George R.R. Martin Just Made a Sci-Fi Film With Vincent D’Onofrio

skill fiction writer Howard Waldrop is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award in November from theWorld Fantasy Conventionand his pal George R.R. Martin is celebrating a turn early . The Song of Ice and Fire writer announce he ’s adapted Waldrop ’s short story “ Night of the Cooters . ” What ’s one more non - Game of Thronesproject forthe pile , am I proper ?

Interestingly enough , this one was kept very quiet . Martin says principal picture taking has already enfold on the short picture adapting one of Waldrop ’s stories from Night of the Cooters : More Neat Stories . It also has a fun name attached for in front of and behind the television camera : Adventures in Babysitting ( and , whatever , some other stuff I guess ) star Vincent D’Onofrio point from a screenplay write by Joe Lansdale ( a sci - fi / horror source in his own right who has also written for Batman : The Animated Series , Superman : The Animated Series , Love , Death & Robots , Creepshowand more ) . D’Onofrio also consider on the lead persona of Sheriff Lindley . you may see the first range of a function onMartin ’s personal blog .

Martin wrote , “ No one else writes like Waldrop . And Howard never writes the same story twice . His best story ? Damned hard to say . So many classics . But one of them , sure as shooting for certain , is ‘ dark of the Cooters , ’ a finalist for the Hugo Award and Locus Award ( did not win either , alas ) , and the title chronicle of his second short story appeal . Inspired by H.G. Wells and War of the Worlds , it is all about the time the Martians overrun Pachuco , Texas . ”

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He sum that of class Waldrop has been involved through the whole process — which started about five or six year ago accord to Martin . He also detailed what we can look it to see eventually : “ I ’d opine [ the short picture ] will amount in somewhere between 20 and 30 minute , sprout with a compounding of bouncy activity and state - of - the - artistic creation animation [ from Trioscope Studios ] . If you loved the taradiddle , we cerebrate you will love our movie . ”

When can you catch it ? Well , Martin says it may be a while yet . “ We shot everything on green screen , so the post output process is going to be a protracted one . The ball has now been passed to our friend at Trioscope , who will issue the backgrounds and particular effects . We are think the concluding cut wo n’t be ready until early on next yr . ” Additional cast include Hopper Penn as Sweets , Harrison Page as Luther , Martin Sensmeier as Leo Smith , Cristin McCleary as Atkins , Elias Gallegos as DeSpain , Luce Rains as Skip , Jazzy Kim O’Brien as Lil ’ Chisum , and Darius Eteeyan as Billy Strother . Clarksworld magazine actually has thestory up in full onlineif you ’re interested in giving it a read before we get to see this one .

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