Magic Kingdom for Sale -- SOLD!

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name = Magic Kingdom For Sale -- SOLD!
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image_caption = First edition cover for "Magic Kingdom"
author = Terry Brooks
illustrator =
cover_artist = Darrell K. Sweet
country = United States
language = English
series = Magic Kingdom of Landover Series
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genre = Fantasy novel
publisher = Del Rey Books
release_date = March 12 1986
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media_type = Print (Hardcover, Mass market paperback), Audio (Abridged)
pages = 384 (Mass market paperback)
isbn = ISBN 0-345-31758-0 (Mass market paperback)
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followed_by = The Black Unicorn

Magic Kingdom for Sale -- SOLD! is the first of Terry Brooks's "Magic Kingdom of Landover" novels. Written in 1986, it tells the story of how Ben Holiday, a talented but depressed Chicago trial lawyer, comes to be king of Landover, a magical kingdom from another world. After a series of highly unsuccessful experiments with other potential kings from Earth, nearly the entire kingdom of Landover is resistant to Holiday taking over the throne; his efforts to claim the throne are at first aided and recognized only by four servants. The book details how Holiday earns recognition from the rest of the kingdom.

The title contains some mild language that might be inappropriate for young children.

Many of the details and descriptions in this book's climactic combat were supposedly borrowed from the climax of Howard Pyle's classic, "Men of Iron".

Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

The rights to sell a movie based on this book have been bounced around since the 1980s, but as of August 2008 IMDB has announced it is currently set as [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466061/ active] , though it is still unclear if the movie will eventually see screening. Although the movie is seen as in production, actors have not even been talked about. Brooks is still in negotiations with Hollywood execs. Per his monthly letter at terrybrooks.net

Stephen Sommers is currently attached as director. Sommers has directed such films as "The Mummy" (1999), "The Mummy Returns" (2001), and "Van Helsing" (2004).

The previous plan for adding two children to the screen play have been dropped according to Terry Brooks because of the lack of a real story arc for each character.

External links

* [http://www.terrybrooks.net/ The Official Terry Brooks Website]
* [http://terrybrooks.net/novels/landover/kingdom.html Magic Kingdom for Sale--SOLD! Page of Terry Brooks' Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0466061/ IMDB Movie Listing]