The Blade Itself

The Blade Itself was selected as a New York Times Editor's Pick and named one of Esquire Magazine's 5 Best Reads of 2007.^[1]

In 2008, director and actor Ben Affleck bought the film rights to the novel for his production company.^[2][3] On November 3, 2009, Chris Pine was expected to star, Affleck would produce and write a draft of the script, and Steven Zaillian and Sam Raimi were in negotiations to direct.^[4] In October 2014, Raimi was set to produce the film adaptation without Affleck, with Aaron Stockard writing the script, and Tobey Maguire starring and producing the film.^[5]