Sam Raimi is producing along with the folks who brought you Xena and Hercules.

On a related note, HBO has officially purchased the rights to the Song of Ice and Fire material (the greatest fantasy epic ever to see paper as far as I'm concerned). They'd bought options before, now they exercised the options. Next step would, theoretically, be to greenlight production. *crosses fingers*

Universal has now optioned The Wheel of Time. Considering the author just died, I'm not sure how I feel about this...money grab or genuinely wanting to see it done? Only time will tell.

/wave