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Universal to produce WHEEL OF TIME
Posted on 8/18/08 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 8/18/08 at 7:29 pm
Ho-lee shite.
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Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan's bestselling "The Wheel of Time" novel series in a seven-figure deal.
Adaptations of the fantasy tomes will begin with the first book in the cycle, "The Eye of the World."
Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will produce for Red Eagle Entertainment, which published graphic novel adaptations of Jordan's books.
"The Wheel of Time" follows, among its dozens of characters, Rand al’Thor, the latest incarnation of a force for good called "The Dragon." Rand is born to fight an evil character called Shai’tan.
"Wheel of Time" books have sold 44 million copies worldwide and spawned computer, trading-card and role-playing games; a soundtrack; comicbooks; and numerous fan sites. The four most recent installments have reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
The property has been optioned before, notably in 2000, when NBC held the rights to make a miniseries based on "The Eye of the World."
Jordan died last year at 58, but the final book in the series is still set for publication in fall 2009, with fellow fantasy scribe Brandon Sanderson writing the novel’s conclusion from Jordan’s notes and tapes.
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Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan's bestselling "The Wheel of Time" novel series in a seven-figure deal.
Adaptations of the fantasy tomes will begin with the first book in the cycle, "The Eye of the World."
Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will produce for Red Eagle Entertainment, which published graphic novel adaptations of Jordan's books.
"The Wheel of Time" follows, among its dozens of characters, Rand al’Thor, the latest incarnation of a force for good called "The Dragon." Rand is born to fight an evil character called Shai’tan.
"Wheel of Time" books have sold 44 million copies worldwide and spawned computer, trading-card and role-playing games; a soundtrack; comicbooks; and numerous fan sites. The four most recent installments have reached No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list.
The property has been optioned before, notably in 2000, when NBC held the rights to make a miniseries based on "The Eye of the World."
Jordan died last year at 58, but the final book in the series is still set for publication in fall 2009, with fellow fantasy scribe Brandon Sanderson writing the novel’s conclusion from Jordan’s notes and tapes.
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Posted on 8/18/08 at 9:18 pm to GammaPro
The Big Movie sites really destroyed this news. Seems most of the big movie sites really hated Robert Jordan.
Yes, he has taken way too long to finish the series and yes even in book 11 he continues to add characters, but I still love the series as a whole.
But, there is no way to handle this series. The Lord of the rings was only 3 short books and each movie was almost 4 hours long.
The total wheel of time series is probably close to 10,000 pages.
They will either need to make 3 movies out of each book or they will need to trim a ton. I mean a real ton of each book.
Some of the fight scenes had over 100k people fighting. It would be awesome to see but not financially feasible to film.
I just don't see how this can be done without watering it way down to the point the real fans of the books would be disappointed.
Yes, he has taken way too long to finish the series and yes even in book 11 he continues to add characters, but I still love the series as a whole.
But, there is no way to handle this series. The Lord of the rings was only 3 short books and each movie was almost 4 hours long.
The total wheel of time series is probably close to 10,000 pages.
They will either need to make 3 movies out of each book or they will need to trim a ton. I mean a real ton of each book.
Some of the fight scenes had over 100k people fighting. It would be awesome to see but not financially feasible to film.
I just don't see how this can be done without watering it way down to the point the real fans of the books would be disappointed.
Posted on 8/19/08 at 3:24 pm to TigerMyth36
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The Big Movie sites really destroyed this news. Seems most of the big movie sites really hated Robert Jordan.
Yes, he has taken way too long to finish the series and yes even in book 11 he continues to add characters, but I still love the series as a whole.
But, there is no way to handle this series. The Lord of the rings was only 3 short books and each movie was almost 4 hours long.
The total wheel of time series is probably close to 10,000 pages.
They will either need to make 3 movies out of each book or they will need to trim a ton. I mean a real ton of each book.
Some of the fight scenes had over 100k people fighting. It would be awesome to see but not financially feasible to film.
I just don't see how this can be done without watering it way down to the point the real fans of the books would be disappointed.
I don't think it should be that hard to trim down. The guy would spend a page talking about a character's god damn jewelery. The first couple of books would/will make excellent movies if done right. Books 1-4 could easily stand on their own. Books 5,6, and maybe 7 could probably be condensed into 2 movies, and books 8-11 could be one short movie.
Also, if the first one is done very well, and I mean "Lord of the Rings" well, it should be able to bank roll some of the larger scenes in later books.
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