Plenty of decisions go into whether or not a book becomes a TV show.
Pros: If it’s a classic of American literature; if it presents some distinct challenges of narrative perspective.
Con that’s maybe a Pro: If there is a competing classic half-century-old film adaptation.
Weighing it all eventually resulted in Hulu’s update of the classic tale “Catch-22.”Hulu released a featurette to tease its upcoming six-part adaptation of the Joseph Heller novel, complete with making-of insights from all three of the series directors.
Christopher Abbott also shares some choice insights into his version of Yossarian, the novel’s protagonist, and helps frame the World War II-set story in a modern context.Clooney opens his part of the interviews reiterating that he and Heslov once turned down the chance to head up the Hulu adaptation.
By his account, it was the chance to see how the book
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