BLOOD and THUNDER ON THE GREAT PLAINS
DreamWorks SKG is about to take on Manifest Destiny.
That's right Spielberg, Geffen and co have acquired the screen rights for "Blood and Thunder," a new Hampton Sides novel that chronicles the epic saga of our 19th century campaign to settle the West and frankly slaughter the various Native Indian tribes that got in our way -- or rather were in our way.
Kit Carson, a legendary trapper and mountain man who married two Indian women but who nevertheless participated in several storied bloody battles against Indian tribes, is a key character in the tale. His exploits were captured in 19th century pulp fiction tales (the original westerns if you will) that were known as "blood and thunders," from which the title of the book was clearly drawn.
Hampton Sides previous novel was "Ghost Soldiers," the WWII drama that at one point tempted Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise but was eventually produced by Miramax as "The Great Raid.
That's right Spielberg, Geffen and co have acquired the screen rights for "Blood and Thunder," a new Hampton Sides novel that chronicles the epic saga of our 19th century campaign to settle the West and frankly slaughter the various Native Indian tribes that got in our way -- or rather were in our way.
Kit Carson, a legendary trapper and mountain man who married two Indian women but who nevertheless participated in several storied bloody battles against Indian tribes, is a key character in the tale. His exploits were captured in 19th century pulp fiction tales (the original westerns if you will) that were known as "blood and thunders," from which the title of the book was clearly drawn.
Hampton Sides previous novel was "Ghost Soldiers," the WWII drama that at one point tempted Steven Spielberg and Tom Cruise but was eventually produced by Miramax as "The Great Raid.
