Book Adaptation Pillows

Producer, Director and Novelizer.

"Max! Oh, my God! There's like a billion moving ideas in there!"

Robocop and Juliet.

Sign in book shop window: 'Critics agree the book is much better than the movie.'

'I know we're inchworms, but let's get into the spirit of this! Change is good!'

'It's a novel based on a movie adapted from a magazine article that was inspired by a video game.'

Moby Dick

Suddenly Paul realised that HE had been the odd one out all along.

"The studio's asked me to see if I can dumb down some Danielle Steel."

'I still don't understand why I couldn't use the path to get your Jane Austen stamps.'

Fiction for Plumbers

'When the school upgraded its operating system, for the third time, I upgraded my headache medicine from over-the-counter to prescription strength.'

Fredrich March as Dr. Jekyll

Fairy tales reimagined for the 21st century. Jack and the Beanstalk

"I preferred the graphic novel of the origin story of the original prequel."

'Let him go. We'll catch him in the backstretch. Hippos can run faster than humans, but only in short bursts.'

"Hey - that new Stephen King film is better than the book!"

Barber Shop in the Coronavirus Age

'Those, honey? Those are books. That's what they make movies from.'

"All the chairs have been repossessed, so these are all standing desks now."

"Your book stinks - but it's just the kind of stupid drivel that would sell as a t.v. movie."

'Did you know they have that book on video?'

"I loved the book and the mini series, but I wasn't so keen on the the record or the movie etc

Books - As Seen on TV.

"Sometimes you just option it because your gut tells you this is a book that has to be butchered."

'I'm reading a movie that was made into a TV series that was made into a book.'

"By Tuesday noon we need the abridged tween market adaptation of the novelization of the movie based on the comic book."

Book vs film

Kid to mom about 'Little Red Riding Hood' story: 'You know, that would make one heck of an action flick.'

"It strayed too far from the video game."

"In the novel based on my case, I'm acquitted."

'I feel like a novel made into a film, that went straight to video.'