I don't know if you've encountered this series before. But years ago I encountered a 7 year old willing to stand against his HP obsessed older sister and an entire store of HP fans to profess these as the best books he's ever read. So his defiance prompted me to pick up book one there and then in support. Very glad I did.
The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole Series #1)
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I hear strong rumors that the haunted house war book is going to be a movie sometime down the road. I personally want this to be a movie. I'm looking forward to Encounter at North Road House, the movie, to see a masked-psychopath battle a haunted house after the wicked ghosts of the house lock him in, as the masked mad man thought he was moving on just another home...
Finally after a decade long wait, the tight fisted copyright hold of a single word (curse you SYFY) has run out. So now we can see the Studio Gibli movie that even the author enjoys. Banned from US shores due to a lousy TV production and the station's copyright of the any visual media baring the name Earthsea.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Series #1) from this series
This might run straight to DVD.
Tales of Earthsea
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If you were interested
Samuel L. Jackson announces 'Avengers' cast
SAN DIEGO — Comic book fans no longer have to imagine what it might be like to see all their favorite superheroes in one place.
They got the chance Saturday at Comic-Con, when the cast of the forthcoming "Avengers" film took the stage. Samuel L. Jackson surprised some 6,000 fans gathered for a Marvel Studios presentation when he stepped out just as it was ending and started introducing the cast of "The Avengers."
Jackson brought out stars Clark Gregg, Scarlett Johannson, Chris Hemsworth of "Thor" and Chris Evans of "Captain America."
He then introduced another surprise guest, Robert Downey Jr., who brought out the rest of the all-star cast, including Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner.
"The Avengers" is based on the comic book series of the same name, which brings various Marvel superheroes together. The film is due in 2012.
Look something to be aware of if you enjoy films normally put out by Miramax.
Disney selling Miramax to investors for $660M
NEW YORK — The Walt Disney Co. is selling Miramax Films to a group of investors for $660 million, marking a new phase for a studio that helped launch the career of Quentin Tarantino and push independent movies into the mainstream.
The deal announced Friday ends speculation that founders Bob and Harvey Weinstein — who lent the names of their parents, Miriam and Max, to the company — could regain control of the studio they launched more than three decades ago.
With ownership of the studio passes the rights to a long catalog of Oscar winners, including "Shakespeare in Love" (1998), "Chicago" (2002) and "No Country for Old Men" (2007).
It also comes with challenges, most notably a decline in DVD sales that has put into question the value of Hollywood movie libraries.
Disney had been looking to sell Miramax since January amid a studio overhaul, deciding that the label no longer resonated with its other family centric brands, such as Pixar and Marvel.
"Although we are very proud of Miramax's many accomplishments, our current strategy for Walt Disney Studios is to focus on the development of great motion pictures under the Disney, Pixar and Marvel brands," Disney President and CEO Robert Iger said in a statement. "We are delighted that we have found a home for the Miramax brand and Miramax's very highly regarded motion picture library."
The entertainment company signed an agreement late Thursday with Filmyard Holding, an investor group led by construction magnate and Hollywood outsider Ronald Tutor. Also pitching in on the deal is Colony Capital LLC, a real estate investment group, and its CEO Tom Barrack. Tutor and his partners put down a nonrefundable deposit of $40 million with Disney on Thursday. Disney said the deal could close as soon as Sept. 10.
What happens to the studio now remains unclear. Its new owners, Tutor and Barrack, did not respond Friday to requests for interviews. But Tutor said in a statement, "I am delighted and honored to acquire the Miramax library. He added, "We look forward to sharing this high quality content with the world in every form of media for many years to come."
The Weinsteins launched Miramax in 1979 and steered it to more than 200 Academy Award best picture, acting and other nominations for its movies.
Tarantino won the 1994 best original screenplay award for "Pulp Fiction," one of the low-budget Miramax hits of the 1990s that helped demonstrate that independent films could reach a wider audience.
The Weinsteins sold Miramax to Disney in 1993 for $80 million and stayed on with the company as managers.
But the duo left in 2005 to found The Weinstein Co. after years of prickly relations with Disney executives and a public spat over Michael Moore's 2004 documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11," which Disney refused to distribute.
With its film profits shriveling, Disney has all but shuttered Miramax. Shortly after longtime Disney studio chief Dick Cook stepped down last year, the company said that it would cut the number of annual Miramax releases to three, down from the usual six to eight. It also laid off 50 people in New York and Los Angeles, leaving the studio with just 20 employees.
In January, Miramax President Daniel Battsek left the company and the studio's operations were folded into the rest of Disney's film unit.
The Weinsteins tried to win Miramax back with financing from supermarket magnate Ron Burkle and Fortress Investment Group, but the bid fell short.
For Disney, the sale furthers a strategy of focusing on movies from which it can draw multiple streams of revenue, analysts said.
Disney can license "Toy Story" characters for action figures and video games, but "Miramax just doesn't make that type of film," said Tony Wible, an analyst for Janney Montgomery Scott.
Analysts also noted that the Miramax sale came the same week Disney bought online social-gaming company Playdom for $563.2 million, reflecting the broader shift of people's time and attention to the Web.
"They're dropping old economy assets for new economy assets," said Needham & Co. analyst Laura Martin.
Shares of Disney, which is based in Burbank, Calif., fell 2 cents to close Friday at $33.69.
Norwegian Wood Must Check it out..A favorite Author of mine..The movie is coming out and it took a while to find Just the right Director and cast.. www.imdb.com/title/tt1270842 TBear this is what I found.If you know of a better site.Let us know.Thanks Susan
Vermontcozy wrote:Norwegian Wood Must Check it out..A favorite Author of mine..The movie is coming out and it took a while to find Just the right Director and cast.. www.imdb.com/title/tt1270842 TBear this is what I found.If you know of a better site.Let us know.Thanks Susan
Better site for a clean trailer, no there isn't one. Where I get 90% of the one I post from.
