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More Odd Thomas film news, and it's not good (unless you're in Hungary)
July 9, 2013
Several new articles appeared online today regarding the status of the Odd Thomas film. Basically, don’t hold your breath when it comes to a theatrical release in the US:
We now have an update on the ill-fated movie Odd Thomas, and what’s causing it to be stuck in limbo. It turns out it’s due to a monetary dispute between two production companies behind the film; one of them is not paying up! According to The Hollywood Reporter, Two Out Of Ten production company (TOOT) and Fusion Films had filed a lawsuit back in January that continues to postpone the release of Stephen Sommers’ film adaptation of Odd Thomas , a novel written by Dean Koontz. The lawsuit had been filed because OMG (Outsource Media Group) had promised producers $35 million to cover marketing prints and other advertising leading up to the release of the film, and money to pay back production loans. Through many meetings, missed deadlines, and second chances, the producers have not seen the money they were promised.
The above paragraph is from PageToPremier.com and you can find pretty much the same info on FirstShowing.net and some more stills from the film on IndieWire.com.
But, the PageToPriemer article also points out an announcement from the Unofficial Odd Thomas Movie Facebook page that there was a DVD release of the film back on June 17th… in Hungary.
I quickly found a copy with a little online searching and got it for $35. However, and this if very important, it is a Region 2 DVD which means that it will not play on 99.9% of US DVD players. Unless you have a region-free DVD player, if you purchase this disc, you won’t be able to watch it.
Luckily, I do have a region-free DVD player and I’ll post more as soon as my copy arrives.
I just saw the movie and loved it, I can’t believe these issues would put this behind, I was really hoping we would see a sequel.
I would love to see it
It is currently available on both DVD and Blu-ray.
Koontz has written so many great stories. Alas, many have fallen short in the medium of film. My personal faves would be Phantoms and Odd Thomas. They took a good crack at Frankenstein but this series would be better handled if they put the books as a single season rather than a 90 minute movie. That way the detail and sci-fi /horror that Koontz does best comes out. There was too much of the book lost to the time frame allotted. Odd Thomas had much of the charm and the detail it needed. A sequel would be terrific.
I wish they would make a prequel to odd Thomas I loved the movie it was different but great it started me on the book series I love it ! Wish they’d make part two movie !!
Faz o filme rapaz…pena que o ator faleceu
I just watch odd thomas and thought it was good and i hope they make a sequel i know its been what 3 years since the frist movie but if the people who made this movie or anyone that reads this can you at lest make a second one that would be fantastic and i know alot of people would be happy like I’ll be
Sadly, between the lawsuits over the production and the death of Anton Yelchin, sequels are highly unlikely.
I’d like to know Michael if the movie u got that u planned to upload is a sequel to the first one and did u ever upload it? I’ve never read the books and I’ve almost finished the movie and want now the get the books if I can get them on audible it’s the only way I can enjoy books my eyes a bad. But if u do have a sequel to the first one please either email me @ [removed] or messenger me on face book me name is Debit Lea Altizer-Kitcho from Nf, Ny. Thank u for ur time and info.
Well, I wouldn’t ever upload a whole film here, or anywhere else, as that wouldn’t generally be legal. This film is not a sequel to the book Odd Thomas, it is a film version of Odd Thomas. As for more films in the series coming, I highly doubt it’ll ever happen between the legal issues over the production and the death of Anton Yelchin.
My favorite is From the Corner of His Eye – great book – would make a great movie
Just watched odd Thomas I really enjoyed it the twist was unexpected I really hope these i hope the dispute gets sorted so they can make a sequel
Sadly, with his passing, sequels are highly unlikely.
I love the Odd Thomas movie I check daily on the Webb for news that there will be a sequel or a prequel just more please . Also Dean Koontz rocks..
Jeremy, with Anton Yelchin’s death, I’d say that the chances of any more films are pretty much zero.
I understand his passing makes it hard to use the same actor but I’m sure Hollywood could find someone that look similar to play the part. We have seen it done on so many other films where they change the main actor. These books were some of my all time favorites. I wish they would come up with a game plan to make the remaining books into movies even if the actors are not the same.
Just watched the movie and it was a really great movie!!! My daughter has all the books and says they are a must read! Really wish we could see sequels to Odd Thomas,such a waste if they don’t create a new movie for all the books. Please, please, please make some more Odd Thomas movie’s?!!!
( Dean koontz ) you write the best books & the Odd series are my favorite , but i just watched the movie Odd Thomas , i’ve got to see more… you have got to make it happen , Anton was the perfect fit , but there are many talented people that could fill the spot left vacant , and i’m sure that with the success of Odd novels that you could find backers to make them all into as great a movies as the books
I’ve been a Koontz fan for years I would personally like to see more books of his made movies as with Anton Yelchin they can use another person as they have in so many other films
Just watched this movie and I found that I wanted more! I loved it! Usually I’m a harsh judge on movies and it takes a lot to keep me engaged but this was awesome. I wish they would make more or maybe even turn it into a series or mini series even. But it will have to have the same characters. I have found that when they change the characters the second movie is not as good as the first. I do hope they come out with more movies.
Sadly Anton Yelchin has since passed away so further movies are highly unlikely.
How can anyone like that trash movie? It was horrific. The adaptation was painful. I was so excited. The list of actors was joy inducing(RIP Anton). Patton Oswald and freaking Dafoe…..how could it possibly be bad right? Every character was portrayed by someone so incredibly wrong for the part except Anton and Addison. I love Patton…as Ozzie, now way. Dafoe is hands down one of the greats……does he fit Wyatt Porter, not even a bit. The story felt short changed. I know book to adaptations are never as good as the book, but this was bad. So bad. I so hoped that this, being the most amazing series of Dean Koontz I’ve yet to read, was going to be prolific. Extraordinary. Out of this world.
I think Matthew Gray Gubler of Criminal Minds would make a terrific Odd Thomas.
Another possibility to play Odd Thomas would be Freddy Highmore!