Nyhed: "Mirkwood" skal filmatiseres

"Mirkwood" skal filmatiseres

Alternativ biografi om J.R.R. Tolkien til det store lærred.

Steve Hillards roman "Mirkwood" skal tilsyneladende filmatiseres. Bogen har undertitlen "A Novel About J.R.R. Tolkien" og beskrives som følgende:

"Mirkwood" tells of Tolkien hiding secret documents that the forces of evil will do anything to obtain, and the young orphan girl, Cadence, who discovers them. In the opening pages of Hillard's novel, world-renowned author and linguist Tolkien lands in New York City on a mysterious errand. He carries with him a collection of ancient documents, many in an unknown language that hint of a heroine, a halfling named Ara, who lived in the same ancient landscape that inspired Tolkien's Middle-earth.

Fearing that possession of the documents will lead to great harm, Tolkien entrusts them to a simple scissor sharpener named Jesse Grande. Almost four decades later, Grande has disappeared and the documents have been found by Grande's orphaned granddaughter, Cadence. As dark forces from the realm of fantasy hunt down the documents and their guardian, Cadence must protect the story of Ara.

Romanen blev mødt af juridisk modstand fra Tolkiens arvinge tidligere på året, men det er nu blevet løst, hvilket baner vejen for filmatiseringen.