Fans of GREEN
DARKNESS, including both of us, have asked and re-asked that question. We had
heard from the publisher that we were not the first ones to take out a
screenplay option on the novel.
Why weren't the previous optioners successful?
While there may be no answer, we
can’t help but wrack our brains with the question. We came up with a few theories:
1)
Perhaps they didn't try hard enough?
2)Maybe they didn't love the book the way
we do.
3)When the book was first published, reincarnation was a new and perhaps
frightening philosophy. Since then, people have come to accept it and even if
they may not believe in it themselves, they recognize that others do. Many films
have dealt with the subject.
4)While this may annoy many lovers of the book, the
bald fact is that Celia is not terribly likeable. She continues to pursue
Stephen in the past even though he tries to keep her at arm’s length.
5)The
novel's method of returning to the past is a real stretch of the "willing
suspension of disbelief". We've dealt with that differently and in a more
believable way, but to do so we've made a significant shift in the story
telling. It's a change that makes the story deeper and more emotional, we feel.
6)The most obvious reason? Cost. But we've taken steps to keep the costs down as well.
6)The most obvious reason? Cost. But we've taken steps to keep the costs down as well.
Ultimately, it will be the test of time
and our resources to prove whether we were right.
Plunging ever onward~~
Angela & Marla
