NO NO NO!! The first book of this sequence that I read was Over Sea, Under Stone when I was around 9 or 10. I still have that actual copy. I then voraciously devoured the entire series. Will, Barney, Simon and Jane are like my childhood friends. I am outraged that they would strip this series of it's valuable and rich British/Cornish roots, and turn such treasured material into absolute mind-numbing rubbish. And that interview?!? If he can't get through the book then he has absolutely no business playing the part. (Not to mention what it says about his ability to read - we aren't talking about War and Peace here, jeez)! This is just too, too sad, because Susan Cooper's books definitely deserve some more publicity. I think there are many kids out there who would absolutely adore them. But after watching this sludge, what parent would bother going out to buy the novels?!?