Editing Earthsea (section)

==Adaptations==

===Audiobooks===

Audiobook readings have been made by different narrators and publishers.<ref name=bibliog>{{cite web |url=http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Biblio-Short.html |title=Ursula K. Le Guin: Short Bibliography |publisher=Ursula K. Le Guin |date=May 2010 |access-date=2014-08-13 |archive-date=June 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606114836/http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Biblio-Short.html |url-status=dead }} "(Major works only, principal U.S. editions only)".</ref> In the early 1990s, [[Rob Inglis|Robert Inglis]] narrated the first three books of the series for [[Recorded Books]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.search_books&show_by=series&series_id=8 |title=Earthsea Cycle |publisher=[[Recorded Books]] (recordedbooks.com) |access-date=2014-08-13 }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} "Displaying 1-4 of 4 books in Earthsea Cycle". No dates.</ref>

===Radio===

A [[BBC]]-produced two-hour radio dramatization of ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' was originally broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] on December 26, 1996. This adaptation was narrated by Dame [[Judi Dench]], with [[Michael Maloney]] as [[Ged (Earthsea)|Ged]], and used a wide range of actors with different regional and social accents to emphasize the origins of the Earthsea characters (for instance, Estarriol and others from the East Reach were played by actors with [[Wales|Southern Welsh]] accents).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pfpcm |title=BBC Radio 7 – A Wizard of Earthsea |work=BBC iPlayer Radio |publisher=BBC (bbc.co.uk) |access-date=2011-07-10}} Broadcast January 5, 2011, on BBC Radio 7.</ref> The adaptation was subsequently released on audio cassette.

In April and May 2015, [[BBC Radio 4]] aired a new, six-part dramatization of the ''Earthsea'' works, encompassing the storylines and motifs of the novels ''A Wizard of Earthsea'', ''The Tombs of Atuan'' and ''The Farthest Shore''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Adapting Ursula Le Guin's 'Earthsea' and 'The Left Hand of Darkness' for Radio |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/a8a7b23c-a12e-463c-be7e-a741fc9967d0 |work=BBC Blogs – BBC Writersroom |publisher=BBC |access-date=2015-05-15 |author=Adams, Judith |date=April 14, 2015}}</ref> The first of the six 30 minute-long episodes premiered on April 27 and the last on May 5. The characters of Ged and Tenar were portrayed by three actors at different stages in their lives (Kasper Hilton-Hille, [[James McArdle]] and [[Shaun Dooley]] as Ged; Nishi Malde, [[Aysha Kala]] and [[Vineeta Rishi]] as Tenar). The radio drama was adapted by Judith Adams, directed by [[Sasha Yevtushenko]] and featured original music composed by Jon Nicholls. Following the premiere radio broadcast, each of the episodes were made available for online streaming on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] for a month, via the [[BBC iPlayer]] service.<ref>{{cite web |title=Episodes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pktp7/episodes/guide |work=BBC Radio 4 Extra: Earthsea |publisher=BBC |access-date=2015-05-15 }}</ref> The adaptation was created and aired as part of a thematic month centered on the life and works of Ursula Le Guin, in commemoration of her then-recent 85th birthday.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ursula K. Le Guin on BBC Radio 4 and 4 Extra |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02npj4b |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2015-05-15 |date=April 8, 2015}} "A preview of our Le&nbsp;Guin celebration."</ref> In addition to the ''Earthsea'' radio drama, the thematic month included the airing of a two-part radio adaptation of ''[[The Left Hand of Darkness]]'' earlier in April, as well as exclusive interviews with Le Guin and some of the writers she inspired.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Left Hand of Darkness [Episode 1 of 2] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pkpgg |work=BBC Radio 4: The Left Hand of Darkness |publisher=BBC |access-date=2015-05-15 }} Broadcast April 18, 2015; episode 2 broadcast April 25.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ursula Le Guin at 85 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pkmyg |website=BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC |access-date=2015-05-15 }} Audio interview broadcast April 9, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Le Guin Effect: 7 Bestselling Authors Influenced by Ursula Le Guin |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/NvYCd6pbQ0wCvvY1PFZdtX/7-bestselling-authors-influenced-by-ursula-le-guin |work=BBC Radio 4: The Left Hand of Darkness |publisher=BBC  |access-date=2015-05-15 }}</ref>

===Television===

====Miniseries, 2004====
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In December 2004, the U.S.-based [[Sci Fi Channel]] broadcast a three-hour loose adaptation of ''A Wizard of Earthsea'' and ''The Tombs of Atuan'' for television, entitled ''[[Legend of Earthsea]]'' (later, simply ''Earthsea''). It was broadcast in two parts on [[Channel 4]] in the UK at Easter 2005. Sci Fi Channel had angered Le Guin<ref>Le Guin (December 16, 2004). [http://www.slate.com/id/2111107 "A Whitewashed Earthsea: How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books"]. ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]''. Retrieved 2007-05-06.</ref> and fans of the Earthsea novels with its announcement that Ged and the vast majority of the other characters would be played by [[White people|Caucasians]] and with the [[dramatis personæ]] posted on an official website.<!-- 2015-08-13 at Internet Archive: evidently multiple pages; top page as archived 2004 to 2013 not useful --> The latter revealed several original characters – such as "The Archmagus" and "King Tygath", "Diana", "Penelope", and "Marion" – and it referred to "Kargide" characters rather than Kargad, Karg, or Kargish. The religious practices of Atuan were portrayed differently in the adaptation, and the celibacy of Earthsea wizards overlooked as Ged and Tenar become sexually involved.{{citation needed|date=August 2015}} Referring to the writers of the show, Le Guin said "I have blasted them for [[Whitewashing in film|whitewashing]] Earthsea, and do not forgive them for it."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ursula K. Le Guin — Tales of Earthsea or Gedo Senki |url=https://www.ursulakleguin.com/adaptation-tales-of-earthsea |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=Ursula K. Le Guin |language=en-US}}</ref>

One month before the U.S. broadcast, Le Guin posted on her website "A Reply to Some Statements Made by the Film-Makers" published in the December 2004 issue of ''Sci Fi Magazine''. She opened with the observation, "I've tried very hard to keep from saying anything at all about this production, being well aware that movies must differ in many ways from the books they're based on, and feeling that I really had no business talking about it, since I was not included in planning it and was given no part in discussions or decisions." (Director [[Robert Lieberman]], too, had stated that she was not involved.)<ref name=reply/>

"That makes it particularly galling of the director to put words in my mouth."<ref name=reply/> Le Guin disavowed some specific interpretations both by Lieberman and by executive director [[Robert Halmi Sr.]], and concluded (quoting Lieberman):
{{blockquote|I wonder if the people who made the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|film of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] had ended it with Frodo putting on the Ring and ruling happily ever after, and then claimed that that was what [[J. R. R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] "intended{{nbsp}}..."[,] would people think they'd been "very, very honest to the books"?<ref name=reply>Le Guin (November 13, 2004). [http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html "Earthsea Miniseries: A Reply to Some Statements Made by the Film-Makers of the Earthsea Miniseries Before it was Shown"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041127070008/http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Earthsea.html |date=2004-11-27 }}. Ursula K. Le Guin. Retrieved 2015-08-13. "Updated Sunday July 13, 2008".<br />One of several Earthsea Miniseries Notes ([http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Index-EarthseaMiniseries.html index by Le Guin] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907182414/http://www.ursulakleguin.com/Index-EarthseaMiniseries.html |date=2015-09-07 }}) – linked notes by Le Guin and by others.</ref>}}

====Planned TV series====
In May 2018, it was announced that the series had been opted for a film adaptation by producer [[Jennifer Fox (film producer)|Jennifer Fox]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/jennifer-fox-film-earthsea-novel-1202397673/|title=Oscar Nominated Producer Jennifer Fox Nabs Film Rights To 'Earthsea' Book Series|last=N'Duka|first=Amanda|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|date=May 24, 2018|access-date=June 6, 2018|website=Deadline}}</ref> In 2019, it was decided to produce a TV series instead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/09/earthsea-based-fantasy-book-series-television-a24-jennifer-fox-1202709659/|title='Earthsea' TV Series Based On Fantasy Books In The Works By A24 & Jennifer Fox|author=Andreeva, Nellie|date=September 3, 2019|publisher=[[Deadline Hollywood|Deadline]]|website=Deadline}}</ref>

Nothing has been heard of this proposed series since.

===Animated film, 2006===
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[[Studio Ghibli]]'s 2006 film ''[[Tales from Earthsea (film)|Tales from Earthsea]]'' is loosely based in the Earthsea mythology. It was directed by [[Gorō Miyazaki]], the son of [[Hayao Miyazaki]]. Le Guin granted Studio Ghibli the rights due to her love of Hayao Miyazaki's films.<ref name=reply2/> Le Guin called the adaptation "disappointing" and "entirely different" from her creation.<ref name=reply2>{{cite web|url=https://www.ursulakleguin.com/gedo-senki-1 |title=Gedo Senki: A First Response |last=Le Guin |year=2006 |publisher=Ursula K. Le Guin |access-date=2022-01-16 }} With linked "Response from a correspondent in Japan". <br />&nbsp; Complete subtitles: A First Response to "Gedo Senki", the Earthsea film made by Goro Miyazaki for Studio Ghibli. Written for my fans in Japan who are writing me about the movie, and for fans elsewhere who may be curious about it.</ref>