Well, that's something EQ didn't get...

[JenGe]

...a "novelization." I don't know if that means that the studio is actually putting some effort into this...

From Winter Chills Movie Tie-ins - 1/2/2006 - Publishers Weekly

Ultraviolet
Starring Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright
Directed by Kurt Wimmer
Release Date February 24 (Sony)
Novelization by Yvonne Navarro (Warner, Mar. 1; mass market)
Sci-fi vampire thriller set in the late 21st century.


Also you can find a page for it at Amazon here...

[MisterAnderson]

Make sure you grab yourself a Coke!

[JenGe]

I'll be sure to do that...


For me... ;D

[JenGe]

Yvonne Navarro, the author of the novelization has made some very interesting comments on the IMDb boards...

IMDb Boards: The Film vs. The Novelization

The novelization of Ultraviolet will hit the bookstores around the 1st of March, a bit after the movie comes out. This post-movie release is out of the ordinary because normally novelizations are released slightly before the movie to make the best of pre-sale market time. Because the movie was postponed to come out this summer (from its original 2005 date), that's when the book was scheduled to be released, too... and then Pocket got word that the movie had been moved back to February.

Anyway, I saw the trailer today at the theater. The trailer rocks, as far as action and special effects go. I was, well... surprised at the differences in what I saw on the screen vs. what was in the two script versions provided to me in the course of being hired to write the book to go with the film. The most notable difference is the premise that Violet and her kind were created to be warriors after the discovery of the virus; this is quite different from the script, which treats their creation as more of an accidental evolution (and those like Violet are blatantly called vampires because they need transfusions to survive). They fight to survive and the humans want to destroy them so that they don't catch the disease, which increases their metabolism and drops their remaining lifespan to only about ten years.

As an author, I am kind of a leaf on the wind in the way of studio revisions and script changes. I've certainly seen plenty of them (most notably in the ending of the first Species ( www.yvonnenavarro.com/specdoc1.htm ) movie), but this one really caught me off guard. It's quite a change. I don't have anything posted about it yet on my web site yvonnenavarro.com/ because the pushed-up date means I don't even have author's copies yet, much less any promo. As soon as I do, I'll try to get it up there.

Oh, one final thing: The movie does not have anything to do with the British mini-series. As I understand it, it's based on an obscure British comic. I tried to get my hands on a copy, but failed. When Pocket hired me to write the book, I actually bought the mini-series and started to watch it. It was blatantly apparent that I'd spent that money for nothing because the only thing the script and the series have in common are the words "vampire" and "Ultraviolet."

(I apologize in advance. I'm not sure I'm getting those links and italics codes to function properly.)

Cheerio,

Yvonne Navarro

[JenGe]

An excerpt of the Novelization is now on-line... I will not be reading this until after I see the film.

www.twbookmark.com/books/81/0446616540/chapter_excerpt22362.html

[kalaong]

I'm thinking that anybody who read that stupid script review at FilmJerk should read the excerpt-the retarded critic quoted stuff out of context.

"http://www.filmjerk.com/new/article-print-759.html"

The authorities discourage the term 'Vampire' because the term 'Hemophage' is more scientific, allowing them to avoid any criticism about the 'quarantine measures' being a 'witchhunt'. However, it's a witchhunt no matter what they say! Any evidence of infection leads to summary execution! A detective unknowingly cuts his finger on a dead Hemophage's tooth, and the instant his partner notices it he draws his weapon and drills him between the eyes.
I'm thinking that the movie's plot is slightly inspired by Margaret Thatcher's plans for AIDS concentration camps.

The "Flat-space" technology isn't a blank check, it's more like a RPG gamer's Bag of Holding-you've got to stick something in there to get something out. And those scabbards sound cool-yank a katana out of your pocket!

And really, did you care where Hans Gruber grew up, or did you just enjoy his sarcastic wit and the look on his face when McClane dropped him out the 42nd story window?

[JenGe]

Yvonne has added the cover and some passeges from the novelization to her site...

www.yvonnenavarro.com/ultraviolet.htm

[Amie]

I preordered this book at amazon.com and didn't expect to see it until later this week or next. I was very surprised to find it in my mailbox yesterday.

[wtf]

Gah! The publicity is everywhere! Manna from heaven! I can't keep up!