This is nothing new. Anyone remember the awful “Starship Troopers”? Heinlein’s hero Johnny Rico is Filipino in the book. Caspar Van Dien played the role in the movie with no explanation given. The horribly scarred teacher in “Pay It Forward” was black in the novel, but pointedly changed to white in the fil so explain the casting of Kevin Spacey in the role.
I read the book “Starship Troopers”. When I saw the trailers for the movie I knew I could never watch it. Still Haven’t. I will also never watched “The Sum of All Fears”.