Ignatius in (Hollywood Development) Hell

Stephen Soderburgh, John Belushi, Richard Pryor, and numerous others have expressed interest in filming A Confederacy of Dunces. All for naught, says The Book Standard.

Hollywood screenwriter Stephen Schiff explains:

"In some ways, producers and studios are more exacting than book editors often are," he says. "In the book world, you can get by with a lot of fairly slack stuff, especially if you have written best sellers. If you are a brand name, you can write some fairly shoddy stuff, and no editors will raise a voice — whereas by the time (the book) gets to the screen, you have had these squadrons of people checking every aspect of the plot and characters."

You see, Confederacy of Dunces just doesn't meet Hollywood's high literary standards.