Why Not a Movie?

[Tshep]

The process doesn't work that way with Steve's work. First, the rights are sold to adapt the movie, then a production company is set up by whomever buys the rights, and they then hire a screenwriter to adapt it unless Steve has a personal interest in writing it himself. If you were the screenwriter for the production company, then Steve would be able to look it over.

Thank you for the reply. So, any advice as far as how to pursue this project, assuming
I have any options ? Of course I would love to see my work writ large on the screen,
but aside from that I'm enjoying writing it purely for the creative process, and just to see how the finished product will look.
Thanks again.

[Moderator]

You can do it as a writing exercise for yourself but if you want to see it go to the next level, you'll need to contact someone in a position to put forward an offer to buy the film rights and with the experience and/or financial backing to set up a production.

[Seb Shaw]

The idea of a Regulators movie would be ace, it just had that movie feel to it when I was reading it, but it will need to be kept very true to the source and I expect it will need to have a fairly big budget, (Power Wagons ) but definitely a doable project if the production company is willing and of course if 'The King' is willing to let it be made into a movie/TV series/made for TV movie etc

[TakAhLah]

I agree, I think a Regulators movie would be pretty damn cool. I'd like to see how they carried the story out, honestly. I LOVED the book, and if there was a movie? I may die of happiness. Tak!

[MemnochTheDevil]

I had the same thought about using the actors from the Desperation TV movie in a Regulators TV movie, but then I went back and compared the characters and their ages in both books. I don't think any of them line up except maybe the cop, who is a cop in both and could probably be played by the same actor in both. Most of the other characters were much older or much younger then their counterparts in the other one. Strange. But would have been awesome and really played up the "mirror" aspect of the two books.