Anne McCaffrey’s long and very popular "Dragonriders of Pern" series is about to make the leap to the silver screen, courtesy of the Canadian production company that gave you … the "Ginger Snaps" trilogy.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Copperheart (Entertainment), which was behind the 2005 Oscar-winning animated short "Ryan," has optioned the 19-book series, which began with the "Dragonflight" in 1968. The books are best known for having humans ride dragons with which they telepathically bond. With "Dragonflight," McCaffrey became the first woman ever to win a Hugo for fiction, and she is one of the 2006 inductees into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
I decided that ‘Pern’ had to be done right, and I wouldn’t let it go to someone unless I was certain that they were committed to excellence," McCaffrey said."
