With Peeves, I seem to remember they originally did film some parts with actor Rik Mayall (and apparently he was so hilarious the younger actors kept laughing and had to calm down for another take), but the scenes got cut.batkinson6490 wrote: ↑26 May 2016, 09:41 Ehh I feel you! I don't like how some aspects are left out of movies when they are turned. Like in Harry Potter, they left out S.P.E.W! I love the house elves so much and would have loved to see more of them as well as Winky! And another of my favorites, Peeves!! While they aren't super important to the main story, I still wish we could have seen them.
Book series turned movie. BUT never finished!
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Re: Book series turned movie. BUT never finished!
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I think what really ended the more recent film series was the weird release schedule - the first was a winter release, the second spring/summer, and the third was originally scheduled for a spring/summer then moved to winter plus Disney left the project during the production of the third. This schedule, unfortunately, meant sometimes the films were competing with Harry Potter films. While the entire HP series is well known, LWW is the main one people know and the HP series is a direct chronological story, the same is not true of Narnia, especially when there are three different possible reading orders given for Narnia - writing, publication, and chronological.
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I guess they're trying to make up for it with the Netflix series but I'm yet to watch that so I can't make any judgements
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I've seen the Netflix series. It's pretty good - it follows the books pretty closely (at least from what I can remember from the books themselves - it's been a long while since I've read A Series of Unfortunate Events). Right now there are 2 seasons of the show - with the third (and said to be final season) releasing in early 2019. It'll be interesting to how/where they bring the series to a close. =)Harley-Panda wrote: ↑07 Aug 2018, 08:58 I was always upset that they never finished the A Series of Unfortunate Events series. Also, they muddled up the first 3 books to make the film, so a scene from the end of book 1 happens at the end of the film which should actually be the end of book 3. I always loved those books as a child and when they announced the film I was really looking forward to seeing them on the big screen, especially the later books.
I guess they're trying to make up for it with the Netflix series but I'm yet to watch that so I can't make any judgements
Anyways, in my opinion it's worth a watch. Way better than the sorry excuse of a movie from 2004. =)
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I recently heard that she's now working on another new series (not the one you mentioned) that would focus on Jacob and Renesmee! She's only hinted at it briefly though, stating she's just finished the outline. However, I'm really hoping she continues with it and gets it published!!! I don't know if I'd want it to be adapted to film though, since Taylor Lautner is permanently scarred onto my brain as Jacob and I don't think I could see anybody else playing him.lildallface wrote: ↑12 Jan 2019, 16:13 I'm actually fairy upset with Stephanie Meyer, she promised more books around the Twilight series and never delivered. I guess some of the chapters were leaked and she was pi**ed and decided to say screw it.
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I personally thought that Spiderwick and the Series of Unfortunate Events movie did a fair job adapting from the books, in that they weren't sure they'd be given a sequel in the first place or thought that the first book of each series respectively didn't have much material for a full movie.
Near and dear to my heart is the Inkheart movie, which I liked and am saddened that we never got the rest of the series!
Does the Dresden Files TV show count for this thread? They only had one season, and I was very disappointed they never got to get around to some of the later books.
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