Trivia / The Belgariad

• No Adaptations Allowed: During his lifetime, David Eddings made it clear that he and his wife did not want the Belgariad/Malloreon adapted into any other medium. From a tape transcript:
  Nobody's going to be permitted to alter our story for fun and profit. ... We write books, not blueprints for some real swell version of Nintendariad of PacManalloreon. If people want our story, I'm gonna make damn sure that the only way they're going to get it is to break down and actually read it. No moving picture version, no TV miniseries, no computer game, and nothing that might arise in the far distant future.
• What Could Have Been: Don Bluth planned to make an Animated Adaptation of the series.