‘Fallout’ Producer Jonathan Nolan Wonders ‘Where Are All the Original Stories?’ Amid Rise of TV Adaptations
variety.comDerek Lawrence After spending more than a decade of their lives spearheading the phenomenon that was HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” David Benioff and D.B.
Weiss weren’t necessarily in a rush to return to the world of adaptation. Neither had taken the quick plunge into Liu Cixin’s Chinese science-fiction epic “The Three-Body Problem” when the proposal of a series was first presented to them, despite it already sitting unread on Weiss’ Kindle. “Barack Obama’s quote was on the cover,” he recalls, “and I said, ‘Well, that’s interesting.
Barack Obama likes a Chinese science-fiction novel — let’s get that one.’” “Let’s get that one” also appears to be the philosophy of networks and streamers when it comes to acquiring the rights to books, video games or film properties in hopes of making the latest buzzy TV adaptation.
Such an approach is nothing new on the big screen, as Weiss estimates that more than half of the 50 greatest movies of all-time were based on another medium.
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