It’s the sort of book that if you carry it in public, people are apt to come up with you to ask if you love it as much as they did. My wife Gail recently brought home The Sparrowīy Mary Doria Russell, the 1996 novel published in paperback by Fawcett Columbine that is already a cult classic. When I think of science fiction, I want rocket ships to distant planets.

Science fiction seemed to take on a retro, pseudo-medieval quality, stories full of knights and sorcerers, fantasy tales that didn’t seem to be much like science fiction at all. Perhaps it was since the world had become vastly more complex and the future not so much fun to contemplate. Clark, Frank Herbert, Isaac Asimov, and company, the early greats. Director Scott Derrickson has been a fan of the novel for many years, but it wasn’t until the screen rights reverted to me this year that.Please follow us on Picture by jeanvdmeulenīack in my youth, I was a big fan of science fiction: Jules Verne, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. In Hollywood, it is customary to ignore the author of “source material” once the.īy Mary | | The Sparrow movieAs you may know from an earlier post, I’ve written a screen adaptation of The Sparrow in partnership with Karen Hall. There’s a two-part answer to that question. When you sign an option.īy Mary | | DOC, DOC on HBO, The Sparrow movieLots of readers are asking if I’ll be writing any episodes of the HBO series based on Doc. I don’t expect to be consulted in any way on scripts, casting, or story arc.

Brooks’ book.Īnswering FAQs about the AMC Sparrow optionīy Mary | | DOC on HBO, THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie, THE SPARROW on AMCThanks, everybody, for helping me celebrate the AMC/Sparrow option! In answer to FAQs: I won’t be writing scripts. Both of us have written science fiction novels that were optioned for a Brad Pitt movie, so watching what’s happened to Mr. He was, reportedly, passionate about.īy Mary | | DOC, DOC on HBO, THE SPARROW, The Sparrow movie, THE SPARROW on AMCTwo Hollywood attempts to bring The Sparrow to the big screen have made me feel a certain kinship with Max Brooks. For a few years, Brad Pitt was attached to play the lead in a Warner Brothers production of The Sparrow. I still feel a little proprietary about them. By Mary | | UncategorizedThis morning’s news about Brad and Angie getting married made me smile.

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