screenworthy

comparative more screenworthy · superlative most screenworthy

1. Worthy of being screened; deserving of being adapted into a film or television show.

   Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s rise to the top of US politics is undeniably screenworthy, but unlike the woman herself, Cath Clarke finds ‘On the Basis of Sex’ a tad dull

   2019 February 22, Cath Clarke, “‘On the Basis of Sex’: Ginsburg’s superhero origin tale lacks a little spirit”, in The Big Issue

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   With its setting on and around Sanibel Island and its lively cast of Florida eccentrics, Randy Wayne White's bestselling crime fiction series about marine biologist and secret agent Doc Ford has always seemed screenworthy.

   2013 November 27, Colette Bancroft, “TV series in the works for Randy Wayne White's Doc Ford character”, in Tampa Bay Times