The Dark is Rising
[film, Susan Cooper]
Well this is fun news, I just heard that the first second book of Susan Cooper's 5-book 'Dark is Rising' series is being made into a film and is scheduled to come out later this year, September or October depending on which source you read. Talk about (almost) instant gratification!
By the way, don't fret over perceived similarities (this book came out first) to another book from the UK that you my have read (a boy on his 11th birthday discovers he has magical power) and just enjoy how clever writing takes the legends and myths of Wales and weaves them into a story so the landscape becomes malevolent and magical in turn.
The cast reportedly includes Ian McShane ("Deadwood") as Merriman, Frances Conroy ("Six Feet Under") as Mrs. Greythorne and Christopher Eccleston ("Heroes," 28 Days Later, "Doctor Who") as 'The Rider'.
"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone."
By the way, don't fret over perceived similarities (this book came out first) to another book from the UK that you my have read (a boy on his 11th birthday discovers he has magical power) and just enjoy how clever writing takes the legends and myths of Wales and weaves them into a story so the landscape becomes malevolent and magical in turn.
The cast reportedly includes Ian McShane ("Deadwood") as Merriman, Frances Conroy ("Six Feet Under") as Mrs. Greythorne and Christopher Eccleston ("Heroes," 28 Days Later, "Doctor Who") as 'The Rider'.
"When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it back, Three from the circle, three from the track; Wood, bronze, iron; water, fire, stone; Five will return, and one go alone."
posted by -idogcow at 11:37 AM
1 Comments:
Bad news. The makers of the movie seem to have declared war on us fans of the book. The scriptwriter is quoted as saying I think some of that sort of, the pre-Christian element or the Arthurian stuff isn't really in the script. In other words, they've gutted the heart and soul out of it. There's no way I'm going out to see this one.
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