Okay, no laughing here but I have a guilty pleasure of watching the trashy movies on Lifetime. The Casteel Family series is based on 5 novels written under the name V.C. Andrews; however, V.C. Andrews did not write all the books, though they were published under her name.
The first two movies are easy. Heaven and Dark Angel were both solely written by V.C. Andrews, so no question here.
The next movie is where it gets tricky. Fallen Hearts was started by V.C. Andrews but she died before finishing it and it was finished by Andrew Neiderman. Should the credits look like:
Virginia C. Andrews (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
Andrew Neiderman (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
The final two books, Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams, were published after V.C Andrews died so she had nothing to do with them. Should the credit only be like (with no credit for the actual V.C. Andrews has she had nothing to do with them?):
Andrew Neiderman (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
The first two movies are easy. Heaven and Dark Angel were both solely written by V.C. Andrews, so no question here.
The next movie is where it gets tricky. Fallen Hearts was started by V.C. Andrews but she died before finishing it and it was finished by Andrew Neiderman. Should the credits look like:
Virginia C. Andrews (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
Andrew Neiderman (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
The final two books, Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams, were published after V.C Andrews died so she had nothing to do with them. Should the credit only be like (with no credit for the actual V.C. Andrews has she had nothing to do with them?):
Andrew Neiderman (based upon the novel by) (as V.C. Andrews) 2,1,1
Adrian, Champion
Posted 10 months ago
Michelle, Official Rep
Michelle, Official Rep
Hi Adrian -
So in this case, as V.C. Andrews was credited on all 5 films, then her credit should be listed, though as mentioned previously, if you are certain that she didn't write some of books, you can include the "credit only" attribute next to those applicable credits. If you have reliable evidence to verify that Andrew Neidermann was the actual writer or co-wrote the books for some of these titles, you may submit an "uncredited" credit for his role as a writer.
So in this case, as V.C. Andrews was credited on all 5 films, then her credit should be listed, though as mentioned previously, if you are certain that she didn't write some of books, you can include the "credit only" attribute next to those applicable credits. If you have reliable evidence to verify that Andrew Neidermann was the actual writer or co-wrote the books for some of these titles, you may submit an "uncredited" credit for his role as a writer.
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Adrian, Champion
Thanks. It seems to be a well know fact that Neidermann co-wrote the third and wrote the fourth and fifth book. I'll change the credits on the third, fourth and fifth movies to be like this. I'll probably add a trivia item as well to explain it to people that may see it and not know what it means.
Adrian, Champion
Adrian, Champion
I'm sure there are similar situations, say with Nancy Drew books which were all published under one name despite being written by various people.