John Grisham films

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I can't think of much to say so I'll keep it short.
I've always been a fan of John Grisham novels and I've read all of them up to the latest "The King Of Torts", they all have great plots and are terrific Hollywood material or at least Hollywood used to think so. I think the last one made was either The Rainmaker or The Chamber, but there have been some great stories since then.
The Runaway Jury could have rivalled The Insider for dishing the dirt on the tobacco indusrty.
A Painted House could have rivalled Driving Miss Daisy, Forrest Gump etc.
The Summons would make a good TVM, and I think The King Of Torts has been the best of all, easily blockbuster material on the same form as the Firm. In fact this latest bestseller has a feel very similair to the Firm, I just don't understand why Hollywood hasn't been interested in making John Grisham's novels into films recently?
 
This question intrigued me, too, so I've just been googling.

Painted House will be released next month as a TV movie in the US, and Runaway Jury is due for cinema release later this year, with John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman...

For Painted House, do a google search for "Hallmark Grisham", and for Runaway Jury, just search the title and there's a Yahoo link about 3rd from top. (It's awkward for me to provide links with TV intenet, but those searches should be easy enough.)
 
John Grishams books are excellent but I've found every film made of his books to be poor.

Best film adaptation of a novel I've seen was Kiss The Girls written by James Patterson (apart from casting Morgan Freeman instead of Denzil Washington in the part of Alex Cross!)
 
Thanks for the information. Fancy that The Runaway Jury, it was a good book. Hope we'll get to see A Painted House on our Hallmark channel.
 
I expect so, sooner or later - or it might go to another channel first. But as it's a Hallmark production they're bound to show it eventually.
 
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