A number of Theroux's books have been made into movies. His 1972 novel Saint Jack was filmed by Peter Bogdanovich in 1979, and starred Ben Gazzara. His novella Doctor Slaughter was filmed as Half Moon Street, in 1986, with Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver. Peter Weir's film The Mosquito Coast (1986) had Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix in the cast. Theroux's set of short stories The London Embassy became a six-part TV series on British television in 1987. Christmas Snow, a 1986 TV movie starring Sid Caesar, was adapted from Theroux's novel London Snow. Theroux wrote the Hong Kong story on which the Wayne Wang film Chinese Box (1997) was based. In 2019, Apple Films announced that The Mosquito Coast was in production as a 10-part series that was broadcast in 2021.
A number of Theroux's books have been made into movies. His 1972 novel Saint Jack was filmed by Peter Bogdanovich in 1979, and starred Ben Gazzara. His novella Doctor Slaughter was filmed as Half Moon Street, in 1986, with Michael Caine and Sigourney Weaver Peter Weir's film The Mosquito Coast (1986) had Harrison F.ord, Helen Mirren and River Phoenix in the cast. Theroux's set of short stories The London Embassy became a six-part TV series on British television in 1987. Christmas Snow, a 1986 TV movie starring Sid Caesar, was adapted from Theroux's novel London Snow. Theroux wrote the Hong Kong story on which the Wayne Wang film Chinese Box (1997) was based. In 2019, Apple Films announced that The Mosquito Coast was in production as a 10-part series that was broadcast in 2021.