screenplay challenges : from life and books to movie treatments and graphic novels
MOVIE ADAPTATION of Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climate book, Johnny Depp in the leading role? OMG! Actually it was only “Announced” in 2008, but never made. IMO, an adaptation closely following Tom Robbins’ story could be controversial, if not a box office problem. Why do I care? Because my “based on” script…oh well, we Read More …
Baudolino’s second mission in Somalia needs drama. Just a lame adaptation of Switter’s second CIA mission in Syria of 1990’s, from the book, will not work in the 2060’s action of the movie. To figure out the drama surrounding Baudolino’s delivery of “goods” to the Bedouin clan, I had to come up with a mind Read More …
Somalia stands out as the best location for Baudolino’s second CIA mission, after the first one in Peru. In Tom Robbins’s book Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates, Switters delivers in 1990’s gas masks to kurds fighting in Syria. In my movie adaptation, Somalia had reverted to monarchy since 2041, has lots of rare metal Read More …