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Lalwendë · 02-02-2008, 06:02 PM

But this is what I mean - there is no story written for the 'bridge' film, nothing in the way of one of Tolkien's tales to adapt for the screen. All we have are a few notes and ideas, that's it. LotR and The Hobbit were/will be based on very well written stories, near perfect in terms of narrative structure. However the 'bridge' film has nothing like this and much of it will have to be invented - which is why I made an analogy to making a sequel to an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Has there ever been anything like that which was successful? In other words, a broadly new story following on from a successful adaptation of a famous novel?

02-02-2008, 06:02 PM	#13
Lalwendë A Mere Boggart Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: under the bed Posts: 4,737	But this is what I mean - there is no story written for the 'bridge' film, nothing in the way of one of Tolkien's tales to adapt for the screen. All we have are a few notes and ideas, that's it. LotR and The Hobbit were/will be based on very well written stories, near perfect in terms of narrative structure. However the 'bridge' film has nothing like this and much of it will have to be invented - which is why I made an analogy to making a sequel to an adaptation of Pride & Prejudice. Has there ever been anything like that which was successful? In other words, a broadly new story following on from a successful adaptation of a famous novel? __________________ Gordon's alive!