I welcome your comments, questions, concerns, and of course, casting suggestions. The good news is, the producers are promising that I will be on set to revise and add scenes as needed during filming, so at least we are going to have participation and some small measure of control in the creation of this magical thing called The Bronze Horseman, a movie. My editing process always results in my books becoming twenty percent longer, not thirty percent shorter, which is what Martyn would like. As you all know from my books, brevity is hardly my strong suit. Stephen Amell would make a great Alexander, and has me sold on his Russian in The Arrow. We are going to be working from a script I wrote, which is fantastic, though it does mean that I have to rewrite it, which inevitably means I have to cut it. I havent been in here for ages, but thought Id see if anyone agrees with me. So perhaps by the end of 2014, with a healthy dose of luck, we might have our movie.

They are looking to go into pre-production by the end of 2013, and to begin shooting early in 2014. Martyn says The Bronze Horseman is the only book that has made him cry. He has read all three TBH books, and tells me that he loves them all. The acclaimed author of Tully, Simons has written a stirring tale of devotion, passion, secrets, betray, and sacrifice. Sash, from a long line of animators and movie-makers, is Russian-American like me. Called a Russian Thorn Birds, The Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons is a sweeping saga of love and war that has been a monumental bestseller all over the world. The producer, Martyn Hall, and the director, Sash Andranikian, love Tatiana and Alexander, and want nothing more than to make it into an emotional visual spectacle of a film. ITA Productions, a British company, has optioned the rights to my book. I’m thrilled to tell you that our mutual dream of seeing The Bronze Horseman on the big screen is one step closer to reality.

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