Biteline: Disney and "The Maker's Song"

Earlier this week, Disney watcher Jim Hill Media reported that the Disney company had purchased several domain names that involved a vampire rock musician named Dante. Hill speculated that Disney may be mounting an adaptation of Adrian Phoenix's acclaimed series "The Maker's Song." Whether this would be a TV series, movie, or whatever is not known. If Hill is correct and Disney springs for this property, it would be great news all around - not the least of which Adrian is a cool person.

One thing that nauseates me to no end is that many websites are now commenting that this might be Disney's attempt at jumping on the Twilight bandwagon. If Disney is planning on adapting Adrian's novels, that could not be further from the truth. "The Maker's Song" is a very dark, very adult series; even the covers don't really represent the books very well. The lead female protagonist is an FBI agent, and the main vampire is a rock musician - my description of the series is "Agent Scully teams up with The Vampire Lestat." Entertainment Weekly gave the first novel, A Rush of Wings, a B+ - not too shabby.

If handled correctly, an adaptation of "The Maker's Song" could be a huge payoff for Da House of Mouse. Let's hope that Hill's speculation proves to be correct, as this would be great news for several reasons. I'd personally love to see another vampire media franchise that is different in character to the others that are currently out there.