The last we heard about the film adaptation of American McGee’s Alice, it was when Sarah Michelle Gellar, of all people, was re-affirming her commitment to getting the movie made. Well, apparently she has since dropped out, but the team behind the project are still assuring fans that the film will get made eventually. Over at his blog, American McGee himself has an interview with Scott Faye, the producer working on the movie, where he asks him what the current status of the movie is. According to Faye:
The Alice project is presently in “turnaround” from Universal Studios. Jon and Erich Hoeber have written a very compelling feature film screenplay adaptation of the Alice game. Their screenplay will certainly serve as a jumping off point as we find a new studio home for the project. In terms of the realistic chances of seeing the Alice project being produced, all I can say is that I have invested (along with Julie Yorn and Karen Lauder, my producing partners on the project) a lot of time and effort in this project. We will get it made. I offer my eight year effort to get the best version of the Max Payne film produced as proof of my tenacity as a film producer. Every film produced is a challenge. The major film studios are producing fewer movies every year, so to have one of them be yours is a very special experience. On the positive side, the Alice in Wonderland mythology is wonderfully compelling, and is an indelible concept in the minds of studio executives and the movie going public.
So they’re definitely going to keep pursuing the film adaptation; there’s just no telling how long that could take. If Max Payne, a highly successful franchise, took eight years to get into production, it could take quite awhile for a cult classic like Alice to make it’s way to the big screen.
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