The Flock - Terror Bird Film

Galvasean · 30-10-2009 5:30pm #1

Don Murphy (one of the producers of Transformers) has bought the rights to adapt James Robert Smith's novel 'The Flock' into a Warner Brothers film. The story is based around the idea of a group of prehitoric terror birds (most likely Titanis walleri) living in the modern day Florida Everglades. Suffice to say people die.

It's about time the terror birds got their own movie. Heck, every other prehistoric beastie has one at this stage. They did, however, have brief appearance in Roland Emmerich's 10,000BC, which is widely considered to be the best scene in the film.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKDjkSJPNQc

The film is pencilled in for release in 2011.

Full article here.

Review of book here. (Contains Minor spoilers)

Kess73 · 31-10-2009 11:02pm

Cool I have the book and quite enjoyed it, it is quite similar to the book FATALIS by Jeff Rovin, except in the latter book it is sabretooth cats set in modern times.

Galvasean · 12-11-2009 9:40pm

Out of curiosity Kess73, where did you get 'The Flock' book? I wonder if it's available on th high street. If so I may pick up a copy.

Kess73 · 12-11-2009 10:59pm

Galvasean wrote: »

Out of curiosity Kess73, where did you get 'The Flock' book? I wonder if it's available on th high street. If so I may pick up a copy.

I got mine on Amazon.co.uk from US dellers. Same as Fatalis actually.

I'm a sucker for zombie books (Moody and ZA Recht in particular but any Z book I love) and for any book that would be the written equivalent of a B mover creature feature.

If you do go on Amazon to get a few from American sellers, see if you can find a copy of "Cretaceous Dawn"

I think I mentioned it in another thread before, but it will appeal to the dino lover in you.

An awful lot of these type of books don't seem to be available off the shelf over here, and when ordered our wonderful bookstores tend to add to the price and call it an import.

The Flock - Terror Bird Film

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