With the outstanding success of the Chronicles of Narnia, is it any wonder that they are eagerly working away at the sequel Prince Caspian? But what about other works by CS Lewis. The critically acclaimed and even more direct Christian themes found in The Screwtape Letters appear to be the next Lewis work to head to the big screen.
The Screwtape Letters , which Walden hopes to release in 2008, is the company’s second Lewis collaboration following “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” which grossed $744 million worldwide. The sequel to that pic, “Prince Caspian,” is due out next year.
Like “Narnia,” “The Screwtape Letters” — which is described as a midbudget, primarily live-action pic — embodies Christian themes.
First published in 1942, “The Screwtape Letters” takes the form of a series of missives from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his wannabe diabolical nephew, Wormwood. As a mentor, Screwtape advises his protege on the finer points of undermining faith and promoting sin. His instructions are interspersed with observations on human nature and Christian doctrine.
I liked the Narnia books. I feel they made the step to feature film rather nicely all things considered. Screwtape Letters is a little different in its presentation and would make for less of a family draw that the thinly veiled Narnia movies offer.
I am just waiting for the drooling irony of radical Christian groups to complian about it since it involves demons and communications with the devil. Most Christians wont as they get what CS Lewis was up to, but there is bound to be someone somewhere who starts some movement against this one.
this is 2008.everything can be adapted.cmon.lets open our imagination broader than our previous’.it can be done.cs lewis is one of the many reason why i became a christian.god bless this site
This is some amazing news. Seeing Narnia come to the big screen was definitely an awesome thing for me. Lewis is one of my favorite authors and though The Screwtape Letters seems like a difficult book to adapt, I’m happy to see anything he’s written come to the movies.
Now all we need are adaptations of his Space Trilogy…
For those of you wondering how the book can be adapted into a movie, it was already converted into a play by James Forsyth. In the play, Screwtape doesn’t write letters; instead, he comes up to earth to talk with Wormwood in person.
I never read the book, but I recently acted in the play. If handled correctly, the Screwtape story could make a good movie.
A very interesting book, but I wonder how it could be adapted to a movie… It really was just letters back and forth between Screwtape and Wormwood about different ways to spiritually attack Christians. I remain skepitcal that it will work.
I would love to see CS Lewis’s Space Trilogy on film. Those are superior to the Narnia mythological mishmash
Hmmm… this should be interesting. I read this book a number of years ago. I don’t see how this can be adapted to a movie. I’ll be intrigued and excited to see how they do this. CS Lewis is one of my favorite authors. Paul Martin is right, he and Tolkien were great friends.
These groups would probably be like the same misguided people that think C.S. Lewis was a cult leader or that we should attack The Lord of the Rings because it’s “just like Harry Potter.” Tolkien was a staunch Catholic! And he and Lewis were great friends.
To be totally honest, that was my first thought too, though. The Screwtape Letters will be misunderstood by many and it will be ridiculous.