In related news, Robin Hardy, director of the 1973 version of The Wicker Man, has a lot going on too. From The Scotsman:
Scotland on Sunday can reveal that Hardy is "very committed" to bringing The Wicker Man to the theatre as a musical. The celebrated director is keeping the details close to his chest, but revealed he is already in discussions with two production companies about making his vision a reality.
But wait, there's more! The new (kinda) follow-up book to The Wicker Man!
Robin Hardy spent a month with evangelists in the southern United States in search of inspiration for his latest novel, Cowboys for Christ. In his new book, Hardy returns to The Wicker Man's themes of religion, paganism, sex and sacrifice.
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The plot involves Beth, a gospel singer (and Britney Spears lookalike), and her cowboy boyfriend, Steve - two virgins promised to each other through "the silver ring thing" who set off from Texas to enlighten the Scottish heathens to the ways of Christ.
Meanwhile, in the Scottish Borders village of Tressock, preparations for the May Day feast get under way with Sir Lachlan Morrison, laird and chairman of Nuada Nuclear Power Station, going on the hunt for the Queen and her Laddie to fulfil a horrifying pagan fertility ritual.
Damn! It's actually a real book, with an ISBN (1905222416) and everything! Who knew that The Wicker Man would provide so much fodder for two, count 'em two! boring and long-winded posts!
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