Please, Hollywood. Let this story stay on the page!
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most beloved authors of the 20th century, so it's no wonder that his works have been sought after for adaptation. Put the emphasis on "sought after," because not many of his novels or short stories have actually made it to the big screen. Vonnegut's stories are often sarcastic, time-hopping, told from the first person, and uniquely bleak... but also hilarious.
'Cat's Cradle' Might be Vonnegut's Best Book Cat's Cradle is a 1963 postmodern satire, written by the late great Kurt Vonnegut. The film follows Felix Hoenikker and a group of scientists as they navigate life after the invention of ice-nine, a substance that could freeze the entire planet. The novel is bleakly comical, absurd, and hits some of its commentaries pretty hard on the nose, but it also has its moments of subtlety. That's just how Vonnegut operates, though.
‘Cat’s Cradle’ Is a Weird, Weird Book Given Cat's Cradle's odd narrative structure, tendency to jump from plot point to plot point, and oddball, Vonnegut-ian sense of humor, it's not ideal to say that the book is unadaptable... but it just might need to stay on the page. It's not the book's high-concept ideas that would be tough for audiences to swallow, but it's the way that the author delivers them.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Noah Hawley Have Expressed Interest There have been multiple attempts to bring Cat's Cradle to both the big and small screens. Elements of the novel were adapted for the 1972 TV movie Between Time and Timbuktu, a project that pulled from several different Kurt Vonnegut stories. Leonardo DiCaprio's production company attempted to adapt the book into a movie back in 2005, but the film never moved past the writing stages.
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