An Abundance of Katherines film adaptation (2007)
project history · status: last documented in 2007 (looked back on in 2024) · last event: milestone (2007-12-10) · last mentioned: 2024-02-06
The film adaptation of John's An Abundance of Katherines: after a Hollywood meeting in April 2007, East of Doheny optioned the book in December 2007. In 2024 John said it was optioned but never became a movie.
About: An Abundance of Katherines, An Abundance of Katherines (film), East of Doheny
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-26 | proposed | John meets people who might want to turn An Abundance of Katherines into a movie; he says the meeting went really well. (hedged) | Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings 00:00:59 |
| 2007-12-10 | milestone | John announces that East of Doheny has optioned An Abundance of Katherines for a film after a long negotiation agreed over the weekend, and wants him to write the screenplay. | Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) 00:01:12 |
| 2024-02-06 | looked back | John says An Abundance of Katherines was optioned but never became a movie. | The Truth of How Books Become Movies 00:00:29 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-04-26 · Brotherhood 2.0: April 26: Hollywood Meetings — John: Despite the prediction, John reports that the meeting went really well. — 00:02:38
- 2007-12-10 · Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) — announcement: John announces that, after a long time in the works, the deal was agreed over the weekend: the production company East of Doheny has optioned An Abundance of Katherines to make a movie. — 00:01:12
- 2007-12-10 · Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) — John keeps saying the film will happen 'hopefully one day eventually' because these things take a long time; he hopes its smaller budget than Beowulf's will make it faster. (hedged) — 00:01:12
- 2007-12-10 · Dec. 10: MY BOOK IS GONNA BE A MOVIE!!! (someday) — John gives three reasons he is excited: he always thought the book could be a funny, cool, interesting movie; East of Doheny likes the same kinds of movies; and they want him to write the screenplay. — 00:01:42