Fox has bought the film rights for the popular 1990s role-playing game
Fantasy
Why I Can’t Trust the Fantasy Genre
Our writer—a comic-book fan—admits to having problems with stories that have dragons or magic
Will Dungeons & Dragons Be the Next Hobbit?
The Hobbit and Game of Thrones have become full-on pop culture phenomena, but what about the game that kept the fantasy genre alive in the 1970s and ’80s? Where’s the mainstream love for Dungeons and Dragons?
Painting Pop Culture: Artists Turn to Star Wars and Fairy Tales for Inspiration
The Decemberists Lead Singer Spins a Sequel
As the head of the Portland-based folk band, Colin Meloy is known for his brainy lyrics. But he recently put his musical career on hold to pen a series of young adult novels. His Wildwood fantasy series — think Narnia goes to …
Michael Chabon to Fight Nazis With Magic for HBO
Novelist Michael Chabon is developing a series for HBO, titled Hobgoblin, about magicians fighting Nazis in WWII.
Now keep in mind that the project—on which Chabon is teaming with wife Ayelet Waldman—is in an early, pre-pilot stage of development. So as with all such embryonic projects (Aaron Sorkin’s cable-news show for HBO, or the …