Legend of the Seeker (2008)

[tonic]

So supposedly, well I guess it's not supposedly since it's official, but the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind (Yes, I know how much he is loved on this forum) is being converted into a Miniseries by Sam Raimi of Spiderman Fame. (End run-on sentence)

Now what do you think!?

Here's the official word, just scroll down...

http://www.prophets-inc.com/news/

 

[the smiling weirwood]

Oh, somebody save us!

 

[ScottSF]

I just threw up in my mouth a little bit

 

[the smiling weirwood]

Are you a fan of Happy Bunny?

 

[ScottSF]

I don't know what that is.

is that a red Qray?

 

[the smiling weirwood]

Never mind. It's just that you used one of his favorite phrases.

 

[dwndrgn]

I suppose I'm in the minority here as this is something that I'll probably watch if it ever gets filmed. I make no excuses, I like what I like and that's that. You want to really flame me? I also liked The Da Vinci Code. Ha. Now you can have a go!

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

Oh, somebody save us!

*In best Mrs Lovejoy impersonation*
"Won't someone think of the children!"

Seriously though, will this series have to be x-rated??
I admit to not having read his work bar about 100 pages of the 1st one before losing interest but have followed the increasingly bitter exchanges about TG with some amusement.
It is heavily mentioned that a lot of the main characters in his book are subjected to sexual assault. How will this translate into television. I can't see the notoriously conservative American censors allowing those sections to be explored too closely.

 

[the_faery_queen]

*cry*
but i recoken they will leave out all teh rape and abuse, and so forth. and thereby prove one of my huge points, that it is all totally and utterly UNNECCESSARY! so that will at least be something! cos i really can't see them expecting an auidence to sit through rape after rape after abusive rape, to be honest! so that will make me happy cos i can then run around going, told you so, told you you didn't need it, can still have a plot without it, yay!

or something
but you know, there is talk of making erragon into a movie too. im just at that, sigh, stage. why can't some of the good books be made into movies! why?!

 

[GOLLUM]

I might be tempted to watch but only to see if the film makers can salvage something....

 

[Thadlerian]

I'm gonna watch it with my eyes closed (as a protest).

 

[Winters_Sorrow]

I'm gonna watch it with my eyes closed (as a protest).

You may wish to also wear earmuffs to fully get your point across....

 

[ScottSF]

Of course I'll watch it. It has a sword and a dragon and combat. There's not a lot of other choices out there. I watched EarthSea, awful, but I watched it. I watched Roar, pretty awful, but I watched it. I watched Herculese, ok, and then I watched Xena, loved it! That's where I have to make my "I like what I like," stand. Sam Raimi puts heart into semi campy things and often makes them work. So, I'll watch it. I will just have to take a shower after I do. . . Especially if I like it. There are just so many better choices.

 

[Teir]

Id watch it out of curiosity....
*thinks curiously..I wonder how badly they are gonna cast it?*

 

[Brian G Turner]

I'm going to watch it, just for the evil chicken scene.

 

[the_faery_queen]

bu that's a lot further into the series, im afraid! you'd have to sit through a lot of it to get to that bit. better to wait for it to go on dvd and skip

 

[Wiggum]

Sam Raimi to make Sword of Truth mini-series

Could be.....interesting.

Spider-Man' Director Buys Rights to Goodkind Series

Spider-Man director Sam Raimi, and his producing partner Joshua Donen, will develop a miniseries based on Terry Goodkind’s bestselling “Sword of Truth” series. Production will begin within a year, with Wizard’s First Rule, the first book in the series.

Goodkind, who has previously turned down film offers, was struck by Raimi and Donen’s idea for a miniseries.

“It’s a dream come true to work with someone of such remarkable vision, talent and ability,” Goodkind said in a statement released today. “Given Sam’s sincere love for these stories and his determination to only make great films, this mini series will be a watershed event.”

Phantom, the latest in the ten-book series, was released last week, with the 11th set for release in early 2007. The ninth book, Chainfire, was released in January 2005 and has sold more than 235,000 in hardcover and mass-market editions, as tracked by Nielsen BookScan.

Raimi is currently wrapping Spider-Man 3, with Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst.

 

[dwndrgn]

I've merged the two threads on this subject and moved the result to the General Media Discussion forum. I'm all about efficiency

 

[Wiggum]

My bad.

Didn't figure it to be in a different forum.

 

[The Deceiver]

I'm going to watch it, and you know why?

Because I LOOOOOOVE Terry Goodkind's work