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1. The Hobbit movies will be made, and why I care a little less with each viewing of Lord of the Rings

(Fantasy films)

... is an act of vandalism (SyFy's Earthsea or Walden Media's The Dark is Rising). Sometimes, as with Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, the adaptation is approximate at best but the end result is a hugely ...

Created on 20 September 2009

2. Sci Fi Channel resurrects Riverworld

(Science fiction TV)

... work than Walden Media’s disastrous attempt to adapt Susan Cooper’s classic fantasy The Dark is Rising for the big screen. The second novel in a hugely successful and well-loved fantasy series on both ...

Created on 29 June 2009

3. What's happening with the Neuromancer movie?

(Science fiction films)

... succeed only in undermining the integrity of a work of fiction. A good case in point is Walden Media’s adaptation of Susan Cooper’s classic fantasy novel, The Dark is Rising. Here is a novel with generations ...

Created on 28 April 2008

4. The Dark has Risen

(Fantasy films)

Walden Media, the studio that gave us The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, brings another fantasy series to the big screen this October with The Dark is Rising. Susan Cooper’s ...

Created on 11 June 2007