Red Eagle Entertainment to make Wheel of Time video games

The film studio Red Eagle Entertainment is making a big bet today as it announces it is starting a video game publishing studio, Red Eagle Games, which will make games based on the epic fantasy “Wheel of Time” novels by Robert Jordan.

The  books have sold more than 44 million copies worldwide and Red Eagle Entertainment has the rights to making films, TV shows and games based on the property. At least one major motion picture, based on the first novel “The Eye of the World,” is in the works.

There are 11 novels in the series (with a 12th being written by Brandon Sanderson since Jordan, whose real name was James Oliver Rigney, passed away in 2007). The series is known for its detailed imaginary world, large cast of characters and an edgy “Lord of the Rings” meets “Road Warrior” blend of fantasy and sci-fi.

Between the films and the games, the companies are expecting to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on the entertainment property. While the movie financing is in place, Selvage said he is just beginning the process of raising money for the game studio. That could prove difficult, but he said he has already received an enthusiastic reaction, largely because the rights to the series are considered so valuable.

Robert Jordan was born on the 17th of October 1948 in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2006 he was diagnosed with the rare blood disease amyloidosis and died on September the 16th, 2007. Jordan will be best remembered for his best-selling fantasy series, The Wheel of Time, with 14 million copies having been sold in North America alone.

Brandon Sanderson was born in 1975 and must be classed as young for a successfully published fantasy author. He was born in Nebraska and currently lives in Provo, Utah. Whilst researching on the Internet he appeared on a website featuring famous Mormons, along with Runelords author David Farland so that, for a start, is a claim to fame.

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Posted: November 12th, 2008
Author: Lee
Categories: Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan

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Stacey

This is great! Hopefully more info about a game or the movie will be available soon! (it’s tough to get your hopes up about a movie as a book fan as they will clearly cut ALOT of the story out to make it work… might take 4-5 movies too) But a game, that would be awesome! Someone developed a WoT game a good bunch of years ago but it doesn’t measure up to today’s standards very well…. Good Luck!!!

Date: March 1st, 2009

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