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John: answer as many viewer questions about the book-to-movie process as he can (2018)

promise · status: open (no report in 2018–2026) · last event: promised (2018-08-28) · owner: John

In an August 2018 video on turning books into films, John promised to answer as many viewer questions about the book-to-movie process as he could.

Told alongside: John asks viewers to leave questions about the book-to-movie process in comments (2018)

About: film adaptation

date event what video
2018-08-28 promised John says he will answer as many book-to-movie questions as he can. The Book Was Better? 00:03:53

What is said about it

3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John says book authors almost always make exactly one decision in the movie process, whether to sell the rights; buyers can usually make whatever movie they want. — 00:00:24
  • 2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — John: Expecting a book at the movies disappoints; a great adaptation explores the same questions and gives the same self-expanding empathy, and while no movie is a great book, it can be a great movie. — 00:03:27
  • 2018-08-28 · The Book Was Better? — ask: John asks viewers with questions about the book-to-movie process to leave them in comments and says he will answer as many as he can. — 00:03:53