Editing Earthsea (section)

===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.