The most beguiling promise of fantasy fiction is that of self-knowledge. At some point the protagonist discovers, with the force of a calling from God, that he is no mere mortal, but a wizard, a ...

EXCLUSIVE: A24 and Oscar-nominated producer Jennifer Fox (Nightcrawler, Michael Clayton) are teaming to develop Ursula Le Guin’s acclaimed Earthsea fantasy books for television. A24 is the studio and ...

A prince sets out on a magical journey and discovers wizards, witches, dragons and self-knowledge in "Tales From Earthsea," a first feature for Goro Miyazaki, son of the celebrated Hayao Miyazaki ...

Although they may be set in far-flung worlds, fantasy tales can never truly be separated from their creators and from the lands that created them. Some of the most popular fantasy -- including “The ...

Tales from Earthsea, or Gedo Senki, was directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son Goro Miyazaki, who directed this after he was asked to draw the storyboards for the film by producer Toshio Suzuki. The film is ...

Last month, I addressed “Mansfield Park.” If you’ve seen the 2007 movie titled “The Jane Austen Book Club,” you’ll recall that the lone male member of the book club is a fan of Ursula K. Le Guin, and ...

Carl: To date, I have seen four Studio Ghibli movies; Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle and most recently, Tales From Earthsea. All have been visually spectacular, that is ...