Too bad the sequel was never made into a film, because The Holy Road is a formidable continuation story in its own right.
Dances With Wolves stands with Lord of the Rings as an astonishing film translation of a book, in fact it's even more faithful to the source material than the latter movie series. With the massive success of DWW, has the issue of the sequel ever been addressed by Kevin Costner?
I heard a rumor about 5-10 years ago that The Holy Road was going into production with, coincidentally, as you mention LotR, Viggo Mortensen taking over the role of John Dunbar. I guess things fell through with that.
I don't think the current political climate in Hollywood is going to allow any Native American themed movies as long as the Woke fad is ongoing. No matter how sensitive the portrayal, someone (probably a Woke white person) is going to be offended and outraged and stir up protests.
At least not an accurate depiction. The NA's could be brutal but the Woke like to present them as being salt of the Earth types. That is at least something they show in Dances with Wolves, the Sioux going to war with another tribe for conquest.
shareDude, you’re talking about the novelization. This movie isn’t based on a book.
shareI never said I was the smartest person in the world. Thanks for the clarification on that. I'd still like to see The Holy Road as a movie, though.
shareActually the movie was made based on a novel that was written about 1 year beforehand specifically with Costner in mind
shareYes, it was definitely a novel first. The novel has a number of differences from the film, mainly that the tribe Dunbar joins is Comanche rather than Lakota, and the setting is in the Southern Plains rather than the Northern Plains of the movie.
shareNot to mention the Comanche men have multiple wives, conveniently obscured in the movie.
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