It is peppered with action set pieces, a sprawling cast of characters, and a fantastic villain looming over everything. Hyperion has everything that both audiences and Hollywood executives are looking for in an epic sci-fi tale. Fans of genre fiction have seen many large scale sci-fi, fantasy, and horror staples make their ways to the big screen, but one that is still floating around in development purgatory is Dan Simmons' 1989 novel Hyperion. Between Lord of the Rings, Watchmen, and most recently Dune, filmmakers have found more ways than ever to adapt the long form narratives of novels without losing too many main story beats. It seems that, now more than ever, literary works that have historically been deemed "unfilmable" have begun to turn a page and make their way to the big screen.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |