Despite some trepidation on author Patrick Rothfuss’ part, Lionsgate has optioned the rights to do a Kingkiller Chronicle series, following the expiration of the option that Fox previously held. The film company, judging by the author’s blog entry, seems serious about pulling it off and working with him to do something…different. From Pat’s announcement, it’s clear that […]
With the gap between books, I had forgotten just how epic Brandon Sanderson’s Stormlight Archive is. The perfect blend of world-building, drama, character development, and cinematic action sequences. It’s more than that, though. Words of Radiance, like its predecessor, is basically three full-length novels in one. And on top of that, it is also a […]
The trailer for Bioshock Infinite’s second story DLC just went live today. It’s…definitely going to be good! It’s spoilerific, obviously, so I won’t say much here. Just watch the video, unless you haven’t played Bioshock Infinite or Burial at Sea yet. (And if you haven’t, do so!) No release date has been announced yet, but […]
The BBC just released a Doctor Who episode in the lead-up to the November 23 airing of the 50th anniversary special (The Day of the Doctor). The short, which is just under seven minutes long, features the return of Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor. You can find the short, which is called The Night […]
Patrick Rothfuss’s Kingkiller Chronicle (including all three books, from The Name of the Wind to the upcoming The Doors of Stone) has been optioned by New Regency Productions and Fox Television. Who will play the twelfth incarnation of The Doctor? The BBC will be announcing it Sunday, August 4th in a show called Doctor Who Live: […]
This is the sequel to Changes that you’ve been waiting for. While Ghost Story was an eerie intermission after the explosive events of Changes, a clever opportunity to step back and do some character development and world building, Butcher’s latest rises back up to the same level of high-octane storytelling. It’s intense, full of action […]
This just in from Terry Pratchett’s Twitter profile, a new Discworld novel by the name of Raising Steam is currently in the works. There is some speculation as to whether this is the long-expected third book in the Moist von Lipwig character arc, which Pratchett had previously announced as being called Raising Taxes or if […]
The end is finally here. Some of you have been waiting more than twenty years for this book, and others less. Either way, the fourteenth and final installment in The Wheel of Time has finally been released to the world. The much-anticipated Last Battle certainly lives up to expectations, spanning the majority of the book, […]
Veronica Belmont and Tom Merritt of the Sword & Laser podcast recently interviewed a couple of notable fantasy authors in their latest two episodes. Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files and The Codex Alera, and Patrick Rothfuss, known for his Kingkiller Chronicle. Butcher has a new Dresden installment coming out in a matter of […]
Burbank, CA and San Francisco, CA, October 30, 2012 — The Walt Disney Company has acquired Lucasfilm, in its entirety, for $4.05 billion. The deal includes special effects giants Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. Disney intends to release Star Wars: Episode 7 sometime in 2015, kicking off a new trilogy with a long […]
