LISNews: Librarian News

The cinemas are full of turkeys yet that brilliant novel you read three years ago has never been made into a film. Danuta Kean descends into development hell and finds out why so many authors get trapped there. Jenny Colgan found herself in a situation with her first novel Amanda's Wedding. She recalls: "Warner Bros bought Amanda's Wedding in conjunction with a then little-known production company called Heyday Films. 'We'll definitely make your movie,' said the producer. 'We've just got this little project in front of yours.' The project in front of mine was only bloody Harry Potter. Hey, maybe after they have made the seventh they will give me a call." I wouldn't hold my breath.

Steve Fesenmaier writes "REMOTE ACCESS: Distant Libraries of the World.
24 mins. 2005
A film review by Steve Fesenmaier March 7, 2007

During the last 29 years I have tried to watch every film made by anyone promoting the use of libraries. I have screened them at our state library conferences, and even helped make the single most interesting film I have ever seen about libraries, Julian Samuels's "Save and Burn." (He has made two films on libraries "Burn" and an earlier one, "The Library in Crisis," both available from Filmakers Library.) The San Francisco Public Library has asked me to find an amazing film about the Bibliotheque Nationale made by Alain Renais and I once hoped to screen a series of films at The New York Public Library Donnell Library made by librarian filmmakers. (Plans fell through a year or so ago" .. I am not sure why..) -- Read More

Ann Seidl writes "THE HOLLYWOOD LIBRARIAN A LOOK AT LIBRARIANS THROUGH FILM. The first documentary film devoted to real lives and work of librarians will have its World Premier at ALA Annual Conference in Washington DC this summer. The filmmaker is blogging about the process of post-production, the red carpet premiere event and lots of inside scoop (including AUDIO DIARIES). Come see for yourself!"

"The Librarian", directed by Jonathan Frakes and starring Noah Wyle, debuted Sunday night on the TNT network with a strong 6.2 million total viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research. The number was only slightly down from the original installment, THE LIBRARIAN: THE QUEST FOR THE SPEAR, which averaged nearly 7 million viewers in its Dec. 5, 2004, premiere. Even Better News, Although the movie is still slated to air half a dozen more times (this is TNT after all), Return to King Solomon's Mines has been announced for a December 19th DVD release date, meaning you can pick up Flynn Carsen's latest adventure just in time for Christmas.