For award-winning, internationally-acclaimed author Rosemary Sutcliff (1920-92). By Anthony Lawton: godson, cousin & literary executor. Rosemary Sutcliff wrote historical fiction, children's literature and books, films, TV & radio, including The Eagle of the Ninth, Sword at Sunset, Song for a Dark Queen, The Mark of the Horse Lord, The Silver Branch, The Lantern Bearers, Dawn Wind, Blue Remembered Hills.
The earliest stage, with absolutely no guarantee that a film will emerge, is that an option (“to acquire the rights”) is taken by a would-be film-maker. And there can be years – a decade or more – sometimes , between a first option and then a film actually being made, if at all. There are one or two options currently in force, but as far as I can foresee at the moment I think it will be a good while before we see the next film.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 
Do you know if there are any hopes – no matter how small – of someone making another one of Sutcliff’s books into a movie?
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The earliest stage, with absolutely no guarantee that a film will emerge, is that an option (“to acquire the rights”) is taken by a would-be film-maker. And there can be years – a decade or more – sometimes , between a first option and then a film actually being made, if at all. There are one or two options currently in force, but as far as I can foresee at the moment I think it will be a good while before we see the next film.
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