oh my goodness I cant wait!!

WOW O_O!!!

I am just so excited about this.

That is definitely one movie I would go see in a heartbeat! I loved reading The Dragonriders of Pern.

Wonderful news.

That's pretty cool!

What, you're kidding? yaaaaay. First I've heard of this, but I've seriously just finished reading Dragonsdawn.. and am not coming up to Chronicles of Pern: First Fall.

I've love the dragonriders for years and years now. Perfect mix of sci-fi with a touch of fantasy.

Holy Moley, I hope they do it right!

What!! SO Excited!!!!!

I first read these books 17 years ago....and I've been waiting for a movie since...whoooop!!!!

This is amazing news!!!! I can't wait!!!!

For years when I needed comfort reading it was LOTR. I finally had read them too many times(?)and Dragonriders became my comfort food. I've probably read the bulk of the series about a dozen times. I love love love these books!

Best news of the week.

Major SQUEE!

Very excited! I've read AM's entire series at least 20 times...

Oh man, I have been waiting for this sort of news for ages! The Menolly stories would be awesome too. I would love to be in it or even be an extra. Just seeing the sets would be amazing, especially the nesting colosseum. White Dragon too, would be awesome in film. I am so excited that I am rambling, and I am usually the quiet type! *bounces up and down in her computer chair*

Please make sure they do it right :)

Fabulous. I have been such a fan of this series, at last it is making it to the big screen.

Please, please, let's hope they do it justice as it should be done. I'm really excited.

this is exciting news! pernhome.com also says that David Hayter's wife, Marisa Cody, is a huge Pern fan! That's gotta be a good thing for us fans!

Yay! I know there had been an attempt at a miniseries or a show about 10 years back. I would prefer a miniseries to a movie, but maybe they can figure a way to get the whole story into a 2 - 3 hour time slot. I've been pretty happy with how the Harry Potter movies came out, I can only hope the Pern movie(s) come out just as good.

This is something I have been waiting for for many years, yet also somehow dreading, as has been proven with other popular book series put into motion picture (legend of the guardians, Eragon, etc...)the ones adapting the books to movies have far too much tendancy to use their own artistic licence for such things, thus destroying the storylines, while not considering for a moment that many, many more options are available with the created worlds that do not touch upon the written stories.

Still be my pounding heart! (So you will survive the wait.)

Tessa wrote: "OMG I've been waiting for nearly 20 years for them to make this movie! Although in hind sight I'm glad it's going to be made now instead of when I was a kid. The special effects back then were pretty dire compared wih the effects they'll be able to manage today..."

I couldn't agree more.

I have been waiting for this for at least 15 years! ever since I first read Dragonflight in my high school library.

Great news!!

YAY finally! :) This has been such a long time coming. I've so hoped this would happen when the plans for the series were scrapped. I hope they do it justice.

So awesome!! I was just considering rereading the series. AGAIN! Hahaha, good luck, Anne! I hope everything goes well!

YES!!!! Finally! I'm so excited about this! I love these books so much and I really hoped they would make them into movies. I hope they do the books justice. *fingers crossed*

I'm so thrilled! Can't wait!

DragonsFlight is my ultimate FAVORITE novel! I've read it 12 years ago and no matter how many books I've read I always go back to that series. SO SO EXCITED!

oh now WHO to play F'lar??? very exciting news! i wonder how involved Ann will be?

I want unknown actors. I don't want Wolverine to play F'Lar. Nor do I want to be thinking about Star Wars or Thor when I look at Lessa. Bring in some uber talented newcomers and let them blow us away. Remember how awesome it was when Christopher Reeve donned the tights and cape? How much less impressive would a known actor have been in the role? Let's have someone new and perfect.

Fantastic, it's about time. I'm wondering who will be cast in the roll of Lessa and F'lar. Totally excited!

Really exciting news, though I worry a film might not do the series justice. Anne, I hope you will be as involved as JK Rowling with the Potter films and Suzanne Collins with the upcoming Hunger Games film. Pern is your world. May the film stay true to your wonderful books!