Author of The Graduate is Writing a Sequel
Posted on June 3, 2006
Charles Webb has signed a book deal to write Home School, a sequel to his popular The Graduate novel that became the hit movie starring Dustin Hoffman and Anne Bancroft. Unfortunately, Charles Webb never saw a penny of the money made from the popular film.
The movie version of The Graduate made millions, but Webb did not get a share of the film rights and did not receive any of the money.Hopefully, Webb will be able to earn something from his latest book if it is also made into a movie, which seems likely. Webb's 2001 novel New Cardiff was also made into a film called Hope Springs."Mercifully I wasn't written into that deal," Webb said of the film. "Nobody understands why I felt so relieved, but I count my longevity to not being swept into that. My wife and I have done a lot of things we wouldn't have done if we were rich people.
"I wouldn't have gotten to the point of writing this. I would have been counting my money instead of educating my children," he said.
Asked about a possible film deal for the sequel, Webb said he plans to seek legal advice on whether he holds the copyright to the film characters, or whether those rights were signed away with the rights to The Graduate film itself, now held by French media company Canal Plus.