SFX attended the premiere of The Colour of Magic last night, the first airing of Sky One’s Easter adaptation of Pratchett’s first novel. Last night in London we sat in the company of Sir David Jason, Sean Astin, Terry Pratchett and other members of the cast and crew to watch the first instalment. You can read our feature about it in SFX magazine 168, on sale next week, and our review of it in SFX magazine 169, on sale Wednesday 9 April. However we thought you’d like to know some of what transpired in the question and answer session that followed.
For a start, director Vadim Jean revealed that the next Pratchett adaptation they’ll work on will be Going Postal, and it will not feature Sir David Jason, who will be sitting that one out in order to work on other projects. He will return – as Rincewind – in a future production, though. “No one else can play the role of Rincewind,” claimed Jean, “so we’ll wait to get him back."
