{"id":39917,"date":"2013-12-07T00:16:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T07:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/07\/the-tv-series-of-shannara.html"},"modified":"2014-06-13T17:02:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-13T23:02:50","slug":"the-tv-series-of-shannara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/07\/the-tv-series-of-shannara.html","title":{"rendered":"The TV-Series of Shannara"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the one hand, a lot of creative talent.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Terry Brooks' \u00a0_Shannara,_ which started with a volume lovingly covered by the Bros. Hildebrandt which was itself an appallingly awful cover of Lord of the Rings.<\/i><\/p>\n

On the gripping hand, starting with a subsequent volume.<\/p>\n

On the … um … fourth hand … um … MTV?<\/i><\/p>\n

I have no idea how to peg this one. Just … um … okay. We'll see.\ufeff<\/p><\/div>\n

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‘Shannara’ Series in the Works at MTV With Jon Favreau, ‘Smallville’ Duo<\/a>
\n MTV is looking for its own Game of Thrones.
\nThe Viacom-owned cable network is teaming with Jon Favreau and Smallville duo Al Gough and Miles Millar to adapt Terry Brooks’ international best-selling fantasy novels Shannara, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. From Sonar Entertainment, the development deal comes with a straight-to-series commitment, so should network brass like the script, the fantasy drama would bypass the traditional pilot stage…\n <\/p>\n

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On the one hand, a lot of creative talent. On the other hand, Terry Brooks' \u00a0_Shannara,_ which started with a volume lovingly covered by the Bros. Hildebrandt which was itself an appallingly awful cover of Lord of the Rings. On the gripping hand, starting with a subsequent volume. 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