I’ve just sent out a special edition of the Roadhouse Report to let you all in on a secret I’ve been keeping for what feels like years but is really only months.
Evergreen Films of Anchorage and Los Angeles has acquired the screen rights to the Kate Shugak novels.
As you have all heard me say too many times to count, I was determined to sell the screen rights only to someone who would shoot the series in Alaska. Specifically, to someone who would put Alaska, not British Columbia or central Washington state, right up there next to Kate and Mutt.
Well, that someone found me. Mike Devlin made his bones in Silicon Valley software, came north and fell in love with Alaska, and is now pursuing a second life in film production. I don’t know him that well yet, but my gut says he’s got a good heart and a hard head, along with the muscle and the determination to make this happen. He says, and I’m quoting verbatim, “There’s no reason we can’t film the whole series in Alaska.”
Read more about Evergreen in Alaska in the Anchorage Daily News story here.
The press conference announcing the deal was in Anchorage this morning at 11am, and Mike and I will be on Hour 3 of Dan Fagan’s radio show today.
What a wonderful compliment, Patricia! Thank you so much.
Dana
I am so thrilled to see that Kate will come to TV soon. I have been a huge fan and Shugak booster since the start of the series. She is one of my favorite characters of all time. Congrats on the series. Ill definitely be watching.
I have read almost all the KS series and have been hoping they would be made into movies or TV. How terrific. I enjoy all your books and recommend them to all my friends.
Thanks, Elsa!
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have all but the most recent of your books. They inspired me to cruise to Alaska and will cruise again. What a beautiful place. Love your books & characters I can always “see” them you are so descriptive.sad that Jack had to die but Jim is in there. Please give us more of Liam Campbell, I love him & can just see him in horse stance.worried a bit when you left Kate & Liam for others but am now convinced you can’t write a bad story. I live in Kansas & sure hope I can get the TV series.
Wow, Stevie, what a compliment! Thank you so much. There may be news about the TV series soon. (I know I say that all the time but that’s pretty much all I’m allowed to say.)
Hi Dana,
Tried contacting you couple months back, but maybe posting here is the better route.
Appreciate you hoping to get Alaskan’s hired for your upcoming project (I know Hollywood often brings its own personnel). This is my pitch to get involved with assisting on development of the series from writing side. Have written many screenplays, one produced, and another was recent Nicholl Fellowship finalist…and am an Alaskan (Girdwood)
Thanks and good luck with the show!
Check your inbox, Matt.
Very exciting and looking forward to the Kate Shugak, Alaska PI television series! When will the auditions start? My daughter was in a movie that was filmed in Barrow last spring.
No idea on auditions yet, C, but Evergreen is creating a data base of Alaska actors and film workers. Does your daughter have an IMDB page?
What is an IMDB page? I will contact Evergreen to get her name in the data base. Taikuu! (Thank You)
Sorry–It is a movie and television database, http://www.imdb.com/.
Can’t wait for the TV show to hit the air waves…how is production coming, haven’t heard anything since Oct. 2009. Things have sort of just died down.?
I do hope it’s still on?
i have read all of your kate shugak books i think they are one of the best series i have read i cannot wait for the series to come out.
Thanks, Diana! (and everyone else, while I’m at it) As it happens, Evergreen Films has dropped the option on the Kate Shugak series, so unless and until someone else convinces me they will shoot it in Alaska, there won’t be a TV series or a film. You’ll just have to keep reading the books…