Having recently watched Eragon (good enough film, but didn't set my life on fire), one series of books came to mind that I'd love to see as a franchise - though it would require a lot of work, on all levels. Has anyone else read David Edding's series, The Belgariad (and it's sequel, The Malloreon)? As classic fantasy sequences go, it would make one hell of a movie-going experience.

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