Wow !!! am i first ???

… yes… it’s first time for me to be the first … it’s a strange feeling … really … like a loneliness feeling …

THIRD!

Well, didn’t see that coming.

Is there any new information in terms of how the deal’s been going, or nothing much to report yet?

all right!
A movie is being made!!

Another airport video?
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Or perhaps a more literal translation:
You are using your original collector’s film reel from some Anime schlock and shooting holes in it with Clint Eastwood’s Magnum?

Thanks cho233 for posting; we got an update snack! Woohoo!

Turjan, you actually are the second as well, so you were not alone ! you were with a copy of yourself !!

I like this idea of a film being made :D:D !

I wish you a good and happy work guys !

I hope you brought enough for everyone.

Well… that’s not really a secret now is it? Kind of the point of this entire project…

Hmm is this a promotion thing or did you suddenly get funding for FTP or have you given up to do commercials for a living using all that acting experience? :p

Cho233: I love you!!!!!!
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So is it the movie? The one we’ve all been waiting for.

Adrian is a tease such a tease! So here’s what’s going on everyone… oh wait.

It’s certainly not the actual movie. I’m guessing it’s a demo reel of some kind.

Or maybe they got the funding to restart FTP and are just pretending they’re sneaky and didn’t tell us.

Or maybe they’re just playing? lol now Cho has his own post too

The problem with snacks is that they make you more hungry…;)

Agreed. Moar plz?

I figured it out! I know what they’re filming! I did a bit of sleuthing and hit paydirt.It’s so simple really, I’m surprised nobody figured it out yet. They’re busy filming - **THWAP**
*gets dragged off*

They’re obviusly not shooting the movie, they’re probably filming the pitch (or some variation of it) so it can be sent out and disseminated more readily to big Hollywood types.

I wanna be a movie star!!!! make a movie?!?!? a movie good!?!?

I take back what I said, they’re probably working on something else. Something…unrelated.

I…can’t…..breath. This better be Myst we’re talking about here! Ahhh! I’m so excited!!! I want this movie to come out so bad!!!

The greatest snack for me in a long while

Is it MORE yet?

oh wait wrong topic.

Well I hope good things are going with the discussions part.

I cannot comment on the next post, and if it is to contain a press release, I do not see it. Has anyone else the same problem?

Me and it’s the same problem than with the other post that had microsoft word content.

I feel like I’ve read it before.
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We’ve now come to the point where we are sending out that press release I mentioned a while back:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Legendary “Myst” Title Optioned to Hollywood Newcomers

South Bend, Indiana – July 29th, 2009 – Mysteria Film Group, LLC (MFG), an independent production company, has acquired the option to the novel, Myst: The Book of Ti’ana, for the development of the property into a major motion picture. The Filmmakers completed the script earlier this year and began unofficially shopping the project to major film studios last month.

MFG, based in South Bend, Indiana, began as a grassroots effort by two filmmakers. Even Cyan Worlds, Inc., the parent company of the Myst franchise, was not aware of their efforts for some time. “We began our adaptation without the rights,” says Adrian Vanderbosch, a Director and Producer with MFG. “It was risky and unorthodox, but we knew we would prove ourselves to Cyan with a solid blueprint of our vision for the film.”

After multiple failed game-to-film adaptations of Myst by industry leaders, Mysteria Film Group came up with a fresh approach to reinvigorate the franchise. “Our vision for the feature film found its source material not in the games, but within the deeply engrossing novels released as backstory. This provides a literary pedigree to the film adaptation,” explains Vanderbosch.

As a fantasy-themed book with its roots in the gaming world, Myst: The Book of Ti’ana finds itself planted squarely in the middle of two major Hollywood trends. “The success of film franchises like The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and The Chronicles of Narnia have laid the groundwork for general audience appeal in the genre of fantasy, while the astronomical revenue streams in the video game market offer studios significant incentive for game-based cinema,” adds Patrick McIntire, also a Director and Producer with MFG.

The adaptation of the book garnered significant attention after Myst ’s creators endorsed the project. In January of 2008, a production blog was launched, offering an opportunity for fans to follow the journey Myst will make from legendary game icon to major motion picture. Viewership of the website, mystmovie.com, has expanded at an average of thirty percent per month. It now boasts 30,000 unique page views and 130,000 subscriptions to the blog’s RSS feed monthly.

The original Myst title was the first CD-ROM game ever developed and was lauded by critics and gamers for its groundbreaking technical achievements, engaging storytelling and unprecedented graphics. Myst quickly became the world’s best selling PC game of all time – a title it held until finally being supplanted an impressive nine years later.

In the last two years, the original title has seen a resurgence with a port to Nintendo DS, Playstation Portable and, most recently, the iPhone. Within one week of its release on the iPhone application store, Myst achieved status as one of the top five best selling paid applications.

The rediscovery of this legendary game has gone a long way to validate MFG’s efforts. Once a long-shot, the Myst motion picture project has defied the odds and promises to be an exciting debut for a burgeoning production company.

“This option is a major victory,” concludes McIntire. “Cyan has placed a lot of faith in us, and we have no intention of letting them down.”

Contact:
Adrian Vanderbosch
info@mystmovie.com
P.O. Box 871
Granger, IN 46530
U.S.A.

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I can make adrian post when I want. Ah the power. I will only use it for good and not evil
“heheheheh”

Is that the new press release? If so, what’s the news? Didn’t we already know that they optioned it? Wasn’t that sort of the point of the last press release?
Am I missing something?

@cho233
Can you make the movie be made now? Maybe in a format we can get a hold of?

There is a little article on kombo.com, mostly just the press release
http://ds.kombo.com/article.php?artid=7339

Whoops, forgot to credit Nalates with pointing it out on the GoMa forums

Wooooo! Even though we pretty much knew that already. Wooooo!
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Its just nice to see this movie coming closer and closer to its final stages.

The appetizer page will not load for me?
I can not see any comments. What am I doing wrong?
Anyone else having the same problem?

Gosh, this black page joke really isn’t funny… >_>

Thanks AndyBlooShoes for putting that up!!!

If the movie goes like “The appetizer” post problem, we’ll have a few film breaks along the way.
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:p

Now that Cyan Worlds has posted this to their official news section at http://cyanworlds.com/news it might to make the Appetizer a little more appetizing (i.e. fix the page).

oops, missing word: might *help*

I don’t understand the people having problems with the page… it shows up just fine for me. What browser are you guys using?

I’m using IE 8 and it’s not working. I get black screen. Really annoying .

IE 8 here too.
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No problem with Firefox or Safari but that page shouldn’t exclude one specific browser.