I wasn't in town to attend the book festival, but came across this link on the Library of Congress Web site: Susan Cooper: 2011 National Book Festival. It's a webcast of Susan Cooper's appearance at the festival, where she talks about writing and about the fan outrage over That Movie. Here's the full transcript, but I've copied the best bit from it ( Read more... )

In case any of you were curious about Jonathan Jackson's scenes as the Walker that were cut from the "Dark is Rising" theatrical release. This is clipped from the deleted scenes on the European DVD.

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Hello all,

While surfing the net for DiR in Spanish I keep coming across this (see link). I can't find any info elsewhere but I'm getting scared..http://www.sddistribuciones.com/Novedades/BRUJAVERDE-LOS-SEIS-SIGNOS-DE-LA-

 Hey all, if you have a Netflix account, take a moment to go there and write a scathing review of the movie.  No one deserves to be ambushed by this drek...except for the rubes who actually liked it. Pheh.

Have you seen the DVD covers for the Seeker/the Dark Is Rising? It will be out in March - here's the UK edition and here's the US one. It looks like the Walker has now been completely erased... and why is the Rider unmasked? So that he won't appear scary? And what is that castle in the background in the UK cover ( Read more... )

I found a cross-stitch on flickr that I thought folks here might appreciate:

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Hee! They now have Seeker: Dark is Rising trading cards! Gotta collect 'em all...

"The Seeker: The Dark is Rising has just set a dubious record: the largest theater drop in history. It's losing 2,338 theaters only three weeks into it's run (10 bucks says this becomes a stand alone --franchise begone)" From Film Experience Blog.

Liz Miller, who writes a column online for Bookslut.com, planned to write a column mocking DiR fans after she came across kiandra_fire 's breakdown of the violence perpetrated on the book by the movie. However, she decided to actually *read* the book first, and found that she couldn't bring herself to, as she puts it, "give Dark is Rising fans s**t ( Read more... )

The weekend estimates are up at Box Office Mojo...

Less than four million dollars? And the lowest per screen average of any film which came out this week?

Let's all hope that Walden Media sells the story rights quick!