The Dark is Rising
Susan Cooper's popular children's fantasy novels finally get a big screen adaptation, some 30 years after they first appeared in print. Undoubtedly the producers have an eye on the success of The Lord of the Rings and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Master H. Potter, Esquire. Unlike those successful franchises, however, The Dark is Rising has offended fans of the books by making sweeping changes to the story and the characters, most obviously by changing hero Will from an 11-year-old...
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