Universal Acquires Jordan's Wheel of Time

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=47959

Source: Variety
August 13, 2008

Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan's best-selling "The Wheel of Time" novel series, reports Variety.

Adaptations of the fantasy novels 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.

Jordan died last year at 58, but the final book in the series is still set for publication in fall 2009, with fellow fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson writing the novel's conclusion from Jordan's notes and tapes.

 

[Galactus]

I've read the six first books, and by then I was utterly bored by them. The books just go on and on and on without going anywhere. It's kinda amazing that you can have a 1000-page book and still get a feeling that the story doesn't make any progress. This is, in my opinion, larger-than-life fantasy at its worst

 

[Gotham]

The story doesn't sound at all bad, but I've heard the series isn't so great. Guess I'll have to wait on this.