9 Times Authors Disavowed Adaptations Of Their Work

9. Roald Dahl - Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl initially wrote the screenplay for Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, but the script was so rigorously edited that he disowned the film. Dahl viewed this as hacking his work to pieces, and that those in charge were disrespecting not only the script he wrote but the original novel. In fact, most of Dahl's ideas were disregarded, like casting Spike Milligan as Willy Wonka.

Following Willy Wonka, Dahl became reluctant to allow any of his books to be put on the big screen, and he stuck to that for nearly 20 years. He loathed the adaptation of The Witches so much, he stood outside of a theater with a megaphone to deter people from going to see it.

It isn't that well known, but Charlie & The Chocolate Factory has a sequel, Charlie & The Great Glass Elevator. It has received little press compared to its predecessor because Dahl went so far as to state in his will that The Great Glass Elevator would never be made into a movie. That's why a sequel was never made to the 2005 remake, despite its financial success.