The Future of Fantasy

9 months ago 29th Jan 13:31

2008 really was the year of the fantasy movie with the likes of The Spiderwick Chronicles, Inkheart and City of Ember all making it onto the big screen.

And it was mixed year for this genre of film with The Spiderwick Chronicles, Twilight and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian all doing well at the box office, with both Twilight and Caspian opening at number one in America.

But for some this didn't quite go as well as expected as Inkheart did better in the UK than in America while The City of Ember struggled fill stop.

So here at FemaleFirst we take a look at some of the movies that are in the pipeline for this genre of film.

You can't really talk about this genre of film without discussing Harry Potter, the sixth film in the series the Half Blood Prince is released later this year.

The seventh and final book Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is already filming and the film will be split into two parts to be released in 2010 and 2011.

After Tolkien and Rowling Terry Brooks is the third best selling fantasy author so it's not surprising that, at long last, one of his books is getting a big screen adaptation.