The Diamond Age goes mainstream

[mckitterick]

The SciFi Channel is going to do a 6-hour version of Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age! And a member of SFRA says the budget is slated for - get this - $300 million. They could actually do a fine job of it!

Wow!
Chris

Comments

[the-monkey-king.livejournal.com]

I'd love to believe that, but the budget number is not credible. At all.

This is the SciFi Channel; their whole budget for the year isn't $300 million.

[chronovore.livejournal.com]

Seconded. Superman Returns was just over US$200m; there is NO way The Diamond Age is coming anywhere near US$300m.

[stuology.livejournal.com]

Oh, sweet! I'll have to read it again before it airs. Neal Stephenson is going to adapt it for tv, so that gives me even more hope that it will be decent.

[bellanorth.livejournal.com]

Cool! You didn't say it was coming from Clooney, which could be an interesting twist. Too bad the article doesn't give the anticipated date.