I was listening to a review about the new Percy Jackson show which got me thinking about this question. Many people were excited for that show due to Rick Riordan being heavily involved in the show but when it came out, it’s reception was pretty lukewarm. This reminded me of the time Stephen King wrote a Shining miniseries because he felt the movie was too inaccurate, only for his version to receive negative reviews and be largely forgotten while Kubrick’s version ended up becoming one of the most famous horror movies of all time, or when J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts movies after the first one ended up being received negatively by both fans and critics.
This got me thinking, are there any other book adaptations that still ended up being bad despite the author’s involvement behind the scenes?
by Likestuff12
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Most of the Stephen king projects where he was heavily involved are usually worse that the ones where he wasn’t.