Look at the track record of book-to-movies that strayed away from the source material. Percy Jackson 1 and 2, Eragon, I Am Number Four, City of Ember, Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and others all performed miserably and either got only one sequel(Percy Jackson) or none at all. Book readers are your already guaranteed market but if you disappoint them then you've lost a huge portion and good word of mouth. I Am Number Four suffered from being poorly executed, being released only less than a year after the first book was so the fan base was still growing, and most likely, not marketed enough or to the right audience. Movie studios are perfectly capable of making a almost perfect book-to-movie adaption it all depends on their motives and desire to bring a quality movie instead of a cash grab. Warner Brothers had JK Rowling help on set with the Harry Potter movies where as Fox didn't want any of Rick Rioardan's input or opinion for the first Percy Jackson.
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jarn2004
9 years ago
The 4th film in the NArnia series is being made. The 3rd and 2nd film did about the same. The problem with the Narnia series is most people read the lion the witch and the wardrobe, not many of the other books. so the target audience gets smaller. The problem with the series as a whole is the main characters shift so much while its all in the same world the investment you have in early characters doesnt keep you around for further books.
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zandylovesRISK
9 years ago
Prince Caspian performed much better in the states($40 million more). True most people either only read Magician's Nephew, LWaW and/or Prince Caspian and not the later ones for different readers. Just because the target audience unfortunately shrinks doesn't mean it gives you more creative license to wander the more from the original material. Dawn Treader was my favorite book it the movie could could have been so much better with more stuff from the book. True. The original four are only the protagonist in the first 3 books and are guests in Horse & His Boy.
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