The mass body of Steven King's work is a golden mine for Hollywood, to the point that there is never some film adaptation of King's books at any given moment. Of course, not every King novel enjoys the same amount of Loveube from Hollywood; For every book like "Kerry" With its permanent remunerationThere is a book like "The Eyes of the Dragon", which has never received a film adaptation in 40 years since it was released. The book is a surprising story of a fantastic family -friendly adventure, one with a few Fun links to King's famous series "Dark Tower".

The first attempt to adjust the "dragon's eyes" came in 2000, when the French company Wamc Entertainment reportedly bought the rights and Planned to turn it into an animated film. Ideally, the film would have a $ 45m budget and will be released in the early 2000s, but the production was expelled and WAMC eventually lost the rights of the book.

The second attempt came in 2012, when The Siphian channel announced They planned to turn the "dragon's eyes" into minisers. This project is too deleted with a little explanation. The third attempt came in 2019, when Julu announced that he was adjusting the book to TV Show. But next year, unfortunately, producer/screenwriter set graham-Smith unfortunately Posted that Julu has canceled the project. It is unclear whether Kovid was the big element that killed the project (as it was for so many other films and shows), but that certainly didn't help.

As of today, there are no plans anywhere to adapt the "dragon's eyes", and even if there is, there will be no guarantee that those plans will not fall apart within a year. What is the deal here? Why is it so unique to get an adaptation from the ground?

The "eyes of the dragon" were first published in the 1980s, at a time when Steven King was at the top of the world, and was immediately overshadowed by all the other recent bestsellers she released. Around the same period this book came out, he also published "Five semar", "That", "Christine", a book "Dark Tower" and the collection of short stories "Skeleton Crew". This was a period where Many of King's best novels were published In a fast succession, making the "eyes of the dragon" look worse than comparison.

What is the problem with that? Well, the characters are not so unforgettable, nor is the fantasy setting everything that is omitted. It was also out of the brand at the time; He was known as a horror writer, not a high -fantalist writer, and the general consensus of the "Dragon's Eyes" was that King was better in his famous lane. Perhaps the most disturbing of everything is that the "dragon's eyes" was supposed to be a children's book. The ultimate, innocent vibrations of the story were not what King fans expected or wanted.

This would not be such a big problem if King fully embraces the catching market for children, but he did not. He wrote in the preface of the book that he wanted to write a story of his young daughter to enjoy, but a significant part of the first act focuses on the adult character Roland and his marriage fights with erectile dysfunction. (Or maybe Roland is assumed to be gay; I could never use that part.)

The result was a book that wasn't really for adults and wasn't really for kids, existing in a tricky medium ground that is not easy to place. Will there ever be a ready -made "dragon's eyes" adaptation? I do not know, but if there is, it will probably never reach the heights of popularity that his other, more adult works enjoyed.