"IFC is targeting the movie to its core base of men ages 18-34."

Has anyone at IFC even read one of her books? They are primarily beefcake fantasies for women. I'm sure there are men who enjoy them too, but if they adapt the series faithfully, it would appeal to a totally different demographic.

I didn't know IFC was branching out into a porn industry! I just have to wonder what they're going to do after they run out of material from the first few books. They're unabashedly sexual, to the point of lack of plot in the later half of the series.

As a guy thats read them, I have to agree 100% with Nessariah, and thats the better of the two series she writes.

I love Laurell Hamilton's earlier books in this series before she basically turned it into porn. I will probably give this a chance since I still do love some of her books. Can't wait to see who they cast.

I'd much rather see HBO pick this up as a TV-Series like True Blood so they can really exploit the books to their fullest. So much sex and blood and sex and more sex which a made for normal TV movie won't be able to display.

This will end up being watered down crap even though I'm eager to see how it turns out!

One thing that would be really cool though is since Laurell K Hamiltons home town{STL, MO} and the basis of her books mirror St. Louis, MO it would be neat to see it actually filmed here and take advantage of that. Once long ago when I was much younger some of my friends and I drove around St. Louis and found many of the places in the books to see what they actually were in RL. It was neat...oh and btw I live in St. Louis, MO too...hehe

I have to agree with the others in that there is limited material here. The first several books have a wealth of material great for adaptation. The later not so much. Her books were great to start with good stories and the sex was just a side note. Now the books are all sex (hardcore and graphic) and very little story. One day I hope she gets back to her roots.

That reminds me of Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles. I love the first four in the series but after that they gradually start to deteriorate and become inconsistent.

Everyone is 100% correct. The frist few books, which are the ones that grab you are great. They have a plot and actually dilog. Somewhere along the line you move into the real of porn. The last few books had 150+ pages of sex and like 5 of actually plot and something a reader can dig into. I keep reading to see if it goes back to the way it was, but at this point a Doubt it.. so will it be in Skin-O-max?

I actually hope it works; adaptations are frequently wildly different from their parent works. (Dresden Files, anyone?) And as everyone has already pointed out, there is a lot of material in the first 8 books or so. It's right about "Narcissus In Chains" that things start to take a dive towards "The Red Shoes Diaries."

Clearly everyone who has left a message so far were fans of the books in the beginning of the series. I was a huge Anita Blake fan, and honestly I didn't mind when sex got introduced into the story. It seemed a natural progression. But then the sex took over, I can't remember which book it was where Laurell actually didn't finish the crime story because there was so much sex in the book. It's Anita Blake! the bad guy never gets away!!!!!

As a guy, loved the first few novels. But had to check out as the sex became more important than the gore.

The horror!

Nothing new to add really, but I agree: The first few books in the Anita Blake series had their rough spots, but introduced an interesting lead character and told some tales worth exploring. The latter (and larger) chunk of the series is like a long "Forum" letter in a gothic setting.

I'd be much more interested in seeing an adaptation of Kim Harrison's stories at this point.

I would LOVE to see the first few Anne Rice novels adapted into a TV series. Maybe the world of The Queen of the damned novel (Not movie) as a show. Contemporary vampires. Just not her later books...

@JPH

Nah, SciFi, SyFy whatever has long lost their time in the spotlight. I don't blame this show being made for another network and in the long run it'll prolly get more viewers and thrive since most don't like the direction SciFi has headed with the crappy movies and canceling all their best shows.

rkf, with Anita Blake certain changes my be necessary if they go into the later book content. With The Dresden Files certain things just could not translate well on TV (talking skull... Polka animated dino... just not TV compatible). I liked what they did with The Dresden Files and now the books and show universes are merging. Just look at the graphic novel, Welcome to the Jungle. Jim Butcher came up with that after thinking about something Murphy mentioned on the show. Perhaps, as with The Dresden Files, the new TV adaptation of the Anita Blake stories will help inspire the author and produce something great. You must admit her books are on the decline. Maybe this is what she'll need to inspire her, much like how The Dresden Files helped inspire Jim Butcher with 'cross pollination.'

The only way this movie can end up horrible is if they follow the Queen of the damned route. Every Anne Rice fan in the world could tell you that was a mess.

Mandy, I liked "The Dresden Files" series, and was disappointed that it didn't get more of a chance, but you have to admit that, at least initially, the books and the series were very different. I take your meaning vis-a-vis the non-TV compatible elements.

As for Anita Blake, many changes will be absolutely necessary for television development...should be interesting. Hamilton herself is unapologetic about the changes in her novels, saying that if people really didn't like them, then they wouldn't be selling so well. She does have a point; I just think a large portion of her audience is shifting to another demographic. I think the series really started to go south with "Narcissus In Chains." I still hope for a return to more police procedural, and urban fantasy elements in her novels, but I'm not holding my breath. The Blake character has become an over-sexed Mary-Sue, and it would take much to bring her back from that.

I'm very glad that Urban Fantasy is catching on with television. The Dresden Files (which should not have ended), Being Human (soon to be on BBC America), True Blood, Supernatural, ect...

I am not a huge fan of the Anita Blake books. The premise just never hit home for me. I couldn't get through them. I get turned off by Mary Sue characters. I'm a woman and I find them intellectually insulting. It's why I loathe Twilight.

If handled correctly, Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat (just not the Queen of the damned film or any book after Tale of the body thief) could make for a good TV hero.

I won't judge this until I see it. I'm just glad there is more urban fantasy. Though I still can't quite get behind Scifi's Warehouse 13.

I seem to b in the crowd on this -- if they stick to the earlier books, they'll do great! I love Anita nd still read her, but since I skip over the graphic sex, I'm now skipping most of the latter books! Still, it will be interesting to see how they do it.

If IFC really wanted to do a show that men would like, they should try the J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts books about Lt. Eve Dallas, lots of action as well as sex, which should gain the attention of most men, especially since she is really smart.

I presume Hamilton's publicist/publisher/whatever waited too long to try and sell these stories as film/TV properties. Otherwise they'd make decent films with a little cleaning up. I thought the character of Anita Blake was top notch and well-deserving of the high-quality film treatment back when I first read these. But now that we've had Underworld (which stole a good bit from Hamilton's world) and the whole Twilight phenomenon it seems somewhat pointless. Oh and BTW, I agree that the earlier works got better until they peaked with Obsidian Butterfly (book 9). Then they turned into romance novel porn. I always imagined Edward to be played by Terry O'Quinn. :)

Anita is such an egalitarian in her job as a Federal Marshal. She's always getting the good guys off ... as well as the bad ones!
Sorry, couldn't resist.
A series would be fun and there should be enough material for a season or two before it got too X-rated. And targeting 18-34 year old men? I am assuming they mean straight men. Boy are those guys going to get an eyeful!!

I'm sure that some liberties will be taken in the adaptation, so that there is that element of sexuality, but that in itself does not supercede telling a cracking good story. I'm actually very excited by this idea, as I am a fan of the Anita Blake series.

I am dreading this; I am a huge anita blake fan, but there is no way that a made-for-tv movie is going to have the kind of budget to pull off the shapeshifter effects, and they can't tell the story without them. I would love to see an Anita Blake movie done by big-budget hollywood, not little-budget cable. I really, REALLY hope I'm wrong.

one additional thought: Casting for Anita. I really hope they get someone who LOOKS like anita and can play the part. I got the graphic novel for christmas and they drew her like a black-haired Barbie. I'd love to see Natalie Raitano plaing the part (The tough italian girl from that dreadfull t.v. series "VIP". She was the only part of that show worth watching,) she's short, can fight and shoot, and is built like a woman instead of a stick figure with breasts.

Agree mostly. I love the 1st 3 Anita books, am so-so about the next 3 - after that - only ones with Edward in them are readable. I am so pissed off that Richard hasn't been killed by now and would vastly prefer getting rid of 80% of the sex in them.
OTOH, I really like the elf porn series

The books do not go to soft porn until after Obsidian Butterfly.

This means Guilty Pleasures would most likely be the first book. Violence some erotic scenes but very violent.

My wife and I love the series but have hated most of the books post Butterfly. Harlequin seems to be a new direction back to the action and smart ass of Anita we love.

We just hope her male harem is killed and that sex vampire thing is gone. So she can start kicking ass and fighting vampires like the Executioner used to do.

And we get to see Edward on film! cool!

I've been hoping to see AB:VH come to life since I picked up the first book 2 years ago. With that being said.... IFC?? Made for tv movie?? Man... this reeks of low budget.. One redeeming quality.. Hamilton is a co-exec.. PLEASE Laurell, PLEASE don't let them butcher, hack, maim your series! PLEASE!!!!!

I'm really excited about the movie and hope they do a great job! i love all of Laurell's books and wait anxiously for new release dates.

I'm a HUGE fan of the books, I had always wished they would make this into a series! This is EXTREMELY exciting news, I just cannot wait!

Seriously? Males 18-24? Are they serious? Have they even thought about it or did they just say "Oh! Female lead and vampires! It's for guys!" That's just stupid. Everyone knows that at least 85% of Anita's fan base is female.
I'm excited anyway and looking forward to seeing the movie anyway, I just hope they stay mostly true to the stories and don't turn Anita into some girly ditz that's nothing bit boobs for the guys.

i don't know why everybody is complaining about the sex. jean-clauade is a succubus and as anita is bound to him, naturally the sex would increase.plus she carries raina's the sexually sadistic werewolf's shadow inside her. it's all about how the supernatural is spiralling out of control and how she has to continue work while trying to learn to control her abilities. it's not gratuitous sex,besides it;s cable and IFC is known for being edgy with it's programming.

Porn? Are you people reading the same series? Stop being such a bunch of prudes. If her writing was so awful her books wouldn't be on the New Yorks Best Seller list.

I can't wait for this movie to come out.

Arie, just because a book ends up on the New York Times best Seller lists does not necessarily mean the book is good. Speaking as an Anne Rice fan (of her earlier works only), Blood Canticle ended up on that list ONLY because we were mislead into thinking it would give closure to her Vampire Chronicles. Rumours even soured that Lestat would die. It was on the New York Times best Seller list but it was technically a flop. Some movies are big opening weekend because of the hype but then quickly fade out of existence (Queen of the damned for example).

OK. I get that everyone thinks these books are just porn after like the first 8....but come on there is an excellant story line that goes with the sex scenes. Its not like the Merry series where it is pretty much all sexual.

I think this will be hard for them to edit but at the same time it CAN be done without taking alot from the stories.

Insulting other commenters because you don't agree is silly. Also, one doesn't have to be a prude to dislike reading a book without a plot that only has sex in it. I have no problem with sex personally, but Anita Blake's universe took a total dive into crap when it became 95% sex. Like a previous poster said, the crime didn't even get finished because Anita was too busy screwing everyone!
Although I loved the earlier Anita Blake novels, I feel now that I was just in love with the genre and the Anita Blake books were my gateway series into it. I realize now that a lot of the crimes she solved were because the bad guys were already looking for her or because she stumbled upon them accidentally. She was not a super intelligent person even before the series turned into sex books. That does not mean that those early books are not still good, though.
Also, Raina's munin hasn't made an appearance for a long time (at least in the last several books I read, which means up until Incubus Dreams, which read like a rough draft). The ardeur took over, and LKH never gave a reason as to why the munin disappeared, as far as I can remember. So those aren't really excuses either - Anita just needed a new power and a new excuse to have sex with people so she could still say she was an upstanding Catholic or Episcopalian or whatever, since she was just "eating."
Oh, and Raina's munin was not so much about sex, as about torture. Unless you say "rape" and ripping someone's sexual organs off is "sex." Oh but wait, I see the ardeur as a magical rape deus ex machina type thing, since no one has a CHOICE anymore as to who they have sex with or WHY or even if they really want to. It just magically forces them to get the completely uncontrollable inhuman hots for the person who is the source of the ardeur.
ANYWAY, no more ranting, LKH things make me sad now. As to the movie, I kind of look forward to it. Like I said, I still find the earlier books good, and I'd love to see who the leads would be. I watch Trueblood and at first I was shocked at some of the choices, and didn't like them, but I grew out of that. I want to know who would get to play Jean-Claude.

Have any of you actually watched IFC? always uncut. I doubt that they would go completely uncut in the later books but did you know that soft-core and hard core porn are shot at the same time? they know how to push the rules without breaking them.

The sex in the later books is part of the character development, not the storyline.

By Keara48 at 7:41 PM ON 03/31/09
If IFC really wanted to do a show that men would like, they should try the J.D. Robb aka Nora Roberts books about Lt. Eve Dallas, lots of action as well as sex, which should gain the attention of most men, especially since she is really smart.>>

I Love ALL of the books by Laurell K Hamilton and I am excited about the show but I do agree I would love to see a series about Eve Dallas!!!!!!

I wonder if LKH will correct all the YAABIs in the TV series...

My first AB was Obsidian Butterfly, and I was blown away, loved it! I went back and read all the others, and enjoyed them. Then things started getting , um, boring. Too much sex without a reason for it and not enough plot. Finally, I quit buying and started doing them by library. The last one, Blood Noir, I got in two chapters and took it back. Conversely, the last two of her Merry Gentry series were two of the best of the series. Sometime the politics gets positively Machiavellian. *BEG*

"What's wrong with porn? ;-P Seriously, all the sex actually has a purpose and reason and as Anita has gotten better control over her version of Jean-Claude's ardeur the sex has lessened as she simply hasn't needed as much. LKH (much like myself) simply doesn't get why sex should be something hidden away as if it wasn't a great thing, as if it were something shameful. It isn't. (This perspective may stem at least partly from our shared religion. We pagans are much more realistic about the world and far, far less repressed. Our bodies are built for pleasure. If sex wasn't supposed to be fun, then why does it feel so good?)"

Lunasolara,

As a Pagan myself (and one who has studied in a tradition commonly referred to as "The Sex Cult") I have to say that I find the sex in the later AB books repulsive.

Yes, sex is beautiful and sacred and shouldn't be hidden away. But that is for CONSENSUAL sex. The sex in the AB book is far from consensual. It is akin to date rape. Nobody, not even gay men (but lesbians are somehow not affected at all), have the ability to say no once the ardeur hits.

That's not beautiful. That's disgusting. If a woman is going to have tons of sex with a hundred different hot guys (and more power to her if that is what makes her happy), it should be because she WANTS to have sex with them. Not because she is forced to have sex with them because of a metaphysical need.

Anita doesn't want to have sex with all of these men as evidenced by her constant angsting and b**ching about it.

Yes, there is a lot of sex in Anita's life... but the way the characters have developed it's just part of their world now. Anita is down and dirty in the supernatural community and sex and even just the idea of it are a large part of the vampire and to an extent the lycanthrope world. There is most definitely still plot in all of her books, no matter how much sex there is. Personally I would have to say her Anita Blake series is one of, if not my most, favorite series and I am beyond excited to see it on tv.

Kudos to lunasolara~

Sometimes books have difficult situations in them. Books on real life situations can be just as hard to read as some of the more trying ones of Anita's world. Sometimes I wonder why anyone would continue reading a series if they can't handle what's in it, but then again people watch random stuff on tv all the time too. Anita's story is not supposed to be some kind of supernatural fantasy with a knight in shining armor. If you want that, there's an actual book with that title - go read that one. These books are what they are and if it is too much for some people, then just don't read it.

Also wanted to note that the reason some of the bad guys get away is because Laurell, as she has always said, wants her books to be as realistic as possible with the non-supernatural aspects so that the supernatural aspects are more believable to the reader, making it easier to envision this world she has created. Trying to follow through with this, some of the bad guys have to get away. With real-life cops, bad guys get away. It happens.

Anyway, I am a huge vampire fan and am absolutely looking forward to seeing vampires on the screen the way I envision them - as vampires from Anita's world. I am kind of nervous with casting, but I am going to trust Laurell since she is of course the most qualified for this.

So excited!!! XD Highly recommend both of Laurell's series and seeing the movie when it comes out!

Again i find myself posting on this......appaerntly u guys have NOT read the full series. The munin is not about eating that would be the ardour. And that is more of a succibus. The munin is the spirits of the departed lycans in the pack. Yes with Raina it is sex but it heals. Maybe u people should actually read the books before discussing them first. It just seems to me like alot of people that have posted on this that have read any of the books have read them JUST for the sex scens in them....NOT for the story line.

That's because there is no story line in the last five or six books. The story line is the sex, everything in the story line is in place to allow her to have random sex. The later books are no where near as good as the early ones. And it's true: in Incubus Dreams, the one that's almost all sex, the bad vampire gets away so the plot of her next book, Sink Trade, is about him. Hopefully Anita can stop having sex long enough to catch him this time. While sex in books is entertaining sometimes, it's only when not gratuitous, and you really can't deny that the sex in these books is just way to over the top. It doesn't develop the overall story or characters at all, unless Laurell intents to turn all her characters into over sexed whores and set the rest of the books in a supernatural brothel.

I can't wait to see what Lions Gate Films is going to do with Anita. Unlike these other people commenting, I am a loyal fan of Laurell's Anita books. I have loved all of them so far. Granted there wasn't as much sex in the first 6 or 7 books but if you are a true fan of the series then you can get past the sex and look deeper into the stories. All the books have a plot they just aren't all focused on a murder. I would rather read about the relationship issues and sex than about a child being murdered in the most grusome way possible. I am currently reading Dance Macabre and I love the story of Anita trying to come to terms with what she is and what she can do and has done. Also the storyline of the First Vampire is interesting.
However, in reguards to the movie/series, I really wish they had gone with HBO. They are doing a great job with True Blood. I haven't read the Stackhouse Books, BUT they seem to have a lot of sex from the very begining, according to the series. I don't hear any complaints.

I've read them and the Stackhouse books only have a little half page to a page sex scene every second or third book, so several of them have no sex at all. An they can stand and be best sellers without it. HBO sexed it up to make it meet HBO standards.
No one here is complaining that there is sex in the books, just that the sex overtakes the last few books and makes the real plot weak, or non existent. As some on who has bought and owns every Anita book and is a true fan I'd like to state that one can be a true fan of the series but wish for less sex.

The first nine books were entertaining. Then Anita became a nymphomaniac. I like sex in novels, but only as part of the plot or character development. The later books are nothing but porn. I guess that's why this movie is being targeted to 18-34 year old men.

Anaquana, something else that bugs me. There are two people who have what you describe - "tons of sex with a hundred different hot guys (and more power to her if that is what makes her happy), it should be because she WANTS to have sex with them".
Those two people are Richard and Ronnie. And they are slowly becoming villanized. It's like Sarah said, Anita gets to be upstanding, because she's just "eating".

Oh well, still love the books! I also love Glen Morgan. Can't wait to see what they come up with for Anita Blake!

Love the series.
Love the stories.
Love the sex.
Can't wait for the movie.

IFC and Lionsgate bought the proverbial "pig in a poke" if they think Anita Blake as its currently written will appeal to that 18-34 MALE demographic that they're trying so hard to attract and hold to their beloved channel. Hamilton sold out years ago to the "Romance" crowd and has been peddling her badly written soft-core porn exclusively to her 99% female fan base.

The "Powers that Be" at IFC and LIonsgate will need to do some major "overhauling" of Anita Blake and make her more "Blade" like to sell the TV movie to a 18-34 MALE demographic audience. You know....more "bad-ass" vampire hunter than "lame-ass" vampire humper.

I can't wait if this is real. This is my favorite book series.... its a romance series guys can like

my only hope is that they dont cast some really out there person to play Anita. I'm looking forward the show.

I find it so funny that people talk about LKH pushing the envelope and being edgy.... She passed that a while back and is now just in her comfort zone and being boring, at least with the last couple of books I read. These were horror books when I started reading them (horror/dark fantasy) and that's how I liked them. I also read romance and a little erotica (I'm just starting to get into them) and they are nothing like this - the good ones aren't anyway. I consider the new Anita Blake series a NEW kind of horror - the "OMG, let's have a totally sexist, annoying idiot be our hero and have her rape everyone with (and be raped by) her super magical powers!" Anita poses as a feminist woman but she is not. She is one of those women who gets power and then uses it to demean or control other people, especially other women. When are other women in these LKH series actually portrayed as positive? Pretty much never, from what I remember and I stopped reading at about book 12 for Anita and book 4 for Merry. Not only that, but the men outnumber the women by a huge margin and almost everyone is a sexual abuse survivor (and not many if any of these people seem to be getting therapy or help of any kind). If you remember the first book in which Micah appeared, he actually raped Anita too, at least in the original text. She was going to say "no", and he went ahead, so that means it was rape. Also, there was a huge outcry about that scene, because some rape survivors felt she was saying that rape was just women really wanting to have sex but unable to say that, and then saying "no" and not meaning it. So yeah, what a great female role model character, right? (In case it was unclear, because this IS the internet, that was meant to be very heavy sarcasm.)

As for how Richard and Ronnier are treated - I think perhaps they are being punished because LKH doesn't want to punish Anita for her sexuality. Perhaps the Catholic background hurt the psyche more than anyone ever realized, and even though Anita is still screwing everyone in sight, she hates herself for it and then projects that hatred onto her ex and her ex-best friend... who both seemed to become overly sexualized without explaination or build up.

Heh, I'm an English major, and so I know I overanalyze books I should be reading for fun - oh, but I can't read these books for fun anymore, and I've actually considered taking back the copies I have as a type of way to mourn the earlier writer LKH was (even though I would not qualify for a refund). The newer books have even ruined the earlier books for me in some ways. I used to read these books in sequence over and over and over, with other books in between. I haven't reread any LKH book since I read Incubus Dreams... which could not possibly have been anything but a rough draft. Didn't look like the editors even bothered to tell LKH there were spelling, grammer, and continuity errors in the last several books of hers I read.
Or that she basically plagiarized herself, by taking a complete paragraph from another book without changing anything at all.

I think I like picking apart the books to see how bad they are more now than I used to like the last books I read from her. I used to hope that she'd get out of this slump and write something worth my money and time. I think giving her like 5-6 books was more than enough time, and I won't be bothered to even get her books out of the library now, unless someone really positively recommends them to me.

Also the terms "true fan" and "loyal fan" don't mean much, except that I'm probably going to find evidence that LKH can do no wrong in your eyes - at least from my previous experiences on her message board. It's also like saying anyone who says anything negative about her at all is an "untrue fan" and is "disloyal."

Back to the movie: I hope they don't try the 3 books in one movie thing, so often that doesn't work well. The first three books at least all deserve their own movie. Beyond that, I'd say maybe 4, 5 and 9 would also be movie worthy. I have problems with 7 and 8, because I see places where I think LKH is going into sex-is-plot-mode now (although originally I didn't see it). I thought book 9 was very interesting in terms of the mythology, and would have liked to see more, honestly.

Just realized I had a few errors of my own, but at least you're not paying for them right?

Forgot book 6: I didn't like it as much for a number of reasons, it's also one I wouldn't make a movie of unless I was making movies of them all.

I think HBO didn't pick up AB because it already has Trueblood, and the Charlaine Harris books and her own blog/publicity appearances do not seem to stir up as much negative attention as the AB books. There's also a LOT less characters and that's gotta be a godsend to the casting crew.

So this is what I know after looking at many websites about this subject:

IFC's core demographic is men ages 18-34...so I think that this article may have been misleading. I imagine the channel expects to gain interest in the movie from the men that already watch the channel and hopefully draw in LKH readers as well.

From what I have heard, they plan to make the first three books into about a two hour movie and depending on how it does, they may turn it into a television series.

I doubt the sex will be an issue on IFC since they are all about being uncut and don't believe in censoring things. There is a movie on their channel (that you can also watch through Netflix instant play at the moment) called Indie Sex. It is a documentary about sex and censorship in movies throughout time. It is pretty graphic, but very informative. I wouldn't suggest the movie for anyone under 18.

As for me...just because everyone is stating their opinion. I love the books. I don't find them insulting. I love the sex in them. I think they are a fun read...and that is what they are supposed to be. Fun. So, I am totally looking forward to the movie next year.

:-)

Seriously, how can they squash the first three books into one movie? Considering that each has its own plot, that's just asking for disaster. I think if they'd made the first one the first movie, and the second the second, and so on, that would be awesome. They could always make three movies and release them all at once and hope people got addicted by at least one of those. Not that that sort of thing seems to have ever happened, from what little I know about movie/television history. I just can't imagine how they could do a good job with all of them smushed together. The plots don't really lend themselves to being interwoven, because of the different enemies.... Unless they'll have all the things that happened in the beginning happen in the beginning, and then squish all the villain encounters into one final scene where Anita just blows them all away? Like... "Hey, Nikolaos (spelling?), you're first. Crazy voodoo lady, you're second, so stand over there, and wait your turn. Mr. Oliver, you'll just have to wait your turn, too! Please don't cause an earthquake, as you did promise you wouldn't use your powers! I'll get to you in two minutes." And then the villain showdown goes down, and Anita miraculously doesn't get killed, and the baddies all have super patience and just watch. Yeah, right. Or perhaps they all jump in at the same time, and she just uses a magic power to explode 'em all.

Seriously, how are they going to fit all that in one movie? :( I've seen a few books to film/tv that didn't do badly when there were multiple books per film, but they're not that often. A Series of Unfortunate Events was actually quite good from what I could tell, although I haven't read the books yet. The Spiderwick Chronicles was about the same in either medium. If you notice, these are both younger readers' series, as I can't come up with any adult series that have been mushed into one movie. Lord of the Rings books each got their own movie, as do/did the Harry Potters, Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden books got their own TV show, but it didn't seem that the show followed any of the plots from the books. Sookie Stackhouse/Southern Vampire books became True Blood (Tru Blood? I think I've seen them use both) and the whole first season is the first book. At times I thought it was moving slow, but when I finished watching the series I was glad they did it that way, because they got to add in a whole lot more information about the other characters (too much about Jason though, although the Vamp Blood abuser gal was a good addition to the story).

Can anyone else come up with a good multiple book to film adaptation that's from an adult book series?

I thank (The First Death and Gulity Pleasures )would make a good movie, they introduce some of the main characters and sort of work into each other,but puting in the laughing corps I would have to agree with Sarah I dont see it being a good movie with out them changing and rearanging all three books. But i could always be wrong...

SEX + VAMPIRES ... it's like peanut butter & jelly. Granted some of the books, the Sex was the main focus, but all in all... If you dont like sex, dont read her books.

I'll be totally surprises if this becomes a series. As a movie, or series of movies, it has a chance, if they dont santitize the viloence and sex tooo much. They dont have to be as explicit as the later books, but they dont have to make it Snow white the vampire executioner either. It all depends on who's writing the screenplay(s). Any word on that?

I wanna see the were's sleeping in a puppypile. hahahahahaha

I love Anita Blake.Whatever network gets the deal should feel honored.And fear not' oh ye weary of porn,do you really think they would put that on tv.

I absolutely love the Anita Blake series! I can't wait for the movie! But I am concerned, because it is a movie right? Not a tv series? If that is the case than are they just going to be using the first couple of books as a reference? Because, despite my distaste of the never ending sex scenes in the later books, I really love the later characters. Especially Nathaniel and Micah. What are the chances of me ever seeing them on screen?

HBO HBO HBO, I cannot say it enough... HBO is the only network that would be able to these book any justice. They MUST be filmed to show every aspect of the novels to live up to the amazing writting by Laurell K Hamilton. IFC will not be able to film it all and it just won't be worth it, I mean most of the series after like book 5 is based on the ardeur and how Anita is trying to over come it. I ask how is IFC going to show this major part of the series? ... again I say HBO HBO!!!!!!! I love Anita Blake!!!!!

love the series. yeah sometimes the sex is a little overwhelming at times but its well worth it. im wondering how they go get away with all the sex scenes. ifc does show some cleavage every now and then. mostly after ten pm. im wondering who would they get for the cast for the movie?

i agree with most of the comments anita blake books are good but too much sex in them now. like to see how film turns out. would love to see eve dallas that would mae a good show

Laurell K Hamilton I think shes an awesome writer and love both of her series cant wait to see them on screen wish it was at the cinema instead of TV but thats okay she has never let me down its always an exciting read from her never boring and read every book shes written in both series and I love Kim harrison also.

A lot of people have good points. However, its not until the 7th book that sex even shows up and its like the 10th book before it gets out of hand. I believe they can easily make a great tv show without having to show all the sex scenes.

They can easily show a makeout scene that you know leads to sex, but then cut to a more important scene that helps the plot out.

well i cant wait to see how they do this but since i adore the series i have a feeling im going to hate it as with most adaptions they very rarely get the right cast and if they do its right on some and wrong on others but u never know
as i adore true blood (thats an adaption done right well except for bill whats this thing about not making the vampires hot enough cough edward twilight anyone cough)

Personally, I hope Gilles Marini (Sex & the City Movie, Dancing with the Starts) is cast as Jean-Claude. You will kill the movie or series by poorly casting Anita and Jean-Claude.

If this was based on a guy there would be no big deal no talk of pron or anything else. But because she is 5 feet flat footed and sexy just seems to make people nuts. The story lines are great she always gets the bad guys in the end. She just gets extra perks out of it. I love Laurell K Hamilton's books both series the Anita Blake and Merry Gentry series to own all of them. I just hope the movie is as good as the books. Plus there are ways around the sex.

What do you all have against sex? i am rather fond of sex.

i hear what everyone is saying, but as a longtime fan of these books, i say that LKH kept all the elements of plot she ever had and just added COPIOUS AMOUNTS of sex. The sex served to dilute the rock-em sock-em action, which is bad, but not as earth-shatteringly bad as all that. I think LKH maybe just got a wee bit lazy, you know, resting on her laurels, if you'll pardon the pun.

Now her kid is a manageable age, which does wonders for a mother's concentration, and hopefully now that she has this TV deal, she might not have to sway to pressure from publishers who maybe encouraged her to put more sex and less violence and noir cop stuff into the manuscripts..

looking forward to the premiere!

When will this movie premiere? I am torn between the love/hate relationship I feel for these books, but alas, I will tune in.

I think Laurell is the best horror writer of all times. The problems is that she has turned the best series ever into porn. Too bad really as I have all but given up on paying 20.00 + for her books as I have to skip such huge parts to get to the horror. I am not prudish but I prefer my horror and porn separate hehe. I may give these TV shows a shot but have little confidence.

the books are all great. the sex just moved story along with things i guess.... i love her writing. if they do a movie, they are going to screw it up... the movie should be of women's fantasy not just men... it just gets me made that the only thing us girls get is cheap pg-13 chick movies that is nice but hell-oooo us older women want our own R rated movie..... stop going on male fantasy and go women fantasy it stinks.... the books are loved more by girls anyway

I personally love all the LKH books. I will admit that Incubus Dreams got a little out of hand, but then so did the aurdure. That is a plot point that has come up a few times in the later books. People who say that the sex is all there is in the later books obviously haven't read the later books. Skin Trade, for example has 2-3 (maybe 4) sex scenes total. Granted one of those scenes is right in the beginning, but if you kept reading the book, you would have found that the sex was second to the plot.

The Harlequin (my favorite) has some sex, but again, the scenes are few and far between, and there is plenty of plot. Not only that, but some favorite characters from the earlier books come back and we get to see the old Anita again.

Part of me is really excited about this movie. LKH is a part of the project (she's the main reason why there hasn't been a movie/show about Anita. None of the production companies wanted to give her the power she was asking for), so she probably won't let too many horrible changes happen. On the other hand, there is so much in all the books, that really they should be their own movie, and not have 3 of the books squished into one movie. We'd run into the Harry Potter movie disasters all over again (I love the Harry Potter books, and the first 2 movies are great, but then they try to squish too much into a 2 hour movie and they went to hell really fast).

Please, the sex really isn't that big a deal! It's not like the sex doesn't push the plot along. Even in Incubus Dreams the sex had a purpose. The bad guy got away. So what. That same bad guy was brought up again later. That was also at the point where Anita was trying to learn how to control her new abilities. If she goes too long without feeding the aurdure sort of explodes and it affects everyone close by. The books seem to be going back to what they used to be (Anita has way more control now than she did before), but they will never be like the first ones because the characters have evolved.

For the people who say they gave up on Anita because of all the sex, pick the books up again and really read them. You can skim through the sex parts, but still really read them. There still is plot, I promise.

i really am not thrilled that a movie is coming out....the books are so in detail and ment for the IMAGINATION that u cant bring that to life on screen...no matter how hard u try. i really am not stoked about this...i feel like u guys are going to kill it...just like the twilyte series were killed by the movies. only thing is that, Hamiltons Anita Blake series are more adult and 10x better. As for the remark about it being targeted to males...thats bs...these books are directed towards women...i know some guys may read these books but come on...its about a hard core woman that is sexy, smart, brave and kickass all at the same time....i could go on forever...but thats enough. i just feel like this is going to completely shame her books.

Odds are, they will do the series just like Raimi did with the Sword of Truth series, The Seeker. The characters match, some of the VERY basic story line matches, but they were nothing like the books. Completely different story arcs. The books would make a great basis for a series, but there is NO way that a Made for TV movie can stick to the originals.. hell, HBO would have a hard time.. it would be closer to Cinemax, middle of the night
"Skinemax" soft core porn!

to be specific, they are only going to interpret the first 6 books. they are waiting for the go ahead to do the fallowing books. If they get the ratings they want and the posative feed back...then the next movies are game.

also, its noy porn....its erotica. porn is ment to turn ppl on. erotica ia ment to show the conection of lovers to its fullest extent. i think all the negative feed back comming from all these ppl posting is just them showing how insecure they are in their own bodies and how they express their love and making love.

in europe Laurell K Hamilton gets feed back saying that there isn't enoff sex and love making or that its not dareing enoff.

to be honest, i think that finnally putting this series on film is a way better and smarter choice then this stupid twilight fad.

The first few books were awesome but the whole series was great. I don't even mind the sex scenes because they had to the plot, it doesn't take away from anything. It's still AWESOME!!! :)

i am a very interested reader and i own all of her books from all series and is excited for the new ones and the release of the show im nervous that it will be watered down bc i love all the romance sex and gore i just love the books so much its hard to pull my head out sometimes but i hope that the series will be just as good