The Seeker - Anybody know it?

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This is the new movie based on the 2nd book in Susan Cooper's award-winning "The Dark is Rising" series (the 2nd book has the same name as the series). Supposedly more adaptaptations are planned.
These were and remain my favorite children's books. Anybody else know them? Maybe some of you Brits?
None of my childhood friends read these books, but in college I met several people who also loved them in their youth.

To be honest, I never wanted to see them made into films (particularly "The Grey King", whose suspense/villainy will be hard to adapt). And these days I don't have much love for fantasy films - have yet to see any Harry Potter movie, though I'm sure the success of that franchise fueled this investment in Cooper's canon.
I'm a bit put off that in this adaptation, the main character is now American. The original series is emphatically British & deals with ancient Celtic magic in contemporary settings.
All the same, I'm still thinking I'll see it in the theater. The special effects seem fine, and there are some names involved. It stars one of the Dr. Who guys and one of the Six Feet Under actresses, I think. (I've never seen either TV series, to be honest.)

FYI, Cooper is the former writing partner and widow of Hume Cronym (sp.?) - they co-wrote "The Dollmaker" of Jane Fonda fame, among others. More recently her book "The Boggart" had much acclaim.

Interestingly, the mythological Rhiannon is a character in her book "Seaward". And the Lady from the Mountain plays a prominent role in "The Grey King".

Anybody else familiar with any of this?


Official film website (including the trailer):
http://www.seekthesigns.com/

- Jake