The roar is building for one of the major book-to-film adaptations of 2011, The Eagle (based on Rosemary Sutcliffe’s 1954 ALA Notable Children’s book, The Eagle of the Ninth).

How do we know it’s major? It’s among the films that will be promoted on the SuperBowl broadcast.

Directed by Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland, State of Play), starring Channing Tatum as Marcus Aquila, the movie is scheduled to open on February 11.

Among the new material now available on the film’s web site, FindtheEagle.com, is a behind-the-scenes video.

Tie-in:

The Eagle of the Ninth (The Roman Britain Trilogy) Rosemary Sutcliff Retail Price: $8.99 Paperback: 240 pages Publisher: Square Fish – (2010-11-09) ISBN / EAN: 0312644299 / 9780312644291

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