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Universal Pictures Options Jordan's Wheel of Time Novels
by Chadwick Ginther - Wednesday Aug 20 2008 2:29 pm
Posted in: buzz, SciFi & Fantasy, movies



In a seven-figure deal, Universal has obtained the film rights to Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. The adaptations will begin with The Eye of the World. The series was previously under option to NBC, which had planned a television miniseries.

Robert Jordan died last year at the age of 58, leaving the final volume of the series unfinished. Up-and-coming fantasy author Brandon Sanderson will pen the twelfth novel, A Memory of Light, based on extensive notes Jordan left behind, and working with the aid of the author's widow and editor, Harriet McDougal.



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The Eye of the World: The Wheel of Time, Book 1 - mass market paperback
By Robert Jordan - $8.99 - add to cart

The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third ...

 




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