J.R.R. Tolkien is about to publish a new book Studios Stalk Tolkien's Hurin
More than 30 years after his death, J.R.R. Tolkien is about to publish a new book, The Children of Hurin, and Hollywood studios are already interested in acquiring film rights, the Reuters news service reported. The book goes on sale April 17. Tolkien's son and literary executor, Christopher, now in his 80s, constructed The Children of Hurin from his father's manuscripts and said he tried to do so "without any editorial invention." Tolkien is the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. The story is set long before The Lord of the Rings in a part of Middle-earth that was drowned before Hobbits ever appeared, and tells the tragic tale of Turin and his sister, Nienor, who are cursed by Morgoth, the first Dark Lord. David Brawn, director at Tolkien publisher HarperCollins, told Reuters that the initial worldwide print run for the new book, featuring illustrations by Oscar winner Alan Lee, was 500,000 and added that Hollywood studios are eager to buy the film rights of the new book. "We all want this first and foremost to enjoy life as a book," Brawn told Reuters. "No one's saying never to a film, [but] the film rights are reserved by the estate. We want to see what reaction it gets and then let it run its course." http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=41123 Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
