The Portable Door: J.W. Wells & Co. Book 1: Now a major film

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I found a lot of the humor felt forced, a couple times thinking (and I'm not that bright) "Oh, they want me to laugh here," and not just feeling it. As I said previously, a couple of good laughs, but certainly not one of the funnier novels I've read.

Charismatic villains Humphrey Wells, the CEO of the company, and middle manager Dennis Tanner are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices, and Paul and Sophie discover the true agenda of the vast corporation where they work." The Portable Door cast Also joining the cast isMiranda Otto( Lord of the Rings, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina),Chris Pang( Crazy Rich Asians, Charlie’s Angels),Jessica De Gouw( Gretel & Hansel, Pennyworth),Rachel House( Soul, Thor: Ragnarok),Arka Das( Mulan, Lion),Damon Herriman( Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood, Mr. Inbetween) and newcomerSophieWilde ( Eden, You Don’t Know Me). The film promises a joyful cinematic experience; a big screen visual feast of imagination, fantasy and humour. Audiences will recapture, uninterrupted, that feeling from their youth of watching a truly creative work," Madman Entertainment CEO and Founder Paul Wiegard said.

Tom Holt may be the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams.”— Christopher Moore, New York Times bestselling author The side characters are okay, but even most of them are rather shallow. The only one who I empathized with is Paul's boss who flat out tell him, 'Hello! I thought you'd be happy knowing that you are about to become a magician. Everyone else in the world would sacrifice a limb to be a magic user!' Which is exactly how I feel whenever an idiot in books or film says, I never wanted to be a magician, it scares me. Well boo hoo hoo. I don't wanna read a story about you you miserable welp.

Sophie is a thin girl with some weird habits. She also didn’t read the employment contract, but she does read all the instruction manuals. Double Academy Award winnerChristopher Waltz ( Django Unchained, No Time to Die) and Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders starSamNeill will play "charismatic villains", J.W. Wells & Co's CEO Humphrey Wells and middle manager Dennis Tanner. A nerdy-sounding name like Paul Carpenter? In a fantasy novel? Well ... yes. This is fantasy, but it is not just comic fantasy; it is also rather oddball. Don't expect Terry Pratchett's variety of humorous fantasy, despite the fact that Tom Holt's name often seems to be coupled with his. Tom Holt's writing has its own separate and unique weirdness. There are no mythic lands peopled with magical creatures here. This novel is firmly rooted in the drudgery of ordinary life on planet Earth. There is magic, yes - and fairies - and goblins - but they are all to be found in a rather boring, mundane office environment, popping up disguised as ... well that would be telling, wouldn't it? Quietly, Paul blessed the thin girl's parents for their attitude; because if she threw in her job, that'd be that, he'd probably never see her again. Mysterious swords and things with claws didn't exactly appeal to him as integral parts of the working environment, but he was damned if he was going to let them come between him and a girl who'd actually smiled at him, twice."Paul is a young man who is very concerned about doing the right thing. He also isn’t very bright, and he never reads anything unless he is forced to. This includes some very important things, like his employment contract. He also has a tendency to fall in love, which he does with Sophie, who appears to loathe him from the beginning. Lund, Anthony (25 June 2021). "The Portable Door Starts Filming with Sam Neill and Christoph Waltz". MovieWeb . Retrieved 11 April 2023. I signed up for this because I feel like I need a better idea of what to read next and use recommendations to figure it out. I don't think it's really managed to do that for me, but this book is certainly one attempt at it.