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Eragon, the movie, is the big screen adaptation of the first book in the trilogy, which was written by a teenager, Christopher Paolini. When the novel was first released in the US in 2003 it was an instant hit, spending a stunning 87 weeks on the prestigious New York Times bestsellers list. Paolini was 15 and just out of high school when he started working on the book. They say art often parallels life. The main character of the novel Eragon happens to be a 15-year-old boy who lives with his uncle and cousin on their farm. The story is that of this boy who is destined to become a young hero when he unwittingly hatches a dragon’s egg. With that he is thrust into a world of magic and power through which he and his dragon Saphira must navigate. The movie features the acting talents of Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich, among others. British newcomer Edward Speleers, edged out thousands of young hopefuls to clinch the title role. Eragon is helped along his journey by Arya, an elf princess, played by Sienna Guillory. Jeremy Irons play Brom, the last of the Dragon Riders, who acts as mentor to the young Eragon and teaches him how to ride Saphira. Stefen Fangmeier, the visual effects expert behind such films as Saving Private Ryan and The Perfect Storm makes his directorial debut with Eragon. The movie is already being hailed as this year’s Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings, but as I always like to say, read the book to see if the adaptation was true to the script.
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IF you think you have a
book in you, this might be the best time to get the pen to paper. In the
past couple of weeks, the talk in Hollywood has been all about books
that have made it to screen or writer’s lives that are deserving
enough to be lifted from the realms of pages. As more movies continue to
spin off books, recently, the spotlight has fallen on The Inheritance
Trilogy.