Nikita Maria (reclaiming my literacy) answers “Will there be a movie based on the book?!!!!”

Riah Tupu asked this question about Redeeming Love:

Will there be a movie based on the book?!!!!

Nikita Maria (reclaiming my literacy) I wish, but I also recognize that this will be incredibly difficult to adapt for two reasons:
1. It'll be too "sexual" for Christian audiences
2. It'll …moreI wish, but I also recognize that this will be incredibly difficult to adapt for two reasons:
1. It'll be too "sexual" for Christian audiences
2. It'll be too Christian for secular audiences

If you want to keep the movie somewhere in the ballpark of PG-13, a good deal of content will need to be cut--or the directors/editors will have to be creative in how they navigate those scenes. Even as a reader, there are certain scenes that made me blush, and I'm a New Yorker (virtually nothing makes us blush anymore). If anything, I could see this going the same route as The Red Tent and being adapted as a mini-series for a network like Lifetime, no more than 4 parts. The sad thing is that a lot of the spiritual content might get toned down in the process...I'd be more in favor of a Christian production company buying the rights and figuring out how to navigate the "sex scenes." If fans of the book watch the movie and complain about the toned down sexual content (which isn't graphic in the book to begin with), then it goes to show where their priorities are. (less)

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Andrew Gommesen It's coming in 3 weeks!!! ...more
Jan 01, 2022 08:48AM · flag

deleted user It's coming in just less than 3 weeks!!! I'M SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...more
Jan 14, 2022 05:20PM · flag

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