tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post6304394370040845879..comments2024-03-25T10:22:04.995-07:00Comments on Ed Gorman's blog: Movies; Mystery Scenes FreeEd Gormanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36271824.post-34837802855515041912008-12-31T19:22:00.000-08:002008-12-31T19:22:00.000-08:00Ed, this is valuable. I heard long ago that the ch...Ed, this is valuable. I heard long ago that the chance of an optioned story going into production is one in two hundred. And of course once a novel is published, the film industry has already rejected it. For some reason, film people rarely chase a novel that is out; only unpublished works interest them. (Actors who look for stories to showcase themselves are an exception.)<BR/><BR/>There are scores of reasons studios avoid novels. They don't like snow. They don't like costume drama. They don't like history. They don't like complexity. They don't like stories with more than four main characters, etc. <BR/><BR/>Most films these days originate in Hollywood, and it is the film industry that generates novels, in the form of tie-ins. <BR/><BR/>Congratulations on your options and film. <BR/><BR/>Richard WheelerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com