[Captain Peter Blood]

I used to love reading those books and he had a lot of good information in them to keep you interested.

They never found the right actor to bring that franchise to the screen which is too bad.

[kiryandil]

They never found the right actor to bring that franchise to the screen which is too bad.

There may have been a thing with Cussler injecting himself into the process too much.

Who would be the prime candidate for that daunting role?

Plus, you'd have to get beat up a lot. On the other hand, the babes would be magnificent.

[MPJackal]

“They never found the right actor to bring that franchise to the screen which is too bad.”

So true. Matthew McConaughey, while a good actor, was not a good Dirk Pitt. And the guys they picked for Rudy and Admiral Sandecker were terrible choices.

Same is true for the Jack Reacher (Lee Child) movies. Tom Cruise is a terrible Jack Reacher. I have discussions from time to time on who would be a good Jack. Maybe Jason Statham, Aaron Eckhart, or maybe even John Cena. Anybody but Cruise. Not saying he is a bad actor, he just ain't Jack Reacher.

Did these casting people even read the books?

[justme4now]

I think that Matthew McConaughey did a pretty good Dirk.