Earthsea (miniseries)

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Earthsea
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Also known as	Legend of Earthsea
Genre	Adventure Fantasy Literary adaptation
Based on	Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Written by	Gavin Scott
Directed by	Robert Lieberman
Starring	Shawn Ashmore Kristin Kreuk Danny Glover Isabella Rossellini Sebastian Roché Chris Gauthier
Music by	Jeff Rona
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of episodes	2
Production
Executive producers	Lawrence Bender Kevin Kelly Brown Robert Halmi Robert A. Halmi
Producers	Matthew O’Connor Michael O'Connor Dianna Oliva-Day
Cinematography	Steve Danyluk
Editor	Allan Lee
Running time	172 minutes
Production companies	Hallmark Entertainment Bender-Brown Productions
Original release
Network	Sci-Fi
Release	13 December (2004-12-13) – 14 December 2004 (2004-12-14)
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Legend of Earthsea (later shortened to Earthsea) is a two-part television fantasy miniseries produced for the Sci-Fi Channel and aired in 2004. It is an adaptation of the Earthsea novels by Ursula K. Le Guin. The teleplay was written by Gavin Scott, and the series was directed by Robert Lieberman. Legend of Earthsea is an American-Canadian co-production that was filmed on location in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Combining the plots of the first two Earthsea novels, A Wizard of Earthsea and The Tombs of Atuan, the story follows Ged (Shawn Ashmore), a powerful but reckless mage-in-training, and Tenar (Kristin Kreuk), a young priestess, who are drawn together in a battle against an ancient race of demons known as the Nameless Ones. The cast also features Danny Glover, Isabella Rossellini, Sebastian Roché and Chris Gauthier.

Legends of Earthsea aired over two consecutive nights in December 2004. It received generally negative reviews from both critics and fans of the original novels, and it was heavily criticized for its numerous deviations from them. Even so, it won seven Leo Awards and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects. Le Guin stated that she had been cut out of the creative process for Legends of Earthsea and that she did not approve of the miniseries.