What happened to the film adaptation plans for pic rel (Lord of the Flies meets The Thing on crack)? Was it the animal abuse scenes?
ITT: post books that doesn't have film adaptations, but should
Alexander Bennett
Matthew Mitchell
The turtle scene is unadaptable unironically. The whole point of the story hinges on it too. Also the fact that you'd need at least 4 kid actors who can carry multiple scenes. I don't see it ever getting a half decent adaptation.
Anthony Powell
There are some scenes in this book that could never be put on screen. Personally the true terror comes from not the gore and violence but the other ideas so if some scenes (scenes involving babies for example) got cut I wouldn't mind personally. Also I'm putting that book on my reading list, thanks OP.
Owen Diaz
They would unironically ruin it
Adrian Bell
yeah, I guess that and the cat scene would have to be adapted out.
It would be neat to see some cool body horror and mutation on screen again though
glad to share senpai
Zachary Parker
sadly unadaptable
Asher Nguyen
Carter Edwards
Oh fuck. I’ve heard about this meme book from /lit/. This is the schizo book where Stephen King and JK Rowling get kidnapped by a satanic cult and a kid has to save them.
Andrew Rogers
CotC is absolute insanity.
Christian Collins
Based
Cameron Sanchez
generally I am very much against any book I enjoy getting adapted in current year but pic related is actually perfect. a literally genderfluid black assassin prostitute and their white painter friend travel 5 magical realms in a quest to kill god and destroy the patriarchy.
Ayden Bell
I don't know why they didn't do it yet. It's even more relevant than when it was written. It would have some really badass action scenes. I wish James Cameron would produce an adaptation or something
Asher Sullivan
I read another book from this writer that was about a cult and some weird entity in the woods that kills and assimilates animals. So you get these disgusting creatures that are like a ball of various animal limbs and heads.
The book was ok, but ultimately didn't hold my attention that much and I didn't finish it. Is this one better?
Jack Evans
I can't say I haven't read his other stuff. The Troop absolutely held my attention, I read it in one day
Lincoln Turner
His books are kind of all like that but The Troop has more substance.
Camden Clark
speaking of Clive Barker: I'm still pissed HULU shat on pic rel
Nolan Smith
This would be extremely kino
Joseph Phillips
Carson James
MOBY DICK
James Cook
Almost no books should have film adaptations. The mediums are just too different. Any book that lends to a 1:1 film adaptation and doesn't blow ass probably was a pretty weird book that didn't capitalize on that medium and likely should have been a screenplay in the first place. I'm ashamed to say that it took the mini-series adaptation of Pillars of the Earth to finally realize that most books should stay books and that adaptations are for people who never read. I'm a lot less disappointed now that I don't go in expecting film/tv adaptations of books to be anything but shit. Occasionally I'm pleasantly surprised but mostly I don't end up wasting my time.
Mason Hall
Unfilmable. Would be impossible to do due to the meta twist