He also role-played and wrote terrible stories about elves. His hobbies included reading a novel or two a day and giving relationship advice to all his friends despite the fact that he had never so much as kissed a girl. In high-school Pat was something of a class clown. Throughout his formative years they encouraged him to do his best, gave him good advice, and were no doubt appropriately dismayed when he failed to live up to his full potential. Especially the video games.It all began when Pat Rothfuss was born to a marvelous set of parents. The Kingkiller Chronicle and its short stories have sold over 10 million copies, and hopefully, Lionsgate will do the series justice.

Another set in the same universe, The Tale of Laniel Young-Again, is also in the works.

Three novellas How Old Holly Came to Be, The Lightning Tree and The Slow Regard of Silent Things have been released in short story anthologies and as a novella. Rothfuss' first book in the trilogy, The Name of the Wind, was published in 2007 and book two The Wise Man's Fear was released in 2011.īook three, The Doors of Stone (working title), has yet to be released (grrrr) and will conclude this part of the storyline. Going by the pseudonym Kote after being accused of killing a king (we'll find out more on this if the third book is very flipping released), he moves to the town of Newarre where he is the proprietor of an inn called Waystone. The Kingkiller Chronicle tells the story of Kvothe, a gifted magician and eventual wizard whose parents lead a group of travelling performers called the Edema Ruh troupe before tragedy struck. Lionsgate's president of interactive ventures and games, Peter Levin, will oversee video game development. I never thought a studio would approach me as a creative partner who understands how stories work.' What's more, through this whole process, they've treated me with amazing respect. 'That will give us the screen time to develop the characters and show off the world. “But Lionsgate was willing to work out something different, a multiplatform deal where they develop the films, TV series, and games simultaneously. “Honestly, I've never been very interested in a straight-up movie deal,” said Rothfuss. This means you can expect not only films and a possible television series based on the best-selling series, but video games as well.Īccording to The Hollywood Reporter, the deal between Rothfuss and Lionsgate 'will see the series developed simultaneously' across all mediums at the same time.

Lionsgate has picked up the rights to Patrick Rothfuss' fantasy series The Kingkiller Chronicle.

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