{"id":9155,"date":"2016-02-03T19:06:05","date_gmt":"2016-02-04T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/?p=9155"},"modified":"2023-07-07T22:43:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T02:43:35","slug":"from-page-to-screen-a-storys-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawrencecconnolly.com\/archive\/2016\/02\/03\/from-page-to-screen-a-storys-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"From Page to Screen: A Story’s Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ThisIt’s the journey, not the destination. Emerson said something like that once.<\/p>\n

He might have been talking about screenwriting.<\/p>\n

The path that “Traumatic Descent” (a.k.a. “This Way to Egress”) has taken on its way to the screen\u00a0is the subject of a\u00a0newspaper article in a recent issue of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

On the whole, the paper provides a good summary of the details, although\u00a0it does\u00a0suggest that “TD” was\u00a0under option for a quarter century. That’s not exactly\u00a0<\/em>true, even if\u00a0it has sometimes seemed that way.<\/p>\n

\"BorderlandsThe story first appeared in the hardbound, limited-edition of Borderlands 3<\/a><\/em> in the early 90s,\u00a0but it wasn’t until 2000 that a young filmmaker found it reprinted in a mass-market paperback in London. That was the beginning of the journey–a seventeen-year trek through the at-times fascinating circles of development hell.<\/p>\n

And now it appears the\u00a0trek is finally\u00a0leading somewhere.<\/p>\n

Earlier this fall, David Slade<\/a> and I submitted our revised script for “This Way to Egress” to Mick Garris<\/a>, who has partnered with Good Deed Entertainment<\/a> to produce the story\u00a0as part of a feature film titled Nightmare Cinema<\/a><\/em>. A flurry of announcements followed our completion of the script, culminating (for the moment) with the article in the Trib<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"connollyYou’ll find links to some of those earlier announcements at the blog post “Horror Films are Good for You<\/a>,” while\u00a0the full text of the newspaper article is available at the Trib<\/em>‘s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the\u00a0Trib<\/em>\u00a0also published a strong review of “Traumatic Descent” when Borderlands 3<\/em> first came out 23 years ago. The reviewer\u00a0called the story “one of the finest scare stories ever written.” Not bad.\u00a0The photo to the left appeared with that article.<\/p>\n

\"LawrenceFast forward, and we have the photo to the right, which ran with last week’s story. I trust the comparison suggests that the ensuing years have\u00a0treated me fairly. At any rate, it looks as if I’ve been keeping busy.<\/p>\n

I’ll post updates about the film as they come available. In the meantime, mark your calendars for April 21, when I’ll be speaking at The Penguin Bookshop<\/a> in Sewickley. The title of that talk? \u00a0“From Page to Screen: A Story’s Journey.” No doubt I’ll have plenty to report. Until then\u00a0. . . scop on!<\/p>\n

Image Credits:<\/span><\/strong>
\nThis Way to Egress, cover\u00a0\u00a9 2010 by\u00a0Jason Zerrillo.<\/em><\/span>
\nBorderlands 3, cover\u00a0\u00a9 1993 by Rick Lieder.<\/em><\/span>
\nThe 20th-Century Scop, <\/em>Tribune-Review.<\/em><\/span>
\nThe 21st-Century Scop. Kristina Serafini, <\/em>Tribune Review.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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