Universal Pictures has joined in optioning "The Elric Saga"...

[The Fool]

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/va/20030224/104609107700.html

This is very interesting...

I havent read the books, can anyone supply some information
on these novels?

How good are they?

Im keen for lots of new Fantasy / Sword and Sorcery flicks
to come out...

Hope this paves the way for my most eagerly anticipated
announcement...

That they are going to make the "DRAGONLANCE TRILOGY!"




The Fool

 

[King_Stannis]

Awesome news. I was just wondering if these would ever get movie treatment.

Great books, by the way! The first six are a must read.

 

[Dinkeldog]

I don't know how they'll make them palatable to the American audience without deviating a whole lot from the story.

 

[Hand of Evil]

Interesting. Wonder how well it would work on the big screen.

Books are good (some don't like them).

 

[Viking Bastard]

Great books, by the way! The first six are a must read.

The first SIX?

*Sigh*

Why do those darn fantasy books always have to be like gazillion books.

 

[Tsyr]

The first SIX?

*Sigh*

Why do those darn fantasy books always have to be like gazillion books.

Elric books aren't very long. Those six books total about 750 pages, or in other words less than some of the largest volumes of Wheel of Time.

 

[Viking Bastard]

So, those six books, one big story (LotR/WoT) or six short ones set in continuity (Discworld)?

 

[Assenpfeffer]

The first SIX?

*Sigh*

Why do those darn fantasy books always have to be like gazillion books.

The Elric stories are only loosely connected, bear in mind. (Except the first one, and the last one.) The majority of the material consists of short stories, not novels. And the books are 200 pages or so in softcover.

Lest anyone think we were talking about a gargantuan monstrosity here.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Thanks gawd. Then I might check it out.

What's the author's name?

 

[WayneLigon]

The first SIX?...Why do those darn fantasy books always have to be like gazillion books.

After thirty-someodd years it kinda adds up Here's a quick synopsis of the major books. Interesting to note that the original first novel differs greatly from the now-canonnical version.

A more complete bibliography can be found here.