What if the last season of "Game of Thrones" had been a movie?

Posted on 01/23/2020 at 08:22 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

HBO showrunners had initially planned to make the final season of Game of Thrones into three movies, not six episodes,...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, TV adaptation

Take a look at the Discworld-inspired show "The Watch"

Posted on 01/20/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Did you check out the first images from the BBC’s The Watch last week? If not, here’s a sneak peek...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Pop culture, TV adaptation

J.R.R. Tolkien’s son who served as literary executor has died

Posted on 01/16/2020 at 02:45 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

J.R.R. Tolkien’s son and literary executor, Christopher Tolkien, has died at the age of ninety-five. The Tolkien Society confirmed his...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Obituary

The similarities between J.R.R. Tolkien and Ian McKellen

Posted on 01/03/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy birthday, J.R.R. Tolkien! The author famous for the Lord of the Rings trilogy was born on this day in...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Fantasy, Just for fun, Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

Which books are headed to the screen?

Posted on 11/19/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We all know Little Women is being turned into (yet another) movie, but if you’re among the book lovers open...

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Tagged As: Amazon, Fantasy, Science fiction, TV adaptation

Updates from the sets of “His Dark Materials” and “Normal People”

Posted on 11/01/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Dickinson may have premiered today, but we still have plenty of literary adaptations to look forward to (or dread). Coming...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, NPR, Pop culture, TV adaptation

George R.R. Martin makes a promise about "The Winds of Winter"

Posted on 10/31/2019 at 02:35 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

George R.R. Martin is throwing a bone to his impatient fans and halting his script-writing efforts. The author of the...

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J.R.R. Tolkien's house is up for sale

Posted on 10/31/2019 at 10:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Exciting news for fantasy fans: You can live in the house where J.R.R. Tolkien wrote The Hobbit. Well, that is,...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Fantasy

HBO says no thanks to Game of Thones prequel

Posted on 10/30/2019 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

HBO won’t develop a Game of Thrones prequel series after all. The prequel was among several Game of Thrones-related projects...

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The real-life icy apocalypse that inspired George R.R. Martin

Posted on 10/25/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You can’t blame George R.R. Martin for being interview-averse nowadays — anytime he appears in the news, someone demands to...

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Tagged As: Author interview, Fantasy, NPR