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Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen
Whether you're an aspiring writer, an established author, a story professional, or just a story junkie, Unedited is a behind-the-scenes trip into all facets of the global story economy. Join us for a discussion of all things story, from idea to manuscript and shelf to screen with the globe's best writers, book professionals, booksellers, and adaptation stakeholders. We’re going to keep it informed, unfiltered, and unedited—not a salon, think a bar, whatever your drink or genre of choice.
Before he was published, Tom Clancy sold insurance. Stephen King worked in a laundromat. J.K. Rowling was a secretary. Wherever you work and whoever you are, welcome to Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen.
Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen
Bob Bookman: Fifty Years at the Top of Hollywood’s Book-to-Screen Game
We are pleased to welcome Bob Bookman to the second episode of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Having represented marquee novels like Jurassic Park and The Silence of the Lambs, Bob joins us to discuss the evolving role of books in Hollywood over the past fifty years.
In his half-century career, still ongoing, Bob has represented Michael Crichton, Tom Wolfe, Anne Rice, Graham Greene, Nora Ephron, Thomas Harris, and Ken Follett, amongst others.
He has also represented screenwriting and directing talent including Paul Greengrass, Jonathan Demme, Cameron Crowe, Joe Eszterhas, and Brian DePalma, amongst others. After some healthy digressions about the origins of French remakes like True Lies and The Birdcage, we explore with Bob why the book—including for all those commencing NNWM this week—remains the key driver of narrative IP, even in today’s world of incredible competition.