Film Adaptation
The Screwtape Letters is a planned film based on the novel. 20th Century Fox bought the film rights to the book in the 1950s. Fox is partnering with Walden Media to make this film just as they are doing with The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Walden originally intended to release the film in 2008, however the current release date is set for 2012. Ralph Winter, the producer, credited the success of the Chronicles of Narnia film series for the greenlighting of The Screwtape Letters. The Screwtape Letters is to be a live-action film. Because the novel is a series of letters with limited action, critics have questioned how a film adaptation is possible.
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