Or in the latter case, at least not by Hollywood. I'm sure there are many more, though.
Edward Zwick, the guy who did GLORY, THE LAST SAMURAI and BLOOD DIAMOND has been working on it for quite a few years. I understand the film studio keeps getting confused on whether to make it a direct historical about Spain and El Cid or keep the fantasised version of Kay's novel. Every time they change their mind, Zwick goes off to make another movie and then comes back, waiting to see if they've made a final decision. It's actually quite amusing, if also extremely frustrating.
I think LIONS would actually make a good film, probably LAST LIGHT as well. TIGANA and ARBONNE would be much more challenging and FINOAVAR downright impossible, at least not without them trying to put in tons of CGI and explosions.
What SFF book should never be made into a movie?
18/10/2009 08:41:58 PM
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Silmarillion. Tigana.
18/10/2009 08:45:35 PM
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LIONS OF AL-RASSAN is in development as well.
20/10/2009 08:32:00 PM
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wheel of time
18/10/2009 10:30:19 PM
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A book is merely written to be made into a film
18/10/2009 10:59:03 PM
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Films are merely a poor attempt to let analphabets read a book. *NM*
18/10/2009 11:14:20 PM
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Shannara Series. Or any High-Fantasy series.
19/10/2009 01:10:06 AM
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And what's wrong with Battlefield Earth?
19/10/2009 08:31:59 AM
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