Big - ticket Fantasy has had a rocky go of belatedly at the box office — but it look like Disney wants to get behind the literary genre in a big way : They ’ve tasked Lord of the Rings screenwriter Philippa Boyens to write a Merlin movie … and gratefully , it ’s notanother live - action adaptation of one of their own sketch .
Deadlinereports that Boyens , best recognize for her quislingism with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh to write the six films in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies , as well as The Lovely Bones , has been tapped to adapt T. A. Barron ’s serial of novel looking at the young liveliness of Merlin the Wizard . Barron ’s Merlin Saga has 5 books under its banner as The Lost Story of Merlin , all examining the earliest years of the legendary wizard as he faces a threat to all trick itself .
Considering Boyens ’ background signal with adapt fantasy epics , this seems like it could be a pretty great deal for the House of Mouse . Are we on the threshold of a resurgence of Fantasy at the movies ? There ’s pretty much just Warcraft out there at the here and now ( and , I guess , the complete bonkers insanity of Gods of Egypt ) on the horizon powerful now in terms of really boastful - just the ticket material . Let ’s hope we get to hear more announcements like these in the time to come .
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