See more ideas about ed speleers, i love him and love him. The main role was played by ed speleers, while the eragon cast included major stars as. Dec 12, 2006 edward speleers as eragon jeremy irons as brom sienna guillory as arya. Eragon is a 2006 britishamerican action fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by christopher paolini.
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. The main musical theme for the game eragon was released shur site november 2 2006. 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. Edward speleers at the london premiere of eragon youtube. 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. 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. Eragon was chosen to be the new dragon rider by his dragon, saphira. 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. Edward ed speleers was born in chichester, uk, on 21 december 1987. 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. 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. Eragon has been released on film with jeremy irons and edward speleers in the title role. Eragon is based on the childrens book by christopher paolini who happened to be 15 when he wrote the book.
See more ideas about ed speleers, princes of the universe and inheritance cycle. 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. Listendownload eragon audiobook by christopher paolini. He had read the book, but he hadnt been actively pursuing the part. 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. He is best known for playing the title role in the 2006 film eragon, as well as starring in the tv series downton abbey. Oct 11, 2017 ed speleers is playing stephen bonnet. It placed on the new york times childrens books best seller list for 121 weeks. Based on the novel by christopher paolini, a teen himself when he authored the book, the story introduces a young farm boy from alagaesia. 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. Eragon may please fans unfamiliar with the book, but it is a serious disappointment to anyone that has read it. In 2006, he left eastbourne college to portray eragon.
Eragon combines a number of recognizable actors, such as jeremy irons and djimon hounsou, with relatively unknowns. Edward speleers born april 7, 1988, british actor, model. Eragon is an exceptional novel written by christopher paolini and was published in 2002 by the paolini llc and alfred a. Edward speleers as eragon in eragon 2006 theiapolis. This is the fantasy tale of a 17yearold named eragon edward speleers, pictured, who one day finds a big blue egg in the forest. As a hero, eragon is as hollow as a tree filled with cookiemaking elves. Eragon was directed by stefen fangmeier, who has worked on many criticallyacclaimed films such as the bourne identity, master and commander. Eragon is the name of the book and is also the name of the main. He also played the title role in eragon back in 2006 and had a role in alice through the looking glass. Darren rea caught up with speleers as eragon was due for release on dvd.
Edward speleers was selected for the role of eragon. After writing the first draft for a year, paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. The whole thing is a rehash right down to having john malkovich cough up another hissy overlord. In fact, its hard to find a single unique element in this entire cockeyed coming of age morality play. A young boy whose discovery of a mysterious egg leads him on a predestined journey to become a dragon rider and defend his. Eragon free download full pc game latest version torrent. Eragon was released worldwide between december, 2006 and december 15, 2006 by 20th century fox. 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. A custom costume worn by ed speleers as the title character in eragon 20th century, 2006. 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. Edward john ed speleers born 7 april 1988 is an english actor and producer. Ed speleers may look familiar to you as he is most known for playing jimmy kent on downton abbey.
Downloadable snippet of book tofilmtogame adaptation gives gamers a taste of dragons, swords, and sorcery. Why do some movie companies not remain true to the books, like eragon and. Clearly most of the budget was spent making saphira look as good as possible. Ed speleers cast as stephen bonnet for outlander season four. Theres some background to this stone that is kind of explained but all you need to know is that this is a dragon egg. Judgment day, jurassic park, the mask, and saving private ryan. Dec 12, 2006 edward speleers at the london premiere of eragon,leicester square. 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. 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. Hes also known for starring in the tv series downton abbey, as recurring character jimmy kent. Paolini, born in 1983, wrote the novel while still in his teens. Ign attended a roundtable interview last week with newcomer edward speleers, the 18yearold star of 20th century foxs forthcoming fantasy epic eragon. However, there was never a sequel, eragon 2 never saw the light. The book is available in printed media, paperback hardcover, e book, and audio version as well.
Eragon is a 2006 britishamerican fantasyadventure film based on the novel of the same name by author christopher paolini. Later, eragons family is killed by the marauding razac, and he must learn to fight before a war begins. See more ideas about ed speleers, downton abbey and inheritance cycle. Ed speleers was born on april 7, 1988 in chichester, england as edward john speleers. Record emma townshend and her song we can fly away. 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 is the first book in the inheritance cycle by american fantasy writer christopher paolini. Wanneer eragon ed speleers een glimmende blauwe steen vindt, denkt hij het geluk op zijn hand te hebben. In 2006, the book was adapted into a movie by first time director stefen fangmeier. Eragon follows the story of the title character played by edward speleers. His first real brush with fame came as he portrayed the title role in the scifi fantasy eragon. 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. 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. 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.
Callow, young, blondeheaded farm boy destined to save the world from the evil empire by joining an ancient and longdead order of peacekeepers. Eragon is the main protagonist of the inheritance cycle, a book series, by christopher paolini. 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. The blue cgi dragon is far and away the best thing in the movie. 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. The jacket has a dramatic illustration of eragons dragon by john jude panancar.
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. Speleers first professional role in 2006 was the lead in 20th century foxs screen version of christopher paolinis hit book eragon. Speleers also acted in a short film by charlie bleakley, called metropolis. It starred ed speleers in the title role, jeremy irons as his father brom. Eragon was a 2006 motion picture based upon eragon, the first book of the inheritance cycle. Eragon fr import speleers, edward speleers, jeremy irons, sienna guillory, robert carlyle, rachel weisz, stefen fangmeier on. 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.
Interview by mark walters the new fantasy movie eragon is based on the popular childrens book by author christopher paolini. As essayed by newcomer edward speleers, he makes mark hamill look like marlon friggin brando. Edward speleers, jeremy irons, sienna guillory, robert carlyle director. Edward speleers as eragon jeremy irons as brom sienna guillory as arya. 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. Oxford house 76 oxford street london w1d 1bs uk ed speleers william morris endeavor entertainment 9601 wilshire blvd. With ed speleers, sienna guillory, jeremy irons, john malkovich. Eragon edward speleers is a young farm boy who finds a blue stone in the mountains. 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. Orphaned farm boy eragon edward speleers destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper.
I wouldnt go all the way to loving the eragon books, but i did really like them. Hope that helps and i hope i didnt ruin the movie for you. Accompanied by a tear sheet from an eragon calendar. The novel is based on young fiction, fantasy, and dystopian genres. Edward john ed speleers is an english actor and producer. Nov 03, 2018 in the years after eragon s failure to launch, speleers returned to british film and television. Eragon is a thirdperson video game released for playstation 2, xbox, xbox 360, and microsoft windows, developed by stormfront studios. Eragon was the thirdbestselling childrens hardback book of 2003, and the secondbestselling paperback of 2005. Ed speleers was still in school when the casting process for eragon was underway. Ac3, dolby, dts surround sound, dubbed, dvdvideo, special edition, subtitled, widescreen, ntsc dvd features. It was released on december 14, 2006 australia, new zealand and december 15, 2006 uk, usa, canada by 20th century fox. Fantasy adventure based on the bestselling novel by christopher paolini.
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. The inheritance cycle series 4 book set collection eragon, eldest, brisngr. Ed speleers was born on april 1988 in chichester, england as edward john 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. He is an actor and producer, known for downton abbey 2010, outlander 2014 and wolf hall 2015.
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. The book has blue maps of alagaesia on the end papers with layout similar to tolkiens lord of the rings. He costarred in the 2008 british primetime soap echo beach, and in 2010, he starred in witchville. Provenance from the estate of an avid hollywood collector. The studio needed to choose their leading actor carefully, as the whole film hinges on that characters performance. The two next books in the series, eldest and brisingr, were going to be shooted. Eragon is a young male, about sixteen who is the first of a new generation of dragon riders. The costume includes a tan leather waistcoat, a fitted linen shirt, and a pair of dark brown leather trousers with lacing to the front. Later, eragon s family is killed by the marauding razac, and he must learn to fight before a war begins.
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