURES cover painting. Gonji Japanese/Norwegian, so we looked at some pix of the rare folks of that particular mixed extraction. Larry's DV cover character comes as close as I've seen to my own vague notion. We threw out various names out of movie history for reference. The nearest approximation we could agree on in terms of Gonji's rather exotic blend was, ironically, also a "Dean": 1960s actor Dean Fredericks, when he wasn't going blond in films like THE PHANTOM PLANET.
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