Heroic Dreams - All Things Medieval

It is pretty much official that a Shannara movie is being made. The filming is supposed to start this year and the movie is scheduled to be finished sometime next year. I may be released in 09 or possibly 2010. Interesting thing about it is that the movie will not be The Sword of Shannara. It is said that Terry Brooks wanted to start the series of movies with The Elfstones of Shannara. He believes it is a better place to start out.

I have been a big fan of the Shannara series since it came out. I read the first book when it came out! Tells you how old I am getting.

Digging up information about this movie is currently pretty scarce and the IMDB has a listing for it but no information currently available. Warner Bros are making it so it should be well done.

I guess we really have lord of the rings to thank for this resurgence in big budget fantasy movies. It propelled Harry Potter, Narnia and others into the mainstream. Well, maybe not Harry Potter. Those movies didn’t need any help from LOTR.

Anyhoo, I will keep you posted on the progress and specifics of the movie as I can dig things up.  If you can’t wait until 2010 for your big budget fantasy movie fix you might not know but David Farland’s Runelords is set to be released next year.

The Elfstones of Shannara

The Runelords Book 1

If you are a regular visitor my apologies for the blog being down almost two weeks now! eek.  There was a bit of an issue and my hosting provider helped me work it out. Nothing has been lost and the database is perfect. Anyhoo, I been busy with a lot of things. The 300 Diorama is almost complete and it has come out quite nice. I just need to do the water, the electrical lights and sound effects, and paint the miniatures.

I also have a lot of other things going on including work on a full color paperbound book on how to make fantasy dioramas. It will be available on amazon.com. I will also make it available in pdf.

I am currently working on a ground up redesign of my fantasy guide website and it is coming out great. It will include a newsletter sign up form. A lot of people like that site and have asked about the newsletter. So watch for that site overhaul to be ready within the next couple of days. It’s located here: The Fantasy Guide

I have a bunch of other things I have been diligently working on and will be rolling things out over time. But that’s enough for now. it just feels great to get back on the Heroic Dreams Blog!!!

 Oh, and the 300 DIorama is a complete tutorial with videos, pictures and step by step tutorial. The tutorial on my site is here: The making of the 300 Diorama

And the 5 video series is on my youtube channel here Epic Fantasy Youtube videos

Here are some pics  of the diorama:

Will