The Cast Of This Trilogy Would Melt The Movie Screens

[redbrunja]

fannish5 had a cool question a couple weeks back. They were asking what 5 books would make great movies. I only did one, because I casted it and found pictures.

The Fall of Ile-Rien Trilougy is comprised of three books: "The Wizard Hunters," "The Ships Of Air" and "The Gate of The Gods."

Based on Nebula-nominee Martha Wells's entrancing series. On Ile-Rien, a world besieged by the mysterious and well-nigh invulnerable Gardier, Tremaine is recruited to help devise a spell that can break through the Gardier airships' impregnable shields. Yet instead of creating a weapon, the spell transports Tremaine and a small band of cohorts to another world with a secret Gardier base, giving them a chance to spy on the enemy of which they know so little.

Set in an amazing alter-Europe wear magic works as well as more southern dimension with the most civilized barbarians you'll ever met, these books (and movies) have everything: danger, romance, war, sarcasm, and magic.

Directed by Spielburg, this is a trilogy with the budget and the story to rival Lord of the Rings.

Allow me to introduce the cast:

(all the pictures should get bigger if you click on them.)

Our reluctent, witty and half-suicidal heroine:



Keira Knightly as Tremaine Valiarde

The curse-marked warrior from another world:



Jensen Ackles as Ilias

The God's Chosen Vessel:



Adam Baldwin as Gilied.

Tremaine's guardian, and one of the few wizard's still alive:



Clive Owen as Gerard.

The classic inguene and apprentice witch:



Alyson Hannigan as Florian.

Tremaine's former paramour (who really doesn't understand her):



Alexis Denisof as Ander.

Aristocratic scientist/wizard:



Edward Norton as Niles.

Tremaine's ethically dubious father:



Alan Rickman as Nicholas Valiarde.

And finally, playing the half-mad and immensely powerful wizard Arisilde



Anthony Hopkins as 'Uncle Ari.'


God, what I wouldn't give to see The Wizard Hunters adapted to film the way it should be.

Comments

[chomiji]

Yays! I love this series, and it really doesn't get the readership it should! How the publishers etc. can support the lame stuff that they do instead of books like these is beyond me.

I'm not going to get into the casting game, though ... not really my thing.   XD

Have you read P.C. Hodgell's Kencyrath series?

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I know, isn't it awesome? I adore Tremaine beyond measure.

I really enjoy playing the casting game. I usually don't as I'm reading, but it's a fun bit of meta to play with, especially when you basically read the whole series in one chunk, so you don't have time between volumes to sit and ponder.

And no, I haven't read that series. Should I?