Why has there never been a movie or series made from Sue Grafton novels?

[graywarrior]

I can just see Ellen Degeneres in the role of Kinsey Milhone.

[GOPisEvil]

1. There was a movie. I think Kathleen Turner was the lead.

At least I think there was a movie.

[graywarrior]

2. Really. I don't recall that.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Nope. I was wrong. She was V.I. Warshawski.

[graywarrior]

4. O yeah, I remember that one.

[Ptah]

5. Ellen would be good in that role.

:thumbsup:

[graywarrior]

7. I'm reading S is for Silence and I see Ellen

She's such a wise ass, psycopathic liar. I love Kinsey.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. Good question!

I think those novels would translate very well to the silver screen!

As to who should play Kinsey......isn't she a brunette?

I'm not sure I could see Ellen Degeneres as her.......

But anyway......:hi:

[graywarrior]

8. She could always dye her hair.

[some guy]

9. I might enjoy that

I love the books.

However, I think a lot of what I like about the Kinsey character is her internal dialogue - her thoughts and opinions on various things, and I don't know that it would translate to the screen very well.

:shrug:

[graywarrior]

10. True. Might be as bad as Ellen's meditation ads.

[blondeatlast]

11. Licensing; she probably hasn't given up the rights. I'm in the book biz.

JD Salinger has never given up the rights to "Catcher in the Rye," for either movie or Spoken Word Audio rights and unless his estate gives them up after he dies we may never see "Catcher" on the silver screen. (which may be a blessing in disguise, actually).

For whatever reason, this is more common among authors than you'd think.

[brook]

12. She hates Hollywood.

In answer to an interview question about movies made from her novels:

"Sue Grafton: I have been approached many times to sell the series to film or television, but I will never do so. I worked in Hollywood for 15 years and I would never sell this character into that system. There is no actress who would satisfy every reader and you can pretty much count on Hollywood to butcher the work in the process. As courtesy to my readers, I'm keeping the series out of the hands of the Hollywood Fix-it Crew."

[blondeatlast]

13. I figured as much. Some authors (as I mention above) just don't want

their works onscreen, and it's far more of them than one would think.

Carl Hiaasen, whom I love, has had two of his hysterically funny novels made into movies and both have been atrociously bad, especially "Striptease."

Once they sell the rights, they lose control of the proceedings so many are reluctant to do so.

I don't know for a fact, but I suspect Janet Evanovich is another reluctant author.