Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern is a few different things. The book series is a work of sci-fi fantasy that holds up well; a promising franchise plan with enough raw story for several films and/or TV shows; and, thanks to the story's many layered sci-fi concepts, one really difficult piece of work to adapt. After…
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There could finally be a Dragonriders of Pern movie, or a series of movies, as Warner Bros. has optioned all the Pern novels.
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I haven't thought of Anne McCaffrey's dragon-infested Pern novels in years, but given the rate at which fantasy properties have been snapped up I'm shocked that it has taken this long for a high-profile writer to be hired to adapt them. The Pern novels -- at least the first ones, such as Dragonflight, which David…
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