Adapting a successful novel for the big screen should be a simple process – you’ve got a ready made fanbase, scores of Tumblr posts about dream casting and the plot laid out right in front of you.
But, as Ronnie Rosenthal would tell you, it’s easier than you’d think to miss an open goal.
There’s the obvious successes in taking a book to celluloid (To Kill A Mockingbird, the Harry Potter series, Lord of the Rings) but just as many high-profile yet catastrophic failures (Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, The Golden Compass, The Beach).
Thankfully for fans of Jesse Andrew’s fantastic debut novel Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, sometimes the stars align and a book’s heart and soul remain in tact on the journey to cinemas.
With the award-winning film of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl out now, here’s a look at eight other beloved books that made the leap to the… Read the full story