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Why did McCammon stop writing horror?
At the end of the '80s, McCammon turned from writing horror novels to
writing novels that were not as easily categorized. McCammon wrote an
article about his decision entitled
"The State of Where"
for issue 5 of Lights Out!.
In addition to that article, this subject is covered in
an interview with McCammon from January
1997.
Will McCammon write a sequel to The Wolf's Hour?
At one time, McCammon had considered the possibility of a sequel to
The Wolf's Hour. Unfortunately,
given McCammon's retirement from writing, it's safe to say that there will
never be a sequel to The Wolf's Hour (or any of his other novels).
Why are some of McCammon's novels out-of-print?
In 1997, the publishing rights to McCammon's first four novels came up
for renewal. Despite an offer from Pocket Books to keep publishing them,
McCammon felt that it was time to retire those books. I believe
this quote from
the October 1988 I Cover the War
interview pretty much sums up why McCammon declined the offer from
Pocket Books:
"I always hear about writers who've written four books that end up in
a drawer, and their fifth book is the one that gets published. The first
book I ever wrote was published, flaws and all. For better or worse, I was
allowed to learn to write in public. I think those books are simply early
efforts. You have to take them as they are. I don't think they're very
deep or anything; I think they're okay, but they simply represent where I
was at that particular time."
Why won't McCammon let Hollywood make movies of his stories?
McCammon has never stopped anyone from making movies of his stories.
In fact, the film rights for pretty much every McCammon novel and short story
have been optioned many times over the years, but only two adaptations were
actually made (see the Dramatizations
Bibliography for details). In January 2005, Front Sight Productions
announced that they were in preproduction of a film version of McCammon's
novella "Blue World, " and in September 2005, Rainstorm Entertainment
announced plans to film "Night Calls the Green Falcon." For current
information on these projects, please see the Movies
page.
How can I get the film rights to Boy's Life?
Boy's Life seems to be the
story most people would like to adapt to the big screen. Unfortunately,
the rights to Boy's Life were bought outright in perpetuity by
Universal Studios before the book was even published. At one time, I was
told that John McTiernan wanted to direct it. However, to my knowledge,
nothing has ever happened with it (and by now, it isn't likely to happen).
(For a little more information on this topic,
see the McCammon interview from August
1991.)
Is it true that Frank Darabont will make a film version of MINE?
I received an update from Mr. Darabont on 16-FEB-2002. He had this to
say about a possible film version of MINE:
Now that the last five years of intense directing crapola is behind me, I'm
absolutely blissed about shifting gears back into writing mode for a year
or two. Topping my list of priorities are at long last finishing MINE (I've
had the first HALF of the script written for five years now, but got
waylaid by GREEN MILE and MAJESTIC!), finally adapting Steve King's THE
MIST, and also adapting Mr. Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451. These are all
possible directing/producing projects for me.
Rick and his fans should know that my enthusiasm for MINE has never
dampened, and I'm itching to get back to it.
Frank Darabont
Mr. Darabont completed his screenplay for MINE at the beginning of
September 2002.
Unfortunately, to date, Mr. Darabont has never been able to find a studio
to make a movie version of his screenplay.
Why was The Night Boat McCammon's second novel written, but
third one published?
After Baal was published, McCammon wrote The Night Boat, and
Avon accepted it for publication. But then an Avon executive heard about a
movie that had something to do with Nazis living underwater. He assumed
that the storyline of The Night Boat was too similar to the movie,
so he decided Avon would not publish McCammon's novel. McCammon scrambled
for something else to sell and managed to write Bethany's Sin in
about 3 months. Meanwhile, someone else at Avon saw the Nazi movie
(Shock Waves,
1977), decided that The Night Boat was nothing like
the movie, and in the end, Avon bought both books. Bethany's Sin
was released in January 1980 and The Night Boat followed in August
1980.
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What awards has McCammon received?
McCammon has won several Bram Stoker Awards and World Fantasy Awards.
Click here to see the awards McCammon has received
for his work.
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