EARTHSEA COMES TO US IN...2009

A sharp-eyed reader directs our attention to a passage in ScreenDaily's review of the new Ghibli movie, TALES FROM EARTHSEA:

"However, although Disney has a US distribution deal with Ghibli, Stateside audiences won't be able to see Earthsea until 2009, when the copyright on the Sci-Fi Channel's Earthsea TV series (the subject of much criticism by Le Guin) runs out."

2009? I'll be looking forward to that.