Joe Abercrombie berättar om James Camerons fantasyfilmatisering av The Devils

Förra året blev det klart att regissören James Cameron köpt rättigheterna till Joe Abercrombies mörka fantasyroman The Devils. Boken inleder författarens senaste bokserie, där nästa del har titeln The Heretics.

Tanken är att The Devils ska bli en spelfilm, och under den nyligen genomförda Celsius 232-festivalen i spanska Avilés fick vi möjlighet att prata med Abercrombie, som exklusivt gav en uppdatering om projektet:

"So James Cameron bought the rights to The Devils a year or two ago when the book first came out. And so all I can really say is we're working on it. These things always move very, very slowly and when you're involved with someone like him, it's amazing to have that kind of weight behind it and that creative power behind it. But at the same time, it has to move at his pace, and he has lots of other things going on. And so it moves in fits and starts when the eye of Sauron returns to your project, you know?

And so it is moving, but never hold your breath with these things. I've learned over time, there's no guarantees. You just have to do the best you can at each stage and hope that it all comes together."

Den som inte vill vänta på filmen kan redan nu läsa The Devils, vilken beskrivs såhär:

"Brother Diaz has been summoned to the Sacred City, where he is certain a commendation and grand holy assignment awaits him. But his new flock is made up of unrepentant murderers, practitioners of ghastly magic, and outright monsters, and the mission he is tasked with will require bloody measures from them all in order to achieve its righteous ends.

Elves lurk at our borders and hunger for our flesh, while greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions and comfort. With a hellish journey before him, it's a good thing Brother Diaz has the devils on his side."

För mer från Abercrombie - bland annat om The Heretics, hur TV-spel påverkat hans författarskap och vad framtiden kan ha att bjuda på för Love, Death & Robots - finns hela den textade intervjun nedan.