Wheel of Time games to be penned by 'Fast and Furious' screenwriter

[Tinman]

As soon as he finished up the Gears of War movie, Chris Morgan will have a go at Robert Jordan's epic fantasy

Wheel of Time games to be penned by 'Fast and Furious' screenwriter

[tehNihilist]

I am always curious how the scope of these kinds of books translate into visual entertainment mediums. There is just so much to a lot of these Fantasy Novel series that make things very complicated.

Now I just wish they would make a movie / series / game from The Malazan Book of The Fallen series by Steven Erikson. Now that is some great non-cliched fantasy!

[Keldarza]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooo

I think that the Books should just remain that, books. Dont ruin it by making a movie. It's almost impossible to put all that content in the books into a movie, and every movie director has the own cut up version of the story.

Still not sure on Brandon Sanderson writing the last book. But when they announced it would be 3 books, I kinda feel that Wheel of Time is becoming a cash in and no longer the writers child.

Making a movie kinda proves all this

[HANDsolo]

Fast and Furious had screen writers?

[Solitude]

That is the saddest thing I've read all year. Poor Robert will be turning in his grave. I loved the Wheel of Time. I can't wait for it to be finished by Brandon Sanderson.

Now they are doing this? It breaks my heart.

[knobshine]

Wheel of Time is sacred. This is a blasphemy I say.

What? Stopped following the progress of the last book (tried to put it out of mind so waiting wouldn't be so crap) but you say it's being split into 3 now? Just finish the damn story already.

Rand can go screw himself. Mat and Perrin FTW!

Edit: I see it's for games and not a movie. This could actually be quite interesting.

[Solitude]

It can actually make for good games.

I was shocked when I saw who it is that will be writing the scripts for the games. We'll have to see how it goes. Is this the guy's first venture into writing a script for a game? It looks that way.

We'll just have to see how it goes.

[shadowfox]

They made a Wheel of Time game quite a while ago ... can't remember when exactly.

Didn't make much of a splash - I never got around to playing it myself.

Anyways - I agree about the movies (even though that's not what's being discussed here - but I'm tossing my 2c in anyways) - seeing the amount of injustice being perpetrated on the Harry Potter series, I don't want a movie maker anywhere close to the Wheel of Time.

[OmegaFenix]

They made a Wheel of Time game quite a while ago ... can't remember when exactly.

Didn't make much of a splash - I never got around to playing it myself.

Anyways - I agree about the movies (even though that's not what's being discussed here - but I'm tossing my 2c in anyways) - seeing the amount of injustice being perpetrated on the Harry Potter series, I don't want a movie maker anywhere close to the Wheel of Time.

They have really raped the HP serries. I loved the books but fell asleep in the movies. Too much was left out.

[Keldarza]

(even though that's not what's being discussed here - but I'm tossing my 2c in anyways)

Yeah, oops, I just got so worked up with screenwriters ripping into a book that I forgot it was a game and not a movie >.<

I actually watched lord of the rings again movie [first one] again last week... it was cool the first time, but being more critical of it, they arent actually that well done, feels so... short... and jumping around plot points.

PS. I hate harry potter