The Director Should've Shot You

Alan Dean Foster

Language: English

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: Jun 15, 2023

Description:

The #1 New York Times–bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood.

Author Alan Dean Foster is a Grand Master of Media Tie-In Fiction. He has written both original tie-ins and script novelizations since the 1970s, bringing his straightforwardness—a favorite to readers but a nuisance to directors—to his many projects. For Foster, Hollywood is a unique world that has allowed him to chat with Catwoman, ask out Diana Rigg, attend a movie screening with Alice Cooper, and have burgers and milkshakes with John Carpenter. To think, he was almost a lawyer . . . 

In The Director Should’ve Shot You, Foster shares all the colorful stories behind his adaptations of films, TV shows, and video games. He had the honor of working on big-name properties like Star TrekTerminator, and The Thing....