So, in case you haven't noticed, Game of Thrones is popular. Really popular. Now I consider that a good thing as George RR Martin is an amazing author -if a bit racy- and deserves the widest possible audience for his work. However, due to this success networks are looking for their Game of Thrones.
Now, the prophecy's are starting to come true. Terry Brooks has recently announced on his website that MTV has Shannara.
( http://terrybrooks.net/2014/07/mtv-offi ... ra-series/ )
Now there is two things that can come of this:
1.) Shannara is Terrible -Capital T intentional- and the Game of Thrones continues to stand unchallenged.
2.) Shannara is awesome, and then the flood of these book-to-screen shows start.
If number 2 happens then here are some books that I think deserve shows:
- The Wheel of Time: The wheel of time is an amazing series, and a long one. If a show for the wheel of time is made it will hold a good contrast from the other shows, but it will be familiar enough to the tropes we know and love to get a thumbs up from an audience.
- The Kingkiller Chronicle: Fox already has this option, and from what I understand it's at standstill, however I think this show would be a megahit. A reason for this is because Kingkiller is it's own thing. Song of Ice and Fire and Wheel of Time have huge scopes, but Kingkiller has a rather simple scope, but it is as good -if not better- than both those series because of that.
- The Stormlight Archive: As far as I know no-one has made a move on this epic yet. It's still early in it's life, but I think it would make a good show, it holds the same scope as Wheel of Time, Shannara, and Song of Ice and Fire but it stands largely on it's own, without the need of some of the tactics they use.
Lastly:
- Codex Alera: This series is already finished, and is one of the finest pieces of fantasy out there. Although Butcher already got a flop-of-a-show for his Dresden files, I think that Codex Alera would fair better.
So there you go.
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