Now, while I would greatly prefer that the first book of The Dark Is Rising, Over Sea, Under Stone, be made first (it is the most cinematic of the novels and would make a great jumping off point), I can understand the idea of starting with the second novel. The final four novels all concern the same character while the first book has two other characters who get the whole ball rolling. That might confuse movie goers who are not fans of the series (to have a first movie with, really, only one recurring minor character that appears in the second through fifth movies).
Well, this year we get to see what they did with it:
Next, while this one is not yet even filming, there is a ton of good news about the possibility of seeing Repairman Jack on the screen as a film franchise:
http://www.repairmanjack.com/news.php#12
How often do you read that the author of the books has read and approved of the script. They (he and the producer) are trying to actually bring the character that people know and love to the silver screen. Now, I'm granting that some of the story lines will likely be simplified and streamlined for the screen, but, even still, this bodes pretty well after 11 years of development hell.
Here's hoping they both turn out to be quality productions.
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