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 ... read more
Posted: November 12th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan
Universal Pictures bought The Wheel of Time fantasy series by the late James O. Rigney, Variety reports. Rigney’s series has sold more than 44 million copies. Rigney, who wrote under the pen name Robert Jordan, died last year at the age of 58 while he was in the process of writing the 12th instalment. The last book will be completed by writer Brandon Sanderson from Rigney’s notes and tapes. It is expected to be released in 2009. Source: Charleston City Paper - ... read more
Posted: September 10th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan
Universal Pictures have obtained the film rights to the late Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time fantasy series. In a reported seven-figure deal, Red Eagle Entertainment (who has already adapted the novels into graphic novels) will produce the films, beginning with The Eye of the World. Robert Jordan had intended that The Wheel of Time series would consist of 12 books but his sad death, at the age of 58, has meant that fellow author Brandon Sanderson has been commissioned to complete the ... read more
Posted: August 14th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Brandon Sanderson, Robert Jordan
Dabel Brothers Publishing have announced news that they are to partner with Del Rey Books in the creations of a comics version of the acclaimed Wheel of Time series by fantasy author Robert Jordan. The series will ultimately consist of eleven volumes and Dabel Brothers will begin the adaptation of the series in December 2008. Del Rey will amass the series into book-format graphic novels, likely to be released in late 2009. Robert Jordan died on the 16th of September, 2007 and this book deal ... read more
Posted: July 7th, 2008 by Lee | No Comments | Filed under Robert Jordan