Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt00783)

Me too. So far have a tentative first 
chapter for a novel that opens on a 
mountain in Tibet. I've been thinking 
in terms of creating dramatic 
adventure/jsuspense fiction (with 
visuals for a possible movie version) 
interspersed with sprinklings of 
historical fact. I figure that with 
characters (out of real life, no less!) 
like HPB, Masters, Olcott, Sinnet, 
Coulombs, etc, how could such a book or 
movie fail to be a blockbuster???

Speculatively,
Mauri

leonmaurer@aol.com wrote:
> We've been working on it since 1975, and Bates would be a good candidate for 
> the lead role -- but have yet to find a suitable script that would make a good 
> movie for theatrical release, or even a stage play suitable for Broadway. As 
> for who would play Judge, Olcott, Besant Leadbeater, KH, M, etc. -- that's 
> all up for grabs depending on the story (and the budget) -- which could be 
> limited to any portion of HPB's adventurous life or a full epic biographical 
> approach. Problem is maintaining an underlying pure theosophical philosophical 
> basis that would "entertain," "teach" subliminally or metaphorically, and awaken 
> interest in theosophy -- without an obvious New Age "message" that would 
> trigger a religious or political backlash. For our professional interest, a 
> suitable picture would have to have the same character and big screen impact as Star 
> Wars, the Matrix, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Master and Commander, etc. 
> -- so as to attract the largest audience possible. All ideas from story-line 
> and development to preproduction financing welcome. 
> Leon H. Maurer, 
> Exec Producer
> Uniworld Artists Productions