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In reply to the discussion: Novels not made into movies... [View all]Aristus
(66,381 posts)8. Max Barry's "Jennifer Government"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Government
George Clooney and Brad Pitt optioned it a few years ago, but the option lapsed. I imagine that even under fair use laws, this would be a very difficult film to make. What with prominently-featured corporate names and logos painting their respective companies in a very unflattering light.
It's a devastating satire on free-market capitalism and would make a killer film. But I don't think it will ever get made...
George Clooney and Brad Pitt optioned it a few years ago, but the option lapsed. I imagine that even under fair use laws, this would be a very difficult film to make. What with prominently-featured corporate names and logos painting their respective companies in a very unflattering light.
It's a devastating satire on free-market capitalism and would make a killer film. But I don't think it will ever get made...
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Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny, so infamously not a movie they made a movie about it not being made
CBGLuthier
Nov 2015
#11
Houlden Caulfield is every self-absorbed young teen that thinks themselves all-knowing
alphafemale
Nov 2015
#28
That's an amazing movie, on the surface all popcorn over-the-top sci-fi, underneath sly satire.
hunter
Nov 2015
#26
Atwood's The Handmaids Tale and Tim O'Brien's Going After Cacciato - nt
KingCharlemagne
Nov 2015
#29