Big Announcement - "Song of Fire and Ice Series"
As discussed on the author's page below, HBO has picked up an option to do multiple series based on the "Song of Fire and Ice" books by George R. R. Martin.
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/news.html
To me - this is the biggest news of its kind since the announcement that they were making the three Lord of the Rings movies!! It is huge and I am very excited!
http://www.georgerrmartin.com/news.html
To me - this is the biggest news of its kind since the announcement that they were making the three Lord of the Rings movies!! It is huge and I am very excited!
posted by John Ringer at
7:16 PM
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I too am very excited to hear this news! I am still wading through A Storm of Swords right now, but I am enjoying it very much.
First Terry Goodkind gets a mini-series deal and now George RR Martin! I am so thankful for the Lord of the Rings movie success. It has really opened up the entertainment industry's eyes to the world of fantasy writers. I hope Robin Hobb gets a movie deal soon...
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Anonymous, at 8:43 PM
I had not heard about Terry Goodkind getting a mini-series.
I looked up the news on Goodkind's website:
WFR to be made into TV miniseries
Posted: 7/24/06
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TOR BOOKS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elena Stokes Russell Galen
Director of Publicity Agent
Tor Books Scovil Chichak Galen Agency
Sam Raimi gets Terry Goodkind’s bestselling Sword of Truth adventure series!
Sam Raimi, best known as the director of the hugely successful SPIDER-MAN and SPIDER-MAN II films, and his producing partner Joshua Donen, have optioned film rights for Terry Goodkind’s enormously popular bestselling SWORD OF TRUTH adventure series, published by Tor Books.
Having been approached by Hollywood a number of times over the past decade, Goodkind was never convinced that his 400,000 word bestselling novels could be successfully compressed into worthwhile feature films. In a meeting at the author’s home, the renowned director and producer instead conceived of a groundbreaking mini-series. Within two hours Goodkind was sold on the concept and negotiations commenced. Ten months later the deal was finally concluded. “It’s a dream come true to work with someone of such remarkable vision, talent, and ability,” Goodkind said. “Given Sam’s sincere love for these stories and his determination to only make great films, this mini-series will be a watershed event.”
All of Goodkind’s novels have been international bestsellers. Translated into 20 foreign languages, there are over 10 million copies in print. The SWORD OF TRUTH series began with WIZARD’S FIRST RULE in 1994. The 10th novel in the series, PHANTOM, is on sale now. The 11th and final volume is under contract and will be published in 2008.
Raimi and Donen hope to begin production of the opening mini-series, WIZARD’S FIRST RULE, within the next year, to be followed by ensuing volumes of the epic novels. The development process will begin while Raimi completes SPIDER-MAN III. Definitive word on the production will be available in early 2007.
Goodkind was represented in the negotiations by Russell Galen of the Scovil Chichak Galen Agency in New York City.
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John Ringer, at 10:20 PM
I wish there was a way to keep up with book news. There's places like Digg for computer users, but where is a news portal for avid readers?!
If anyone knows where I can find an RSS feed of all the new fiction releases, please tell me! The best thing I have ever been able to find is Barnes and Noble Coming Soon page.
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chrisschaeffer, at 1:12 AM
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Anonymous, at 2:13 PM
I found it!
How to create an RSS feed of your favorite author's latest releases:
- Go to ISBN.nu and enter your author's name.
- Sort the results from newest to oldest.
- Add RSS feed to your favorite feedreader.
I have been looking for something like this for a long time and I am very excited to finally find it!
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chrisschaeffer, at 9:36 PM
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