Potter Factor: Percy may have the kids covered, but what of the Potter fans who want to move onto something a bit grittier? Here's one for the more mature wee fantasy fans.
No, not Werner Herzog’s 2003 documentary on Buddhism. We’re talking about the 12-book-long series (with two more in the finishing) of the late fantasy author Robert Jordan.
As the big screen Harry Potters enter the winter of their life cycle, who will take over the yearly event? It’s quite a legacy to follow, but it seems Universal Pictures think Jordan’s Wheel Of Time series could be where the big bucks are.
If It Featured Harry Potter Characters: Harry, Ron and Hermione leave the village of Emond's Field and are chased across Andor by savage Trollocs. When Ron unexpectedly channels the world's magic currents, he falls ill.
There's a lot of philosophical, spiritual chitter-chatter. It's beautiful, tragic and moving. There's a Wheel of Time, but it's not a clock.
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ChrisWootton
Feb 9th 2010, 12:31
So basically we can thank Harry Potter for supplying us with a decades worth of absolute s**te
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pimpernel
Feb 9th 2010, 16:26
I'd agree the sucess of Harry Potter encouraged studios to make these films, but with some of them, 'The Chronicles of Narnia' for example, it's more that Harry Potter was influenced by them (considering they came first). But that's just pedantic.
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bentgaga
Feb 9th 2010, 22:19
oh harry
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Hadouken76
Feb 10th 2010, 11:42
i would say the Narnia films were inspired by the LOTR trilogy, (new zealand, fantasy creatures, big battles)
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DontPanic
Feb 10th 2010, 18:54
Ahm... you had a couple of misses there. I'm not sure when the book of Eragon came out so it might aswell be inspiered by the four-eyes, but The Chronicles of Narnia is by a book that's way older than HP. Actually I can clearly remember that there was a British TV show on The Chronicles of Narnia that I watched in my childhood so... yeah.
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joshwinning
Feb 12th 2010, 18:59
@DontPanic, @pimpernel Agreed. The argument here is that while the Narnia books obviously pre-date Mr Potter by very almost half a century, the decision to commission the movie(s) was entirely based on Harry's box office success. Those bandwagons are pretty attractive, after all.
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AJAiken
Feb 13th 2010, 13:05
@joshwinning Walden Media, the production company behind Narnia, were in talks with the C. S. Lewis estate before "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" even came out. The deal was finalised in the aftermath, but as you would expect Walden had to deal with a whole host of other companies looking for something similar to LOTR and HP. The fact that those films were being made may have had something to do with Walden's original interest, but it was only after LOTR and HP were released that they became so incredibly successful.
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