Why, yes, I am a raving fangirl. Why do you ask?

[squeequeg]

Apparently 20th Century Fox is making a movie of The Dark Is Rising, beginning filming later this month and due for release in late September.  Given the mixed track record of recent adaptations (*coughEarthseacough*), I'm not sure if I should look forward to it, since there's every chance they could screw it up big time.

However, I do note that they've cast Christopher Eccleston as The Rider.

Christopher Eccleston.

As The Rider.


 




OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG *eep* OMG OMG OMG OMG

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[gtrout.livejournal.com]

Suddenly, I have hope for that movie.

Did you know that The Dark Is Rising was the book that turned me into the geek that I am today?* Well, now you do.

Sorry I won't be seeing you at Boskone this year, by the way.

*Although D'Aulaire's Greek Myths got there waay first and should be credited with the assist.

[stealthmuffin.livejournal.com]

I had no idea. I first encountered it as an audio version in second grade, when the fifth grade teacher* played it for us. I can still remember the "strange, bell-like music" that played at certain points, and the voice of the Walker.

Too bad about Boskone. Maybe I should come to one of the cons in the New York area sometime. (Probably not this year, though, since I'm planning on going to Wiscon and that's eating most of my con budget.)

I didn't read D'Aulaire's Greek Myths until college, when wavyarms introduced it to me. There were several other books of Greek mythology, though, including one of the Voyage of the Argonauts, with beautiful, simple line drawings. I should check to see if any of those books made it through the big garage sale purges back home.

*Long story.