{"id":7737,"date":"2012-01-30T12:06:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T20:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=7737"},"modified":"2012-03-16T09:56:56","modified_gmt":"2012-03-16T17:56:56","slug":"an-aside-terry-brooks-magic-kingdom-for-sale-sold-optioned-for-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/news\/an-aside-terry-brooks-magic-kingdom-for-sale-sold-optioned-for-film\/","title":{"rendered":"An Aside | Terry Brooks’ MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE: SOLD! optioned for film"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>From Brooks’ website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE \u2013 SOLD! To Warners and Weed Road<\/p>\n

Warner Brothers has optioned Terry Brooks\u2019 best-selling MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER series of books for Akiva Goldsman\u2019s Weed Road Pictures and Andy Cohen\u2019s Grade A Entertainment. Goldsman and Cohen will produce with Weed Road\u2019s Kerry Foster and Alex Block overseeing for Weed Road. Warner Brothers\u2019 Matt Cherniss brought the book series into the studio and will run point. Brooks was represented by Anne Sibbald of Janklow & Nesbit Associates.<\/p>\n

The film will be based on the first book in the series, MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE \u2013 SOLD!, which was first published in 1986 by Del Rey Books, a division of Random House. The most recent book in the six book, ongoing series is A PRINCESS OF LANDOVER which came out in 2009. Other titles in the series are: THE BLACK UNICORN, WIZARD AT LARGE, THE TANGLE BOX, and WITCHES BREW.<\/p>\n

Brooks is a prolific author best known for the LANDOVER series and the SHANNARA series of fantasy books, which began with THE SWORD OF SHANNARA. There are currently 19 books in the SHANNARA series with the next book due out later this year.<\/p>\n

Weed Road is in preproduction on A WINTER\u2019S TALE written and to be directed by Goldsman. Recent credits include PARANORMAL ACTIVITY 3 and FAIR GAME.<\/p>\n

Cohen last produced UNTRACEABLE starring Diane Lane. He\u2019s currently working on the stage show, HEATHERS \u2013 THE MUSICAL and the indie film, IN SIGHT.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As one of the few Brooks fans among the blogosphere, I’m excited about this. I feel that Magic Kingdom for Sale: Sold!<\/em> is a better fit for film than Brooks’ more popular Shannara<\/em> novels, but I’ll also keep any of my enthusiasm in check until principal filming begins.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with the novel, you can read the first 50 pages of Magic Kingdom for Sale: Sold!<\/em> for free<\/a> via Suvudu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From Brooks’ website: MAGIC KINGDOM FOR SALE \u2013 SOLD! To Warners and Weed Road Warner Brothers has optioned Terry Brooks\u2019 best-selling MAGIC KINGDOM OF LANDOVER series of books for Akiva Goldsman\u2019s Weed Road Pictures and Andy Cohen\u2019s Grade A Entertainment. Goldsman and Cohen will produce with Weed Road\u2019s Kerry Foster and Alex Block overseeing for… 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":[43,38,66,46],"class_list":["post-7737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-del-rey","tag-fantasy","tag-movies","tag-terry-brooks"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n