Will Blood Meridian ever be made into a movie? (Update Alert)

It's in the works.

John Hillcoat, who directed The Road, is the director.

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It's in the works.

John Hillcoat, who directed The Road, is the director

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LINK: https://deadline.com/2023/04/new-regency-cormac-mccarthys-blood-meridian-john-hillcoat-1235340998/

If you get a moment, read the comments .... because I agree with a lot of them. I'll believe it when I see it.

I first read the book in the mid 80s and have read it several times since and cannot count how many times I've heard it is finally going-to-be made into a movie. Wasn't eight or nine years ago it was a done deal ... already in the production phase and then, nothing, crickets.

One of the comments that I do agree with ... It's too much book to be limited-to a movie. If they're going-to do it they need to make it into a limited series IMHO.

LINK: Hollywood Keeps Trying (and Failing) to Adapt Cormac McCarthy's "Unfilmable" Novel For 40 years, Hollywood has tried (and failed) to bring Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece to the big screen.

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Blood Meridian ... no way. It would be next to impossible to translate it into a movie script/screen play.

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If this was 1950, maybe. In the 21st century I don't see how any book ever written couldn't translate to a movie considering the technology available to film makers. And something like blood meridian where 90% of the book is just boring wandering around int eh west, that could easily be done. Take your pic of a hundred other movies and shows set int he american southwest.

The only thing that may be, I guess "difficult" is some of hte violence, but again that's only limited by the skill of the director. Scalping indians and dead babies in bushes aren't things that are physically or literally impossible to film.

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It would be hard to get blood meridian to an R rating without damaging the story imo.

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Damn - I didn't know it was that rough, even for a McCarthy book.
It came up as included in my Audible subscription, and I have until 9/12 to listen to it. It's next up for me, since I haven't read it yet.

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John Hillcoat, who directed The Road, is the director.

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Wasn’t great but I blame that on the child actor they used for the son.

McCarthy dying right after a new adaptation was announced kind of adds to the lore of this project. His son is supposedly still gonna help produce.

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Mel Gibson is the only living director that would do it right.

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Interesting.

Which brings the need to ask the next question ... who would play The Judge ... Holden?

I've literally asked this question 100 or more times in 100 different settings from FTF to forums and it has amazed me how many times Matthew McConaughey's name has immediately been first on the list.

A lot of times it's been preceeded with something like "well, since (Jack) Nicholson is too old, it would have-to-be ..."

ETA: Bonus Question .... is Judge Holden human?

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ETA: Bonus Question .... is Judge Holden human?

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A bit more so than Chigurh. So probably not.

Woody huh? ... interesting choice.

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The audiobook by Richard Poe is amazing

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I actually listened-to-it a couple of years ago driving from Charleston to Devil's Lake in Michigan. An hour-in my wife was terrifed and she had her earplugs in while insistent that I turn down the stereo ....`she referred-to-it as the most hideous thing she has ever heard. Lol

For any fan who has read the book a couple of times prior ... I agree, Poe's telling is well-worth a listen.

I always visualized someone like Ian McShane playing the part. He's pretty old now so it probably wouldn't work.

I hope not. Great book that does not easily translate to a movie. A crap movie version might result in fewer people reading an American classic.