Robert Jordans änka har uttalat sig om piloten nu:
- »This morning brought startling news. A “pilot” for a Wheel of Time series, the "pilot" being called Winter Dragon, had appeared at 1:30 in the morning, East Coast time, on Fxx TV, a channel somewhere in the 700s (founded to concentrate on comedy, according to the Washington Post).
It was made without my knowledge or cooperation. I never saw the script. No one associated with Bandersnatch Group, the successor-in-interest to James O. Rigney, was aware of this.
Bandersnatch has an existing contract with Universal Pictures that grants television rights to them until this Wednesday, February 11 – at which point these rights revert to Bandersnatch.
I see no mention of Universal in the “pilot”. Nor, I repeat, was Bandersnatch, or Robert Jordan’s estate, informed of this in any way.
I am dumbfounded by this occurrence, and am taking steps to prevent its reoccurrence.
Harriet P McDougal
President and CEO Bandersnatch Group, Inc.
February 9, 2015« — [Källa]
Skall bli intressant att se vad som händer, konstigt att Universal inte nämns någonstans om det är dem som har rättigheterna. (Har inte hunnit se den ännu).
Och iO9 har i en intervju med Read Eagles VD mer eller mindre fått det bekräftat att det handlade om att få ut något så man fick behålla rättigheterna:
- »It was "client-supplied programming," according to an FXX spokesperson — which I believe means that someone rented time on FXX to show it. Similar to a late-night infomercial. So what gives? We spoke to Rick Selvage, CEO of Red Eagle Entertainment and the executive producer of Winter Dragon, who told us "it was more of an [issue of] getting it on the air."« — [Källa]
Sedan verkar det som om man lider av en viss nocalans; Harriet (dvs RJs änka) går så långt som att kalla den oauktoriserad ändå uttrycker man det som:
- »He's [Read Eagles VD] gratified by the discussions he's seeing on the internet about the pilot. "Certainly, we want fans to find out about it and be excited that there's a lot more to come."« — [Källa]
Därför köper man programplats mitt i natten, och sänder den i princip oannonserad? Skitsnack.
Du skall inte lyssna på vad jag säger; du skall fatta vad jag menar.
»Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.« (Samuel Beckett)