Sci Fi Wire -- The News Service of the Sci Fi Channel
I actually saw an email about this from the GGK website, so it is authentic. Warner Brothers has attached director Ed Zwick to direct an adaptation of Kay's LIONS OF AL-RASSAN.
Color me skeptical of how this is going to turn out. Just remember Sturgeon's Law--and with the good way HP and LOTR have turned out--there is going to be a lot more shite out there in movie land. But I do think that the fact that WB is set to do this movie is a consequence of the success of the Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings movies. (That controversial adaptation of Earthsea on Sci-Fi is another byproduct of the success of the two movie series)
I'm surprised, though. I would think that the Fionavar books would be more "movie-friendly" because of the demographics of its protagonists.