Yayfun! Okay, now I have to actually read the Bromeliad trilogy.

(pause) And let us remember the great words of Neil-Gaiman-as-Terry-Pratchett-regarding-Good-Omens: "It'll never happen". ::snerk::
On a whim, I shall post the context, so that others may revel in the amusing in-joke-ness.

Neil: Good Omens movie... not good news, but not necessarily bad news. But incredibly frustrating news. I was in England earlier this year working with Dave McKean, working on a movie for Dave to direct that Hensons is going to be putting together, and Terry Gilliam came over for lunch. And at that point, when Terry and Tony Grisoni and everything seemed absolutely ready to roll; they had 45 million dollars in place, it was a 60 million dollar movie, and they needed 15 million dollars from a U.S. studio. All the money was in place all around the world, and they were waiting for 15 million dollars from a U.S. studio. And you'd think okay, U.S. studio: "Hey, it's a Terry Gilliam film, it's this incredibly popular book, and it only costs us 15 million! Great!" And then Terry came up to L.A., and everybody said "No, we are scared of you." And last I heard of, last time I spoke to them, Tony Grisoni was trying to rewrite the script to get it down to a 45 million dollar script. And what was weird it that they had huge stars attached, they had Terry Gilliam directing, they had 45 million dollars in place, and I thought it was a no-brainer. And so did everybody else. So we've renewed their option again and... I hope they can do it. Um... I wish them luck, but I'm definitely in "hope for the best, expect the worst"-mode. I was already the optimistic one. Terry Pratchett was always "It'll never happen". And I'd say, "Look. Terry Gilliam, we've got this person, we've got that person, we've got this on board, we've got money--" "It'll never happen". I say "Ah! But what if it does?" He'd say "It Will Never Happen". I hope that... No, I still don't know if I was right and he was wrong, but I still have this little Terry now that sits on my shoulder. "It'll never happen."