ILB is too slow so let's have a thread about Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves"

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MZD's script for the pilot for a streaming version that never happened...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/w8ju058vnudefwz/HouseOfLeavesPilot_ByMarkZDanielewski.pdf?dl=0

His prior intro as to why it didn't come to be...

"Welcome! A short story to start us off: in late 2017, I was approached by a Big Streaming Company about developing a multiple-season version of HOUSE OF LEAVES. And, get this — yes, you heard it here first — I considered it.
Thanks to some good-hearted and very intelligent people — we're talking top-ten picks — negotiations actually moved forward. You can guess the basics: yours truly as a showrunner, money to keep the cats fed, and the promise of some real back-breaking work. And we got close. Real close. But then as December holidays approached, said Big Streaming Company made it clear that they wanted to own everything, in perpetuity, including sequels, prequels, character spin-offs, etc. Well, you can bet this: not gonna happen. Big Streaming Company bet and lost. But in walking away, I lost too.

Nonetheless, while muddling through all those lawyerly pet tricks, I decided to take a couple of weeks and write the pilot on my own. The result is really a sketch but limns out well enough a concept I've been mulling over for years about how such a televised experience might unfold."

brain (krakow), Monday, 18 June 2018 19:30 (five years ago) link


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