jordanlund@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Films can have the same problem.
Notably the 4th film in the “Divergent” series was never made, although we got the first 3. The 3rd was a rushed failure.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divergent_(film)
…wikipedia.org/…/The_Divergent_Series:_Insurgent
…wikipedia.org/…/The_Divergent_Series:_Allegiant
Similarly, the film adaptation of the “His Dark Materials” series sputtered out after one film, Golden Compass:
en.m.wikipedia.org/…/The_Golden_Compass_(film)
It would take TWELVE YEARS to reboot the franchise as series television for HBO.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians was another notable failure which somehow got 2 films out of a 7 book series:
…wikipedia.org/…/Percy_Jackson_%26_the_Olympians:…
…wikipedia.org/…/Percy_Jackson:_Sea_of_Monsters
It also would see a streaming reboot, this time 10 years later on Disney+
Even the perennial classic Narnia books had trouble in the film space, getting quite good adaptations of the first three books of seven before vanishing:
…wikipedia.org/…/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia:_The_Li…
healthetank@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
FYI they made the Narnia movies from the most interesting and least convoluted boos. Lion witch and wardrobe is book 2, prince Caspian is book 4, and Voyage is book 5. I don’t believe they ever planned on doing the rest of the books. Book 1 and 7 both are some heavy allegorical books that probably wouldn’t translate well, book 3 has some serious questionable bits that would be seen as pretty racist these days. Book 6 could be decent, but doesn’t include the main siblings, so probably less interest from fans of the main actors.
tuck182@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They adapted the first three books if you go by the original order and not the updated order that numbered the books chronologically.