Walden Media Acquires Young Adult Series ‘Simon Bloom: Gravity Keeper’

COMMENTS (13)

• Walden Media basically ended when Cary Granat got stabbed in the back by the Anschultz lawyer. The shell that remains has produced exactly ONE movie in the three years since he left- a sequel that will earn a quarter of the original. Congratulations to all.

  Comment by A Tree in The Forest — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 2:25pm EST  Reply to this post

  • It actually has made about half of the original worldwide, it also cost less, and it is still in theaters. So that’s twice the amount that you claimed, and much more than the cost of the film. Chances are it will match or do better than the second film, and cost much less.

    I discovered this just now using a cursory Internet search.

    Also Bandslam came out in 2009 and Ramona and Beezus last year.

    Please stick to the Charlie Sheen posts.

    And no I don’t and never have worked for Walden.

    Comment by Numbers — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 4:16pm EST  Reply to this post

• I’ve always thought the series Sweep would make a great movie series.

  Comment by Mikaylah — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 2:57pm EST  Reply to this post

• My kids have read the Simon Bloom books and they love them. When I told them they make a movie, they were ecstatic and immediately started re-reading the books.

  Comment by Soledad Chambers — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 3:15pm EST  Reply to this post

• Jeez, are they still in business?

  Comment by Bean counter — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 4:40pm EST  Reply to this post

• Congrats to Michael Reisma, the author.

  Comment by Insomnia Buddy — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 5:20pm EST  Reply to this post

• That’s Reisman!!!!

  Comment by insomnia Buddy — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 5:20pm EST  Reply to this post

• Harry Potter and The Deathly Boring Science Lesson

  Comment by Bob — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 8:10pm EST  Reply to this post

• my kids are HUGE fans of the books. Upon hearing they had been sold to Walden Media, I told them there was no was danger of it actually making its way to the movie screen.

  Comment by uglyredhead — Friday January 14, 2011 @ 8:53pm EST  Reply to this post

• I recently had a meeting at Walden. I now understand why the agencies dismiss them and the studios who have worked with them, no longer seek their projects or money
  Even the people I met with inside the company had horrible things to say about this lawyer who pretends to runs the company. Nice

  Comment by masconfuzin — Saturday January 15, 2011 @ 2:22pm EST  Reply to this post

• How do you know you’ve lost your way as a prod co?

  –You just hired the writer of FANBOYS.

  Comment by starbomb — Saturday January 15, 2011 @ 3:31pm EST  Reply to this post

• The Fanboys screenplay was actually #5 on the blacklist. Movie was bad, but the script was good.

  Comment by Bob — Sunday January 16, 2011 @ 10:33am EST  Reply to this post

• Just finished the second book. Best series ever!

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday March 23, 2011 @ 8:59pm EDT  Reply to this post