unfilmable

adjective

un·film·able ˌən-ˈfil-mə-bəl

: not fit or able to be adapted to motion pictures : not filmable

an unfilmable novel

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web But what makes a book supposedly unfilmable varies. —

Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2023 One of his earliest projects at Netflix was an adaptation of Gerald's Game, one of a very small number of books in the author's back catalogue that had been widely deemed unfilmable. —

Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 Dec. 2022 The cost of doing that on a computer would have made the movie unfilmable. —

BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2022 Neil Gaiman’s sweeping fantasy series, first published in monthly comic-book form between 1989 and 1996, was long considered unfilmable. —

al, 10 Aug. 2022 Despite its outsized impact on science fiction, Dune was for many years considered unfilmable. —

Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2021 Dune, especially, almost feels unfilmable in its scope. —

Angela Watercutter, Wired, 5 Oct. 2021 Jessica Bruder's nonfiction book seemed unfilmable, but director Chloé Zhao and star Frances McDormand reconceived it as a magical, compassionate drama about people living without homes. —

Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 25 Dec. 2020 Of course, there are still those who maintain The Sandman is essentially unfilmable, even given today's cutting-edge technology. —

Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 13 May 2020 See More

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