This is what the first lines of a film deal look like:

Yep: I’ve been waiting to tell you about this for quite a long time(!) but now the deal is signed: Tim, Defender of the Earth has been optioned by Universal. As of November 20th 2008, producer Chris Meledandri and his team have begun developing Tim into a live action feature film.

Neil Gaiman, an author with a lot of experience of film deals, said on his blog once that: ‘My attitude on all Hollywood things is not to expect any of them to happen until I’m sitting at the premiere eating my popcorn. Worrying about the ups and downs of getting a film made could drive anyone to drink.’ A lot of stuff has to happen for Tim to get made into a movie. Besides, I write books. I aim to write a whole shelf of them and make each one as good as I possibly can , so that’s what I’ve got to be getting on with.

But, yes. Some cackling, some leaping, some waving about of arms and some grinning of huge, cheesy grins are all most definitely in order. 😀

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