Cloud Atlas arrives in selected theatres this weekend accompanied by the smog of its all-encompassing and mouth-agog-inducing premise which slithers across time like a large hypothetical python.
With no regard for traditional tropes and early on touted as unfilmable, the sci-fi genre-blend novel by David Mitchell spans the entire history of time plucking out characters and incidents for the purpose of proving that everything is connected. Â Also proving that everything except House Of Leaves can be adapted into a movie.
With the literary world brimming with ideas ripe for the big screen it’s only a matter of time before the rights to bestsellers are snapped up by Hollywood. The following list is just a select taste of science fiction adaptations in production which combine horror, comedy, fantasy and rather a lot of dystopia.
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Published: Oct 26, 2012 12:38 pm