Film rights were bought by producer Michael Klinger who had made two films based on Smith novels. Although Smith did a screenplay, no movie has resulted as of 2016.[2] Klinger almost got the film financed in 1986 as part of an eight-picture deal but this film apart when the proposed star, Michael Caine, was unavailable.[3][4]
A UK film The Tiger's Eye, directed by Brian Hutton,screenplay by Wilbur SMith, is (or was) in production.[5]
tiger, novel, tiger, 1975, novel, wilbur, smith, among, islands, indian, ocean, england, waters, offshore, tigerfirst, heinemann, editionauthorwilbur, smithcountrysouth, africalanguageenglishpublisherheinemannpublication, date1975, film, rights, were, bought, . The Eye of the Tiger is a 1975 novel by Wilbur Smith set among the islands of the Indian Ocean and in England and the waters offshore 1 The Eye of the TigerFirst Heinemann editionAuthorWilbur SmithCountrySouth AfricaLanguageEnglishPublisherHeinemannPublication date1975 Film rights were bought by producer Michael Klinger who had made two films based on Smith novels Although Smith did a screenplay no movie has resulted as of 2016 2 Klinger almost got the film financed in 1986 as part of an eight picture deal but this film apart when the proposed star Michael Caine was unavailable 3 4 A UK film The Tiger s Eye directed by Brian Hutton screenplay by Wilbur SMith is or was in production 5 References edit The Eye of the Tiger at Wilbur Smith s website Murphy Mary 3 January 1976 MOVIE CALL SHEET Klinger Has 30 Million Plans Los Angeles Times p b10 Andrew Spicer Rethinking Authorship in Film The Struggle for Creative Control between Michael Klinger Producer and Wilbur Smith Writer Smith Vagg Stephen 27 January 2022 The Cinema of Wilbur Smith Filmink The Tiger s Eye Archived from the original on 31 October 2021 nbsp This article about a 1970s novel is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Eye of the Tiger novel amp oldid 1180295767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
