AdvertisementBut that doesn’t mean every author is a fan of their works’ film or telly counterparts. Here, we rounded up eight authors who criticised adaptations of their books:1) E.B. After their animated 1973 movie came out, White wrote: “The movie of Charlotte’s Web is about what I expected it to be. So contentious was her relationship with Walt Disney that the movie Saving Mr Banks was made to chronicle the making of the film. AdvertisementSpeaking to GQ, meanwhile, he said: “I would be the last person to want to sit through any adaptations of my work.