I’m more concerned about its effect. With the Davinci Code, Brown’s response was, “Who’s to say the essential elements of this book are fictional.”
They can make their movie. Had they any guts, they’d be distorting some of the facts about Islam instead.
Come to think of it, you don’t have to distort much about Islam in order to write a good horror film.
It would seem that if something really cannot be disproven, then his was a fairly valid statement.
I’m guessing writers of fiction distort whatever isnecessary to come up with the desired finished product.