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Legend of the Seeker

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Terry Goodkind’s The Sword of Truth series (first book: The Wizard’s First Rule) has recently become a TV series, dubbed Legend of the Seeker. It’s quite good for a TV show, though it apparently deviates from the books enough to invoke the book fans’ wrath (though that doesn’t take much, as you may have noticed…).
The [...]

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Fate of “Chronicles of Narnia” Uncertain

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

The fate of the third Chronicles of Narnia film hangs precariously balanced. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the next movie planned in the series, will not be happening under a Disney/Walden Media partnership. Disney has abandoned plans to continue with the franchise, leaving Walden Media with a project not even in the production phase.
Walden [...]

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“Merlin’s Dragon” by T. A. Barron Released

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The first book in T. A. Barron’s latest series has been released and is now available from most booksellers.
MERLIN’S DRAGON—Book I – IS NOW AVAILABLE WHEREVER BOOKS ARE SOLD.  This new trilogy follows the amazing adventures of a fellow named Basil … who is very small in size, but very big in destiny.  He is [...]

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Wheel of Time Video Game Series and MMORPG to Come

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

Red Eagle Entertainment has announced that they are launching a game studio, known as Red Eagle Games, that will be producing a series of video games to go along with their upcoming WoT movies, as well as an MMORPG set in the Wheel of Time world.
A Wheel of Time feature-film production is planned with Red [...]

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New Harry Potter Videogame Screenshots

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

New screenshots of the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince videogame, set to coincide with the Summer 2009 release of the Half-Blood Prince movie, have surfaced online.
There are shots of Harry, Ron, and Professor Horace Slughorn around Hogwarts, as well as a couple of Quidditch slots.
See them all at Nieuwslog.nl.
The shots are of the [...]

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Eoin Colfer to Write Sixth Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Douglas Adams’s Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series is growing to include a sixth book, despite the author’s death a few years ago. The hilarious, and slightly odd, series will be continued by Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer.
Colfer, who has been a fan of Hitchhiker since his schooldays, said being given the opportunity to continue [...]

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Dragonmount Interviews Red Eagle Entertainment Regarding WoT Movie

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Dragonmount.com recently interviewed Red Eagle Entertainment in regards to the upcoming Wheel of Time: The Eye of the World movie. The brief transcript is now available on their website, and covers quite a lot of ground.
Red Eagle Entertainment optioned the WHEEL OF TIME property through a subsidiary about five years ago. Simply put, an option [...]

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Anelli’s “Harry, A History” Makes New York Times Bestseller List

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

Melissa Anelli’s book “Harry, a History“ has made the New York Times Bestseller List.
The book will be included in the October 18 edition of the New York Times, a Sunday edition in case you don’t have a calendar handy.
Harry, a History is Melissa’s retelling of the whole Harry Potter phenomenon. As one of the higher-ups [...]

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The “Old Kingdom” Trilogy to Have Two New Books

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008

Garth Nix’s Old Kingdom series, which currently includes Sabriel, Lirael, and Abhorsen, will be expanding from a trilogy to a 5-part series. The last book in the series was released bak in 2003, and Nix’s fans have likely been wanting more.
The next book, to be the fourth in the series, is currently titled Clariel: The [...]

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International Teaser Trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

A new trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince movie has been released, clocking in at one minute and thirty-two seconds. It shows much more than the previous U.S. teaser trailer did, featuring a longer clip of the “ring of fire” in the cave scene (when the Inferi attack), and many other [...]

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