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Back in 2018, Amazon acquired the television rights to develop a television series based on Banks' "Consider Phlebas", but the project was cancelled last year.

Back in 2018, Amazon acquired the television rights to develop a television series based on Banks' "Consider Phlebas", but the project was cancelled last year. :( https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21402585/amazon-cancels-tv-adaptation-culture-series-iain-m-banks-consider-phlebas https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21402585/amazon-cancels-t...

s_Hogg 6y ago
I'm glad they did that. It's a series of books that really challenges you to build a world inside your head.
- noir_lord 6y ago
  Ashers Polity series would make better TV, I love both and would to see something set on Spatterjay.
  - cpeterso 6y ago
    The Culture books can be so weird and wild, I think anime might be a more appropriate medium than a live-action TV series or a movie.
Bombthecat 6y ago
Do they still own the right? Maybe they develop a game with it?
- cpeterso 6y ago
  According to the article, Amazon surrendered the rights back to Banks' estate, blaming the production problems on the estate: "I just think the estate didn’t want to go through with it. It wasn’t the material, it was just because I think they weren’t ready to do it, for whatever reason. I’m a little mystified myself, to be honest.”