A number of major movie studios are bidding for the rights to adapt Patrick Rothfuss ’s blockbuster novelThe Name Of The Windthis weekend at San Diego Comic - Con . accord to the Hollywood Reporter , interest in the series has surged as the expected publication of the concluding installment draws closer .
Rothfuss ’s hit phantasy novel follows Kvothe as he recounts the story of his past growing up to become one of the earthly concern ’s most notorious sorcerer . First published in 2007 , the novel has made Rothfuss one of the biggest name in fantasy lit . A subsequence novel , The Wise Man ’s Fear , appeared in 2011 , and the third book in the Kingkiller Chronicles trilogy , The Doors of Stone , is expected to be published in 2016 .
Adaptations of fantasy novels have become major hits , with HBO ’s Game of Thrones setting a high bar while MTV is set to release The Shannara Chronicles , found off of the novels by Terry Brooks in January 2016 . The attention being paid to Rothfuss ’s serial is supporting , with a number of studio straits from Warner Brothers , MGM , Lionsgate , Fox and Universal all trying to snap up the series for themselves .
[ Hollywood newsperson ]
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