As I said above, Hollywood is notorious for changing the book in their translations.
If I did make a movie deal (I can be had–movie money is VERY good), I would warn my fans not to expect to see my books on the screen. Think a moment: “Eragon.” “Ella Enchanted.” “The Dark Is Rising.” “The Golden Compass.” I rest my case.
Have you ever heard the woefully incorrect joke: “How do you know who’s the stupidest starlet? She’s dating the writer”? (And that’s the writer of the movie writer.) Hollywood filmmakers are notorious for taking books and turning them inside out. Unless I get as big as You-Know-Who, the likelihood that I will be given any degree of control or any advisory position on a movie is zilch. When I’m not writhing with envy, I actually don’t much mind. To her credit, Pierce takes it all incredibly well. Game of Thrones gets record ratings, and Reign has a great cult following-what network wouldn’t want to combine the appeal of both into a female-driven series about girls coming into their own strengths and powers? If I ever get any pull in Hollywood (LOL), I swear to God this will be the first thing I make happen. Tragically, I don’t doubt that Pierce’s agent is correct but that’s why I’ve always thought her books would work better as a TV show, anyways. Where’s the fun in that?) Of course, Beka’s books may stand a chance, since they don’t have any characters from the other Tortall books except Pounce. (My other alternative is to write a stand-alone book in a brand new universe, then not write any more in that universe. Rowling-hot, so that a film company will buy an entire universe, my chances of getting a film deal are Not Good. The feeling among moviemakers is that if Company A makes a movie based upon the Alanna books, and Company B makes a movie based on the Kel books, Company B will be profiting from all the work Company A did, for free! (Gasp! Say it’s not so!) The bottom line is that unless I get J.K. Readers of the Kel series will encounter characters from the Alanna and Daine books readers of THE WILL OF THE EMPRESS will encounter characters from The Circle of Magic. My film agent tells me that the largest barrier to my getting a film deal is one of the things my fans like best: the fact that, for 14 of my Tortall books, and 10 of my Circle books, there is a good chance the reader will encounter friends from the earlier books.
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