See more ideas about ed speleers, i love him and love him. Ac3, dolby, dts surround sound, dubbed, dvdvideo, special edition, subtitled, widescreen, ntsc dvd features. Eragon was the thirdbestselling childrens hardback book of 2003, and the secondbestselling paperback of 2005. Interview by mark walters the new fantasy movie eragon is based on the popular childrens book by author christopher paolini. That is why i loved the book so making this movie so much because i was at that age and on the process of going from a young boy to a young man. Eragon fr import speleers, edward speleers, jeremy irons, sienna guillory, robert carlyle, rachel weisz, stefen fangmeier on. Eragon edward speleers is a young farm boy who finds a blue stone in the mountains. Provenance from the estate of an avid hollywood collector.
See more ideas about ed speleers, princes of the universe and inheritance cycle. Fantasy adventure based on the bestselling novel by christopher paolini. The inheritance cycle series 4 book set collection eragon, eldest, brisngr. I mean, if you read the book, its way different, and it kinda sucks since they dont put a lot of the characters in the movie like they had in the book. Eragon is a 2006 britishamerican actionfantasy film directed by stefen fangmeier in his directorial debut and written by peter buchman, based on christopher paolinis 2002 novel of the same name. The novel is based on young fiction, fantasy, and dystopian genres. The costume includes a tan leather waistcoat, a fitted linen shirt, and a pair of dark brown leather trousers with lacing to the front. Eragon is a young male, about sixteen who is the first of a new generation of dragon riders. But when the stone turns out to be an egg from which a baby dragon is hatched, eragon realises he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the empire. Edward speleers born april 7, 1988, british actor, model. However, there was never a sequel, eragon 2 never saw the light. He is an actor and producer, known for downton abbey outlander and wolf hall ed speleers, of eragon, will join the downton abbey cast as the footman jimmy.
The story line is reminiscent of many fantasy books influenced by the lord of the rings and other writings by jrr tolkien but it is non the worse for it yet not quite as successful but. Ed speleers was still in school when the casting process for eragon was underway. Also released are unique versions of eragon for the game boy advance, nintendo ds, playstation portable, and mobile phone handheld gaming systems, primarily developed by amaze entertainment. Malkovich plays king galbatorix the name gives a better performance, and his highness is miffed that the enormous blue egg it looks like an extrastrength pill from the matrix eragon edward speleers found in the forest has hatched. It placed on the new york times childrens books best seller list for 121 weeks. With ed speleers, sienna guillory, jeremy irons, john malkovich. Why do some movie companies not remain true to the books, like eragon and. Eragon newcomer edward speleers, who lives with his uncle and discovers a dragon egg while out hunting. Ed speleers was born on april 1988 in chichester, england as edward john speleers. The main musical theme for the game eragon was released shur site november 2 2006. Jeremy irons played his part very well as mentor to the young eragon ed speleers and robert carlyle added a dash of menace and wickedness as the bad wizard.
Downloadable snippet of book tofilmtogame adaptation gives gamers a taste of dragons, swords, and sorcery. Acting prior to eragon, speleers appeared in school productions, such as a midsummer nights dream when he was 10, peter pan, a streetcar named desire, richard iii and hamlet. The main role was played by ed speleers, while the eragon cast included major stars as. I wouldnt go all the way to loving the eragon books, but i did really like them. This photo, entitled edward speleers as eragon in eragon 2006, has been posted on sunday, august 19th, 2012 in the fanmade gallery dedicated to eragon cinema. Oxford house 76 oxford street london w1d 1bs uk ed speleers william morris endeavor entertainment 9601 wilshire blvd. Eragon is a 2006 britishamerican action fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by christopher paolini. Later, eragon s family is killed by the marauding razac, and he must learn to fight before a war begins. In 2006, he left eastbourne college to portray eragon. He had read the book, but he hadnt been actively pursuing the part. The jacket has a dramatic illustration of eragons dragon by john jude panancar. The stone turns out to be a dragon egg, and eragon soon bonds with the dragon and discovers that hes one of the last dragon riders.
Eragon is a 2006 britishamerican fantasyadventure film based on the novel of the same name by author christopher paolini. Oct 11, 2006 ign attended a roundtable interview last week with newcomer edward speleers, the 18yearold star of 20th century foxs forthcoming fantasy epic eragon. Edward speleers as eragon in eragon 2006 theiapolis. Ed speleers was born on april 7, 1988 in chichester, england as edward john speleers. Eragon is the name of the book and is also the name of the main.
Callow, young, blondeheaded farm boy destined to save the world from the evil empire by joining an ancient and longdead order of peacekeepers. Ign attended a roundtable interview last week with newcomer edward speleers, the 18yearold star of 20th century foxs forthcoming fantasy epic eragon. Later, eragons family is killed by the marauding razac, and he must learn to fight before a war begins. Edward speleers at the london premiere of eragon youtube. After writing the first draft for a year, paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. Eragon is a thirdperson video game released for playstation 2, xbox, xbox 360, and microsoft windows, developed by stormfront studios. Ed speleers cast as stephen bonnet for outlander season four. Orphaned farm boy eragon edward speleers destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. A custom costume worn by ed speleers as the title character in eragon 20th century, 2006. Eragon follows the story of the title character played by edward speleers. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film eragon, as well as starring in golden globe and emmy awardwinning tv series downton abbey. This is the fantasy tale of a 17yearold named eragon edward speleers, pictured, who one day finds a big blue egg in the forest. The cast includes edward speleers in the title role, jeremy irons, garrett hedlund, sienna guillory, robert carlyle, john malkovich, djimon hounsou, alun armstrong, joss stone, and the voice of rachel weisz as saphira the dragon.
He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film eragon, as well as a role in the tv series downton abbey. Accompanied by a tear sheet from an eragon calendar. The blue cgi dragon is far and away the best thing in the movie. In fact, its hard to find a single unique element in this entire cockeyed coming of age morality play. Eragon ed speleers and john malkovich overview based on the first novel in christopher paolinis popular inheritance trilogy, eragon is a fantastical adventure in a vein similar to that of the lord of the rings trilogy and the chronicles of narnia. The book has blue maps of alagaesia on the end papers with layout similar to tolkiens lord of the rings. Oct 11, 2017 ed speleers is playing stephen bonnet. Darren rea caught up with speleers as eragon was due for release on dvd. Edward ed speleers was born in chichester, uk, on 21 december 1987. Eragon is the main protagonist of the inheritance cycle, a book series, by christopher paolini.
The studio needed to choose their leading actor carefully, as the whole film hinges on that characters performance. Eragon has been released on film with jeremy irons and edward speleers in the title role. Sep 06, 2017 jeremy irons played his part very well as mentor to the young eragon ed speleers and robert carlyle added a dash of menace and wickedness as the bad wizard. Wanneer eragon ed speleers een glimmende blauwe steen vindt, denkt hij het geluk op zijn hand te hebben. The book is available in printed media, paperback hardcover, e book, and audio version as well. It was released on december 14, 2006 australia, new zealand and december 15, 2006 uk, usa, canada by 20th century fox. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film eragon, as well as starring in the tv series downton abbey. Speleers has been nominated for both the saturn awards, as best young actor, and the british academy film awards, for a short film he coproduced. Enduring plot continuity issues that only elves can make sense of, wildly miscast leading roles with the worst being the betteraboyband member than hero edward speleers in the lead role of eragon, and some of the worst dialogue ever spoken outside of a middle earth snl spoof sketch, the film takes a dragonsized nose dive fewer than 15. Eragon was directed by stefen fangmeier, who has worked on many criticallyacclaimed films such as the bourne identity, master and commander. Hope that helps and i hope i didnt ruin the movie for you. A young boy whose discovery of a mysterious egg leads him on a predestined journey to become a dragon rider and defend his. As essayed by newcomer edward speleers, he makes mark hamill look like marlon friggin brando.
He is an actor and producer, known for downton abbey 2010, outlander 2014 and wolf hall 2015. He also played the title role in eragon back in 2006 and had a role in alice through the looking glass. As a hero, eragon is as hollow as a tree filled with cookiemaking elves. Eragon was chosen to be the new dragon rider by his dragon, saphira. Eragon is the first book in the inheritance cycle by american fantasy writer christopher paolini. He costarred in the 2008 british primetime soap echo beach, and in 2010, he starred in witchville. Eragon was released worldwide between december, 2006 and december 15, 2006 by 20th century fox. Edward speleers and jeremy irons in eragon eragon may please fans unfamiliar with the book, but it is a serious disappointment to anyone that has read it.
The film stars ed speleers in the title role as well as jeremy irons, sienna guillory, robert carlyle, djimon hounsou, garrett hedlund, joss stone and john malkovich, with rachel. Edward speleers, jeremy irons, sienna guillory, robert carlyle director. Eragon free download full pc game latest version torrent. Dec 12, 2006 edward speleers at the london premiere of eragon,leicester square. Edward speleers was selected for the role of eragon. The two next books in the series, eldest and brisingr, were going to be shooted. It starred ed speleers in the title role, jeremy irons as his father brom. Based on the novel by christopher paolini, a teen himself when he authored the book, the story introduces a young farm boy from alagaesia. Eragon is an exceptional novel written by christopher paolini and was published in 2002 by the paolini llc and alfred a. Judgment day, jurassic park, the mask, and saving private ryan. Nov 03, 2018 in the years after eragon s failure to launch, speleers returned to british film and television. Theres some background to this stone that is kind of explained but all you need to know is that this is a dragon egg.
Edward john ed speleers is an english actor and producer. See more ideas about ed speleers, downton abbey and inheritance cycle. But, if you havent seen the movie yet, its horrible. Abandoned by his mother, eragon edward speleers lives on a small plot of land with his uncle garrow alun armstrong and cousin roran christopher egan. Eragon combines a number of recognizable actors, such as jeremy irons and djimon hounsou, with relatively unknowns. Ed speleers may look familiar to you as he is most known for playing jimmy kent on downton abbey. That is why i loved the book so making this movie so much because i was at that age and on the process of going from a. The whole thing is a rehash right down to having john malkovich cough up another hissy overlord.
In his homeland of alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragons egg a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes hes the one person who can defend his home against an evil king. Listendownload eragon audiobook by christopher paolini. Speleers first professional role in 2006 was the lead in 20th century foxs screen version of christopher paolinis hit book eragon. Eragon may please fans unfamiliar with the book, but it is a serious disappointment to anyone that has read it. Like so many book to movie attempts, this one tries to fit 2,000 pages of novel in 1 hour and 43 minutes and of course fails, but maybe not epically. In 2006, the book was adapted into a movie by first time director stefen fangmeier. Eragon was a 2006 motion picture based upon eragon, the first book of the inheritance cycle. He is an actor and producer, known for downton abbey outlander and wolf hall welcome to the outlander family ed speleers, who will be playing the role of stephen bonnet and maria doyle kennedy, playing aunt jocasta who will be joining in season 4 source. Clearly most of the budget was spent making saphira look as good as possible. Edward john ed speleers born 7 april 1988 is an english actor and producer. Hes also known for starring in the tv series downton abbey, as recurring character jimmy kent.
His first real brush with fame came as he portrayed the title role in the scifi fantasy eragon. Dec 12, 2006 edward speleers as eragon jeremy irons as brom sienna guillory as arya. Paolini, born in 1983, wrote the novel while still in his teens. Record emma townshend and her song we can fly away. Eragon is based on the childrens book by christopher paolini who happened to be 15 when he wrote the book. Speleers also acted in a short film by charlie bleakley, called metropolis. Edward speleers as eragon jeremy irons as brom sienna guillory as arya.
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