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Jul 11, 2014 - 1:47 PM
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bondo321
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I was always a fan of 80s/90s Michael Crichton (Sphere, Congo, Jurassic Park, The Lost World) and I realize that while several movies based on his books have been box office failures (namely Timeline and Congo). But his books are practically written for the screen! It wouldn't be that hard to turn books like Airframe, Prey and State of Fear into either movies, TV shows, or miniseries. I'm reading Micro right now, and I can't help but think of it as a movie script. I know that Crichton's Pirate Latitudes was optioned by Spielberg a few years back, but he always has 10 projects on his plate at any given time, and the likelihood of him actually directed this seems nil.
So what gives? Though he died 6 years ago, ( ) the name "Crichton" is still known in the literary and film worlds. What would YOUR dream project be? I'd love to see Fincher tackle Airframe or State of Fear, or JJ Abrams direct Micro.
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Welll....
he was a hack writer who recycled the same ideas over and over.
We had WESTWORLD and then we got JURASSIC PARK etc.
dON'T WORRY
In a few years they willl start recycling the recyclables
brm
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These days, the answer I'm going after in my head for questions like this turns on one word: money.
Maybe his price (for screen rights) was too high.
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Jul 11, 2014 - 4:13 PM
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MikeP
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I was always a fan of 80s/90s Michael Crichton (Sphere, Congo, Jurassic Park, The Lost World) and I realize that while several movies based on his books have been box office failures (namely Timeline and Congo). But his books are practically written for the screen! It wouldn't be that hard to turn books like Airframe, Prey and State of Fear into either movies, TV shows, or miniseries. I'm reading Micro right now, and I can't help but think of it as a movie script. I know that Crichton's Pirate Latitudes was optioned by Spielberg a few years back, but he always has 10 projects on his plate at any given time, and the likelihood of him actually directed this seems nil.
So what gives? Though he died 6 years ago, () the name "Crichton" is still known in the literary and film worlds. What would YOUR dream project be? I'd love to see Fincher tackle Airframe or State of Fear, or JJ Abrams direct Micro.
I'd like to see a good adaptation of Prey, which was slated for the screen but stalled since, at the time, it seems effects weren't at the stage to create the nano swarms convincingly. But it is a hell of a thriller and could make a great thriller.
Airframe was another novel bought a studio for a huge amount, only to stall and just fade away.
Micro was just a bad book, so the less about that one the better.
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