27 Creators Who HATE The Movie Adaptations of Their Work

Imagine you're Stephen King-- You're a massively successful, best selling author of spooky novels. One of your most personal works to date, the story of an alcoholic writer losing his grip on his own humanity that echoes your own fears of the person you're worried you're capable of becoming gets the Hollywood adaptation treatment by one of the greatest filmmakers of all time… And you kind of hate it? Sure, it'll be remembered through history as one of the best, most tense horror movies ever made, but you can't get out of your craw that it's not the way you ever meant for the story to go.
King's not alone, he's not even the first to be mad a Stanley Kubrick-- There are plenty of authors dissatisfied with adaptations of their work, and not all of the movies are anywhere near the level of The Shining or A Clockwork Orange.
…Just wait until we get to Alan Moore.
Alan Moore

Ken Kesey / One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

Katsuhiro Otomo

Roald Dahl / Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

I Know What You Did Last Summer

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Madeleine L'Engle / A Wrinkle in Time

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The Shining

The Lord of the Rings

Tom Clancy / Patriot Games

J.D. Salinger / My Foolish Heart

Source: 20 Movie Adaptations That Disgusted The Original Author
Hellraiser: Revelations

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Alan Moore / Watchmen

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Billy Hayes / Midnight Express

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Sahara

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Dr. Seuss / The Cat in the Hat

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Akira Toriyama / Dragon Ball Z

PL Travers / Mary Poppins

George RR Martin / Game of Thrones

Ursula K. LeGuin / Earthsea

Anthony Burgess / A Clockwork Orange

Bret Easton Ellis / American Psycho

E.B. White / Charlotte's Web

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Richard Matheson / I Am Legend

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The Neverending Story

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Rick Riordan / Percy Jackson

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Elizabeth Wurtzel / Prozac Nation

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Truman Capote / Breakfast at Tiffany's

Source: 20 Movie Adaptations That Disgusted The Original Author