Happy Sunday, folks!
Down in San Antonio, the winners of the 2017 World Fantasy Awards have been… well, awarded. Lovely to see Terry Brooks get a lifetime achievement nod. Shame I almost certainly won’t get around to reading many of these books for years, if ever.
In at #1 in the chart of movies I’m looking forward to that aren’t actually real: Black Panther vs. Wolverine!
That is probably the most lovingly created fan mashup trailer I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot.
I haven’t seen Thor: Ragnarok yet (probably will on Tuesday) but if it’s even half as funny as James Corden’s Thor: Ragnarok 4D, it’s going to be hilarious.
“She’s crushed your special hammer!”
“Nooo!”
(Mild spoilers, but nothing you can’t guess if you’ve seen the trailers.)
Meanwhile, Amazon are in talks to produce a live action Lord of the Rings TV show. Personally, I’d much rather they spent their billions producing an adaptation of a never-before-filmed series: how about a Bas-Lag series based on China Mieville’s novels, or a Malazan series based on Steven Erikson and Cam Esslemont’s world? Push the envelope, Bezos!
Finally, over at the Wertzone, or rather at one of his other blogs Atlas of Ice and Fire, Adam has completed another series of wildly ambitious maps of G. R. R. Martin’s SoIaF world. That’s dedication.
Have a good week!