Looks like Henson is trying to corner the market on fantasy. Good on 'em.
Henson Options Fantasy Books
The Jim Henson Co. has bought up film rights to four fantasy books for movies mainly aimed at adult audiences, Variety reported. Henson used a recently secured round of financing from a group of private investors in England, the trade paper reported. The books are listed below.
• The House of the Scorpion, by Nancy Farmer, a futuristic tale in which a boy grows up as the clone of a powerful drug lord and dictator of Opium, a country that lies between the United States and Mexico.
• Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale, by Holly Black, a dark tale about a 16-year-old girl who moves to her childhood home in New Jersey with her rock star mother, only to discover that she's a faerie and her life is in danger when she finds herself in the middle of a power struggle between two rival faerie kingdoms.
•The Tattooed Map, by Barbara Hodgson, a supernatural tale about a woman who discovers while on a trip around Morocco that a map-shaped tattoo that only she can see is appearing on her hand. When she disappears, her traveling companion must try to find her and unravel the mystery.
•The Uncle Wiggly stories, a collection of 36 tales about a wise rabbit and his woodland animal and human friends.