{"id":163171,"date":"2023-06-16T07:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T01:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/four-directors-that-failed-to-take-cormac-mccarthys-infamous-blood-meridian-to-hollywood\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T07:23:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T01:53:01","slug":"blood-meridian-the-infamous-cormac-mccarthy-film-that-was-never-brought-to-hollywood-by-four-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/blood-meridian-the-infamous-cormac-mccarthy-film-that-was-never-brought-to-hollywood-by-four-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Blood Meridian, the infamous Cormac McCarthy film that was never brought to Hollywood by four directors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
HITC looks at the four directors that failed to take Cormac McCarthy\u2019s infamous Blood Meridian to Hollywood, and one who is lined up to finally tackle the behemoth project.<\/strong><\/p>\n Many readers around the globe are fond of great American novelists and acclaimed authors are recognized for producing philosophical books which are simultaneously entertaining and thought-provoking.<\/p>\n Cormac McCarthy, one of America’s best writers. The Rhode Island born talent died at age 89 in 2023. He left behind an amazing legacy in both literature and cinema. Such novels as 2005\u2019s No Country For Old Men and 2006\u2019s The Road have been adapted by the Coen brothers and John Hillcoat, respectively.<\/p>\n However, many fans have argued in the past that his 1985 western novel Blood Meridian is unfilmable, and it\u2019s not that filmmakers haven\u2019t attempted to helm it in the past\u2014they have.<\/p>\n With lots of people either finally reading or revisiting the writer\u2019s most upsetting and grandiose work, let\u2019s note the four filmmakers who failed to adapt Blood Meridian, along with the man who is up to the task as we speak\u2026<\/p>\n That\u2019s right, Alien and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott is one of the brave few who felt determined to tackle a cinematic adaptation of the uncompromised, violent, and savage Blood Meridian.<\/p>\nRidley Scott<\/h2>\n