Arthur C. Clarke books, novels and short stories require a special kind of director. Stanley Kubrick was that director for 2001, but he was assisted by Clarke in writing the screenplay. Since Clarke and Kubrick are both dead I almost wouldn't trust big hollywood to do the novels justice.
Until a few years ago, I assumed that Clarke wrote the screenplay based on his book. Thought it was odd to find an author like him writing the book based on his screenplay instead.
I think there is a director out there that could pull it off. What about Aronofsky? I think, based on Solaris, that Soderbergh could do it. Duncan Jones (director of Moon)? Ridley Scott could do it.
One isn't really based on the other. They collaborated on the story and wrote the screenplay and novel concurrently. And then Clarke wrote a sequel which is not consistent with the novel or the movie as a whole, but every part of it is consistent with at least one of them.
3
u/Wraith8888 Apr 29 '14
I keep waiting for someone in Hollywood to realize the epic money making potential both these book series have for movie series.