I've only begun reading the story recently but so far the novel follows a young boy who explores the ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and comes across old/frightening photographs of children who unbeknownst to him, may still be alive.
With the novel being his first, Ransom Riggs probably wasn't expecting his story to be picked up by Hollywood so quickly, but already the movie has been signed on to be produced in the late 2013 by famous director, Tim Burton.
I'm not trying to be inconsiderate towards the author, i'm enjoying the novel immensely. I'm just curious as to why these are the kinds of stories that Hollywood instantly picks up to promote for movies--I mean, come on, how many horror films or mystery movies can you think of that follow this storyline?
With books, it's acceptable to have similar stories. Why? It's been found that the practice of writing novels cannot be done without borrowing one aspect from something that the author has seen before--it's called "borrowing plot."
Why should Hollywood be picking up stories that are so familiar for new movie scripts when there are so many new novels that have something completely original that perhaps, as movie goers, we've never seen before.
The book must be really good in order to have a movie lined up for it. Are the kids in the photos alive as adults or are their ghosts? I wasn't sure what you ment. Even though Hollywood has been doing repeats a lot of their movies are good.
ReplyDeletePerhaps in this specific instance, it was just a good fit for the director. Tim Burton hasn't directed anything (that's already out) in awhile, since Alice in Wonderland, and it seems fitting.
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