The mini-series version of Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth" premieres Friday, July 23rd on Encore.  Being a big fan of the book I'm really looking forward to this and hopefully it's a series on par with Deadwood and Rome.  Ian McShane (Al Swearengen from HBO's Deadwood) is one of the main villians and the casting looks excellent so far.  A quick perusal of the storyline suggests that it's going to follow the book quite closely, although I've seen a couple of minor changes.  

Fans of historical movies and especially in medieval history should check this series out.  Hopefully it lives up to expectations.  

Pillars of the Earth mini-series website


Some major characters, clockwise from top left:  Waleran, Tom Builder, Prior Philip, Earl Bartholomew, Aliena, Jack

Loved this book thanks for the heads up

Read the book last year, hope it's good.

Lol, Donald Sutherland...

I tend to agree about Sutherland but if they stick to the original storyline, he won't be in 7 of the 8 episodes.  

Yup. I look forward to it.

That was a great read, and the sequel is pretty good, too.



XM radio is doing the audio book version of it now (I heard part of it this weekend, and cussed a blue streak that I missed so much of it).  I never knew it was on audio.

Bump to the top for those who didn't see this thread.  The Pillars of the Earth miniseries premieres tonight on Encore and Starz.

Pumped, hope they stay true to the book.