The upcoming film Parker will not only occur as the first film adaptation of Richard Stark's Parker novels to feature the thief under the name Parker, it also puts his name in the title of the film. This film may feature an original story, in contrast to adapting one of the Parker novels.
This reminds me of other adaptations of various novel series that, by contrast, did adapt a specific novel in the series but dumped the title of the novel adapted.
VI Warshawski adapts Deadlock
St. Ives adapts the Procane Chroncile
Jack Reacher adapts Go Shot
Conan the Barbarian, both the 1982 and 2011, represent an odd case (Admittedly, an unusual entry, since the films did not especially specifically adapt the tales from the 1950's reprint volume Conan the Barbarian, which served as the source of the title-Robert E. Howard never used that phrase.)
Zorro (1975)-did not adapt any of McCulley's Zorro novels or short stories-possibly a few other Zorro adaptations
This seems more consistent with adaptations of comic books or comic strips than adaptations of novels. Comic books and comic strips tended historically to (in the former case) have very short stories or in the latter case very long stories. So, adaptations of either to films generally came up with original stories (usually often origina adaptations) or combined elements of various stories. So, it made sense just to title the film after the protagonist. (Some recently announced comic book adaptations may adapt specific comic book story arcs, as have some direct to DVD animated adaptations, however.)
This reminds me of other adaptations of various novel series that, by contrast, did adapt a specific novel in the series but dumped the title of the novel adapted.
VI Warshawski adapts Deadlock
St. Ives adapts the Procane Chroncile
Jack Reacher adapts Go Shot
Conan the Barbarian, both the 1982 and 2011, represent an odd case (Admittedly, an unusual entry, since the films did not especially specifically adapt the tales from the 1950's reprint volume Conan the Barbarian, which served as the source of the title-Robert E. Howard never used that phrase.)
Zorro (1975)-did not adapt any of McCulley's Zorro novels or short stories-possibly a few other Zorro adaptations
This seems more consistent with adaptations of comic books or comic strips than adaptations of novels. Comic books and comic strips tended historically to (in the former case) have very short stories or in the latter case very long stories. So, adaptations of either to films generally came up with original stories (usually often origina adaptations) or combined elements of various stories. So, it made sense just to title the film after the protagonist. (Some recently announced comic book adaptations may adapt specific comic book story arcs, as have some direct to DVD animated adaptations, however.)
