Does anyone know if any Patricia Cornwall novels have been filmed? If not, why not?

Answer 1

I believe a few of her works have been turned into mini-series and shown on PBS's "Mystery." Check the PBS website to find DVDs of the shows.

Answer 2

As far as I can find out, none of Patricia Cornwell's novels have been released as a film yet. One website reported the news in 2000 that Patricia Cornwell (note the correct spelling of her last name), had signed a multi-picture deal with Sony Films, for a series of the Scarpetta character; however, I cannot find anything more has been done since then. No words on the production delays or problems.

Here is that story for you from the enterntainment publication, Variety:

Just when it seemed that business at the studios had hit a summer slump, Sony Pictures inched preciously close late Thursday to inking a deal with author Patricia Cornwell for the film rights to the 11 books in which medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta appears.
If Sony's development execs succeed where others have failed, moviegoers may well be seeing a lot of Cornwell's smart heroine in the years to come, as the studio envisions a franchise.
Sources say the deal guarantees north of $5 million upfront in a complicated pact that would surely translate into much higher paydays if and when movies get made.

Pact guarantees a five-year option on each of Cornwell's novels and includes film rights to all novels she pens during that time period.
In the past, Cornwell's novels have attracted Hollywood's attention, but none has reached the silver screen. In 1992, Columbia Pictures was close to a deal to option "Cruel and Unusual" for Demi Moore and her then-producing partner Suzanne Todd, but that agreement failed to materialize.

A few years later, Universal Pictures appeared close to making "From Potter's Field," with Kristin Scott Thomas circling to star and Milcho Manchevski to helm. After several scribes delivered their adaptations, however, the studio abandoned the project.
Sony's deal with Cornwell includes rights to all novels in which the Scarpetta character appears: "All That Remains," "Black Notice," "Body Farm," "Body of Evidence," "Cause of Death," "Cruel and Unusual," "From Potter's Field," "Point of Origin," "Postmortem" and "Southern Cross," along with "The Last Precinct," Corwell's latest novel due out in November

Answer 3

No, I don't know. But I've thought some of he novels should be filmed.

Answer 4

As far as I can tell none have been made into movies but you have to convince someone with some Hollywood money and connections to do so.