WB wants more magical fantasy, so they bewitched Terry Brooks and got his SHANNARA books! -- Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

Adaptations by wadi77	Jun 6th, 2007 12:48:02 AM
YESSS!!!!! by fatoldegoat	Jun 6th, 2007 01:01:39 AM
Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever....& Elfquest by tensticks	Jun 6th, 2007 01:03:32 AM
Shannara is shite by Boxcutter	Jun 6th, 2007 01:03:47 AM
Post-apocalyptic? by bralli	Jun 6th, 2007 01:05:26 AM
Covenant is not shite by Boxcutter	Jun 6th, 2007 01:07:22 AM
Brooks is a reallllly great guy by MrCere	Jun 6th, 2007 01:08:45 AM
I love the series by doctor_gonzo	Jun 6th, 2007 01:10:53 AM
I remember the 3rd book by TheWumpus	Jun 6th, 2007 01:11:48 AM
I just lost heart by MrCere	Jun 6th, 2007 01:13:33 AM
Which book, doctor gonzo? by fatoldegoat	Jun 6th, 2007 01:27:54 AM
Depends on which Shanarra books by DonMagicWan	Jun 6th, 2007 01:29:31 AM
i only read the first book by shiny_spoon	Jun 6th, 2007 01:31:33 AM
Cheysuli by DonMagicWan	Jun 6th, 2007 01:33:11 AM
How about Tim Powers? by Jimmy Jazz	Jun 6th, 2007 01:33:48 AM
WB should option this instead by TheSharp	Jun 6th, 2007 01:37:47 AM
EXCELLENT!!!! by Playkins	Jun 6th, 2007 01:41:31 AM
FLAMES ON ALLANON'S NIPPLES...(to Brail) by apolo_sputnik	Jun 6th, 2007 01:43:20 AM
Sword of Shannara! by stoneytheviking	Jun 6th, 2007 02:04:08 AM
I just hope they can really capture it... by RevSick	Jun 6th, 2007 02:07:28 AM
Oh Christ No.... by Pawprint	Jun 6th, 2007 02:18:34 AM
Piece of shit by Son of Hades	Jun 6th, 2007 02:54:14 AM
Magician by Son of Hades	Jun 6th, 2007 02:55:44 AM
Books had some great Hildebrandt Bros covers... by KillaKane	Jun 6th, 2007 03:02:54 AM
Hed Trilogy by MasterShake	Jun 6th, 2007 03:06:12 AM
I always thought the Dragonlance Chronicles by Happyfat73	Jun 6th, 2007 03:15:03 AM
wasn't the future setting a big twist in book 1? by Mr_ant	Jun 6th, 2007 03:33:03 AM
Shanarra by jsm1978	Jun 6th, 2007 03:47:00 AM
rip-off by jsm1978	Jun 6th, 2007 03:49:02 AM
Stolen A-Z from LotR by Roderich	Jun 6th, 2007 03:56:57 AM
Garret Jax... by sivispacemparabellum	Jun 6th, 2007 04:01:44 AM
Shannara is Tolkien Lite by PervOmatic	Jun 6th, 2007 04:02:08 AM
Fantasy State of Play by plremcconn	Jun 6th, 2007 04:21:53 AM
Good Fantasy by jsm1978	Jun 6th, 2007 04:40:10 AM
Word and the Void Is Shannara Prequel by TheSoundOfSloppySeconds	Jun 6th, 2007 05:19:30 AM
Ain-it-last-with-news by SteffanLongdon	Jun 6th, 2007 05:44:52 AM
HBO George RR Martin??? by Midnightxpress	Jun 6th, 2007 06:05:48 AM
Hey Quint...Pick Up "A Game of Thrones" by Sean38	Jun 6th, 2007 06:11:11 AM
Tyrion rules by CuervoJones	Jun 6th, 2007 06:41:28 AM
Read Sword or Elfstones.... by PatPpatine	Jun 6th, 2007 06:48:48 AM
I read volume one of Thomas Covenant by emeraldboy	Jun 6th, 2007 06:48:50 AM
The Shannara series... by Halloween68	Jun 6th, 2007 06:50:03 AM
LoR Post Apocalyptic too by MDJouster	Jun 6th, 2007 07:00:52 AM
NUMENOR SERIES by bythehairofsanjaya	Jun 6th, 2007 07:14:46 AM
Terry Brooks is a horrible writer. by jae683	Jun 6th, 2007 07:32:10 AM
Dragonlance Movie by EddieBlake	Jun 6th, 2007 07:32:12 AM
TOO SOON! by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 07:32:24 AM
They will never make a Thomas Covenant movie by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 07:33:56 AM
God I hope they never make by Variant13	Jun 6th, 2007 08:01:51 AM
Sword of Shannara was King A Vs. LOTR by Olowyn	Jun 6th, 2007 08:02:54 AM
Variant13: There's a difference between derivative and by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 08:12:11 AM
Shannara = Poop by Itchy	Jun 6th, 2007 08:18:08 AM
Looks like they're starting with Elfstones by EddieBlake	Jun 6th, 2007 08:27:03 AM
Saberhagen's The Complete Book of Swords? by MJAYACE	Jun 6th, 2007 08:28:06 AM
Why not Magic Kingdom for Sale... Sold by missinglink	Jun 6th, 2007 08:47:42 AM
awful, awful, awful by LegoKenobi	Jun 6th, 2007 08:50:28 AM
Well if it is Elfstones that they are doing by KnightEternal	Jun 6th, 2007 09:08:58 AM
Actually, missinglink... by Anna Valerious	Jun 6th, 2007 09:10:09 AM
Robert Jordan anyone? by Aslans Chewing Gum	Jun 6th, 2007 09:18:02 AM
I'm a fan of his Magic Kindom series myself. by PwnedByStallone	Jun 6th, 2007 09:20:45 AM
Lord of the Sword of Shannara by Dwide Shrewd	Jun 6th, 2007 09:22:33 AM
Anna Valerious by PwnedByStallone	Jun 6th, 2007 09:24:51 AM
Terry Brooks... aint he the dude who did the by Seph_J	Jun 6th, 2007 09:37:11 AM
Saberhagen by diverdan	Jun 6th, 2007 09:43:44 AM
Robin Jarvis is my choice for the next adaption series by Seph_J	Jun 6th, 2007 09:46:50 AM
descendants by vaterite	Jun 6th, 2007 09:51:13 AM
I only read the first one ... Sword of Shannara and... by skycrapper	Jun 6th, 2007 09:54:32 AM
chrth by Variant13	Jun 6th, 2007 10:01:44 AM
Wheel of Time!!!!!! by richier123	Jun 6th, 2007 10:06:19 AM
I guess you're a dude, pwnedbystallone... by Anna Valerious	Jun 6th, 2007 10:13:43 AM
Anybody read His Dark Materials? by PwnedByStallone	Jun 6th, 2007 10:13:49 AM
I read the 1st 3 Shannara books when I was a kid by Ye Not Guilty	Jun 6th, 2007 10:18:45 AM
For once I'm NOT clueless! by Dapper Swindler	Jun 6th, 2007 10:20:00 AM
Dark Materials... by Abin Sur	Jun 6th, 2007 10:26:36 AM
Please stop this trend Hollywood. by CaptainGilgore	Jun 6th, 2007 10:34:54 AM
"Too many words"... by Man_of_Stool	Jun 6th, 2007 10:41:34 AM
Wasn't there a Tolkien series written by other writers? by CarmillaVonDoom	Jun 6th, 2007 11:00:47 AM
Forget about "His Dark Materials" by Anna Valerious	Jun 6th, 2007 11:23:35 AM
I think the Heritage of Shanarra would be a better set by Silverhour	Jun 6th, 2007 11:35:58 AM
Shannara by DainIronfoot	Jun 6th, 2007 11:44:58 AM
Shannara IS Tolkein Lite. Guardians of the Flame FTW by ZeroCorpse	Jun 6th, 2007 11:45:16 AM
Robert Jordan?!?!?!?! by MrCere	Jun 6th, 2007 11:54:52 AM
This is good news! by Ellipsian	Jun 6th, 2007 11:55:52 AM
I always thought that the "Magic Kingdom... by Ellipsian	Jun 6th, 2007 11:56:47 AM
Shannara's simplicity may make it a better movie by Fargin Bastage	Jun 6th, 2007 12:05:26 PM
Tolkien-lite...good description. by morGoth	Jun 6th, 2007 12:17:41 PM
B-b-but we loved bitching about Tom Bombadil! by morGoth	Jun 6th, 2007 12:20:29 PM
Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser by dandosama	Jun 6th, 2007 12:30:37 PM
Incarnations of Immortality will never happen either by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 12:34:25 PM
CarmillaVonDoom: It's not set in Middle-Earth, but by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 12:35:56 PM
@ Carmilla Von Doom Marion by Werthead	Jun 6th, 2007 12:36:56 PM
I'm waiting for Disney to do Beren and Luthien (more) by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 12:38:25 PM
Damn You Terry Brooks!!! by spacechampion	Jun 6th, 2007 01:00:54 PM
Mr. Cere by MJAYACE	Jun 6th, 2007 01:14:22 PM
PawPrint and Son of Hades by Flaggg	Jun 6th, 2007 01:19:45 PM
Oh well if it's only 1/3rd of a ripoff, that's ok then by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 01:34:03 PM
You fuck, CHRTH by Flaggg	Jun 6th, 2007 01:38:10 PM
Nevermind CHRTH by Flaggg	Jun 6th, 2007 01:39:47 PM
It's easy to identify trolls, Flaggg by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 01:44:43 PM
Where's.... by WaylandSmith	Jun 6th, 2007 01:47:09 PM
Shannara... by WaylandSmith	Jun 6th, 2007 01:47:46 PM
People are missing the point on why we're attacking by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 01:56:38 PM
Song of Fire and Ice by TheLastWord668	Jun 6th, 2007 02:13:22 PM
Aren't these books fairly long? by enozdaed	Jun 6th, 2007 02:25:43 PM
What about the whole Xanth series? by Radagaster	Jun 6th, 2007 02:25:50 PM
enozdaed: was the class before or after Matrix 3? by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 02:30:15 PM
Want to anger a nerd? Refer to it as "Sha-na-na" by tonagan	Jun 6th, 2007 02:30:52 PM
Radagaster - XANTH by Sir Loin	Jun 6th, 2007 02:31:56 PM
Dammit, now Sha Na Na is a show that needs to be by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 02:32:18 PM
It's been years since I read a Xanth novel by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 02:33:20 PM
MJAYACE RE: Book of Swords by ccat	Jun 6th, 2007 02:39:46 PM
lame. by victor laszlo	Jun 6th, 2007 02:44:42 PM
Elric, Thomas Covenant by Emmeric_Bellasco	Jun 6th, 2007 02:50:31 PM
Chhheeeeyyysssuuuulliii by DonMagicWan	Jun 6th, 2007 03:09:59 PM
What about the Belgariad or The Tales of Alvin Maker? by Bass Bastardson	Jun 6th, 2007 03:23:46 PM
Flaggg by PwnedByStallone	Jun 6th, 2007 03:29:42 PM
Fatoldegoat: the voyage of the jerle shannara trilogy by doctor_gonzo	Jun 6th, 2007 03:32:20 PM
LoTR not scary? by morGoth	Jun 6th, 2007 03:34:17 PM
Wow. by Geddlee	Jun 6th, 2007 03:36:21 PM
chrth ---Way before Matrix 3 by enozdaed	Jun 6th, 2007 03:38:30 PM
For shame, morGoth! by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 03:39:05 PM
enozdaed: too bad by chrth	Jun 6th, 2007 03:41:08 PM
DRAGONLANCE CHRONICLES & LEGENDS!!!!! by DarthCorleone	Jun 6th, 2007 03:43:50 PM
And, yes, I know about the animated version. by DarthCorleone	Jun 6th, 2007 03:48:03 PM
Then you should be shot... by morGoth	Jun 6th, 2007 03:49:50 PM
And, please, ABSOLUTELY NO WHEEL OF TIME. by DarthCorleone	Jun 6th, 2007 03:50:46 PM
Now, Xanth on the other hand... by DarthCorleone	Jun 6th, 2007 03:52:27 PM
Wheel OF Time ....Took too much time by SawyerzDad	Jun 6th, 2007 05:10:26 PM
What happened Sam Raimi producing Sword of Truth by Cymbol	Jun 6th, 2007 05:34:07 PM
Changing gears.... by BillyPilgrim	Jun 6th, 2007 05:42:02 PM
My Fantasy Run Down by Happyfat73	Jun 6th, 2007 05:59:21 PM
Elric by EddieBlake	Jun 6th, 2007 06:04:38 PM
The Black Company by mtchptty	Jun 6th, 2007 06:12:29 PM
Sword of Shannara...I remember loving it. by Chuck_Schick	Jun 6th, 2007 06:32:04 PM
Can't WB force a Jackson HOBBIT movie? by Drath	Jun 6th, 2007 06:47:49 PM
Shannara isn't all that bad by veritasses	Jun 6th, 2007 07:05:52 PM
Thomas Covenant Movie...why it won't happen. by shellfishh	Jun 6th, 2007 07:24:16 PM
Pocket Reviews by shellfishh	Jun 6th, 2007 07:28:22 PM
Drizzit by RokurGepta	Jun 6th, 2007 07:33:52 PM
mtchptty by EddieBlake	Jun 6th, 2007 07:38:24 PM
L. Sprague De Camp by RokurGepta	Jun 6th, 2007 07:43:05 PM
David Duncan by RokurGepta	Jun 6th, 2007 07:43:26 PM
Remember by wintocha67	Jun 6th, 2007 08:17:36 PM
Some of the weakest fantasy ever written... by DoctorWho?	Jun 6th, 2007 08:34:34 PM
Seriously by Bass Bastardson	Jun 6th, 2007 08:36:19 PM
Bring on Elric Of Melnibone' by DoctorWho?	Jun 6th, 2007 08:39:18 PM
EddieBlake by mtchptty	Jun 6th, 2007 08:39:22 PM
Did someone mention David Eddings work? by RokurGepta	Jun 6th, 2007 08:42:50 PM
ok forget everything else by RokurGepta	Jun 6th, 2007 08:43:41 PM
No love for Prachett??? WHERE'S MY DISCWORLD MOVIE???? by J-Dizzle	Jun 6th, 2007 08:51:20 PM
Agree with the previous poster... by BillyPilgrim	Jun 6th, 2007 09:11:52 PM
I'll wait for Sword of Truth by cannedpasta	Jun 6th, 2007 10:03:31 PM
How about the Obernewtyn Chronicles? by Naedish	Jun 6th, 2007 10:16:30 PM
The Exiles - Indy Fantasy Film by filmakr1	Jun 6th, 2007 10:37:51 PM
I agree about the Xanth books. by Orbots Commander	Jun 6th, 2007 11:15:52 PM
Fantasy is tricky and risky movie making by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Jun 6th, 2007 11:43:59 PM
just a rant by redbullmaster	Jun 7th, 2007 12:17:13 AM
Riftwar Saga.... by WONKABAR	Jun 7th, 2007 02:33:10 AM
Wonkabar by Happyfat73	Jun 7th, 2007 03:00:22 AM
Thanks Happy73.... by WONKABAR	Jun 7th, 2007 03:29:33 AM
LOTR the second by boromir thebrave	Jun 7th, 2007 03:40:56 AM
From Wikipedia... by WONKABAR	Jun 7th, 2007 03:56:35 AM
The problem is .......... by boromir thebrave	Jun 7th, 2007 04:06:33 AM
Riftwar - is worth your time Wonkabar by boromir thebrave	Jun 7th, 2007 04:17:51 AM
Bass Bastardson by john the brief	Jun 7th, 2007 06:57:50 AM
Shannara = Eragon of its time by Killah_Mate	Jun 7th, 2007 08:22:45 AM
Thomas Covenant by KnightEternal	Jun 7th, 2007 09:47:56 AM
Raymond Feist? by Strabo	Jun 7th, 2007 12:08:40 PM
Strabo by boromir thebrave	Jun 7th, 2007 12:20:22 PM
Shannara movie has sequal written all over it by Subversive01057	Jun 7th, 2007 12:30:12 PM
Thanks chrth, werthead by CarmillaVonDoom	Jun 7th, 2007 12:42:50 PM
Terry Brooks bla bla bla by samwisethegreen	Jun 7th, 2007 12:55:21 PM
Yes, I read The Belgariad. by DarthCorleone	Jun 7th, 2007 01:02:33 PM

WB wants more magical fantasy, so they bewitched Terry Brooks and got his SHANNARA books!

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