Earthsea (2004)

Original title

Legend of Earthsea

Directed by

Robert Lieberman

Genre

drama television series, adventure television series, fantasy television series

Country

United States, Canada

Length

1 season, 2 episodes

Rated

12

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 97 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young mage named Ged trains in wizardry but his reckless power awakens an ancient demon race. He teams up with a priestess named Tenar to fight the demons and save their world.

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What happens

Legend of Earthsea (later shortened to Earthsea) is a two-part television fantasy miniseries produced for the Sci-Fi Channel and aired in 2004. It is loosely based on the Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin. The teleplay was written by Gavin Scott, and the series was directed by Robert Lieberman. Legend of Earthsea is an American-Canadian co-production that was filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia. Combining the plots of the first two Earthsea novels, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, the story follows Ged (Shawn Ashmore), a powerful but reckless mage-in-training, and Tenar (Kristin Kreuk), a young priestess, who are drawn together in a battle against an ancient race of demons known as the Nameless Ones. The cast also features Danny Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Sebastian Roché and Chris Gauthier. Legends of Earthsea aired over two consecutive nights in December 2004. It received generally negative reviews from both critics and fans of the original novels, and it was heavily criticized for its numerous deviations from them. Even so, it won seven Leo Awards and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. Le Guin stated that she had been cut out of the creative process for Legends of Earthsea and that she did not approve of the miniseries. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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