Kim Martin asked Erik Larson:

Dear Mr. Larson, What can you tell us about efforts to bring any of your works to the big screen? I would think your stories would translate very naturally and effectively to film, and, according to a search of IMDB, there are a couple of projects in development. Understanding the complexity of such translation, is this something you would welcome and feel can do justice to your books?

Erik Larson Two of my books have been optioned by film--Devil, by Leonardo DiCaprio, and Beasts, by Tom Hanks. Both options remain live. Apart from that, there's not much to tell. I'd love to see both turned into films. I'm curious as to how screenwriters will approach each. I won't be involved, however. I feel cinema is an art unto itself, and am quite content to leave it all to the experts.

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