{"id":229,"date":"2008-08-13T08:19:30","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2008-08-13T08:19:30","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T16:19:30","slug":"an-aside-wheel-of-time-optioned-for-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/news\/an-aside-wheel-of-time-optioned-for-film\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Wheel of Time Optioned for Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reported by several web sites (Variety<\/a>, Scifi.com<\/a>, Suvudu<\/a>, Brandon Sanderson<\/a>), it looks like Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time<\/strong> series of novels has been optioned for the screen by Red Eagle Entertainment<\/strong> (which Jordan himself probably wouldn’t have been pleased with<\/a>).<\/p>\n

From Variety<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Adaptations of the fantasy tomes will begin with the first book in the cycle, “The Eye of the World.”<\/p>\n

Rick Selvage and Larry Mondragon will produce for Red Eagle Entertainment, which published graphic novel adaptations of Jordan’s books.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As anyone who follows these sorts of things knows, the process of bringing a novel to the screen can be a long \u00e2\u20ac\u201c somtimes endless, sometimes fruitless \u00e2\u20ac\u201c process, but it will certainly be interesting to see how this develops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reported by several web sites (Variety, Scifi.com, Suvudu, Brandon Sanderson), it looks like Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series of novels has been optioned for the screen by Red Eagle Entertainment (which Jordan himself probably wouldn’t have been pleased with). From Variety: Universal Pictures has acquired film rights to the late Robert Jordan’s bestselling… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n