Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Adaptation Alert! Anne of Green Gables



Ok, so, yes, 'Anne of Green Gables' by Lucy Maud Montgomery has already been adapted to the screen both in film and TV forms.  In fact, it's happened multiple times.  However, no matter how many times it has already been done there is one thing you need to remember: it is a classic, so it really doesn't matter how many times it's already been done.  Besides, new readers may never have seen the older films/TV series and while some will have no problem going back and watching older productions, others may prefer to watch a newer version.  After all, film/TV quality has come a long ways.  And so, here we are again awaiting a new adaptation of 'Anne of Green Gables.'  The new production is a joint effort between CBC and Netflix and was announced in January of this year.  As 'Anne of Green Gables' is actually a 9 book series (though the 9th was only published in its entirety for the first time only recently it was given to her publisher the day of her death), I don't know how much of the series they will be dealing with.  Often, they only do the first two books, so that may be the case here.  What I do know, is that it will be released on Netflix sometime in 2017 and will be an 8 episode drama (the pilot episode will be 2 hours long).  For more information, such as who will be directing, you can read this Yahoo! News article from August 22.

As a side note, they have some pretty big shoes to fill, as the older versions of 'Anne of Green Gables' (particularly the 1985 movie and is 1987 sequel) did a spectacular job. (Personally, I didn't much care for the book, yes I hear your gasps of horror; don't get me wrong, it's a lovely story, but it was assigned reading in school and, at the time, I found it a bit boring.  However, I did very much enjoy watching the '85/'87 adaptations of it.)  It will be interesting to see how this new one compares.  Hopefully, they do it justice. 

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