Movie Adaptations

Movies Totally Different From The Books They Were Based On

Posted 12.10.2011

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From Flavorwire: With a few rare exceptions, most people tend to agree that the book version of a story is always better than the movie. But what a...

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The All-New Original Musical (That's Based on a Movie)

Bess Rowen | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Culture News, Theatre, Theater, Broadway Musicals, Movie Adaptations, Adaptation, Musical Theater, Arts News

Why does part of me shudder at Bring It On: The Musical? It all has to do with several unfortunate experiences. Sitting through Catch Me If You Can, Young Frankenstein, and even Spamalot have made me incredibly wary of the movie to musical leap.

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The Weight of a Novel: Lone Scherfig Talks About Adapting One Day

Kristin McCracken | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: One Day, David Nicholls, Tribeca Film, Movie Adaptations, Anne Hathaway, Lone Scherfig, Jim Sturgess, Entertainment News

From its inception, the sprawling, tender novel seemed tailor-made for a cinematic adaptation, and the result on screen is an intimate portrait of a lifelong relationship.

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The 5 Biggest Selling Books Of All Time: In Movies

Telegraph | Posted 07.25.2011

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Huffington Post: Great books have been made into big movies, and those movies in turn sold lots of books. Find out which five enjoyed the biggest succ...

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Great Books Don't Have To Be Bad Movies

The Guardian | Jonathan Coe | Posted 06.04.2011

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In the course of their famous book-length interview, François Truffaut once asked Alfred Hitchcock about his approach to literary adaptation, and Hit...

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Oscar 'Best Picture' Book Adaptation Former Winners: Will This Year's Nominees Measure Up? (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

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For the Oscars this year, there are four book adaptations for "Best Picture": "The Social Network," "True Grit," "127 Hours," and "Winter's Bone." "T...

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Which Books Will Be Made Into Movies This Year?

npr.org | By Rachel Syme | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jane Eyre, Movie Adaptations, The Adjustment Bureau, Desert Flower, The Help, Water for Elephants, Book Adaptations, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Oscars 2011, Books News

Ever since the days of Gone With The Wind, Hollywood producers have been optioning bestselling books and whipping them into celluloid hits. At the Osc...

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Books You Think Won't Make It To The Movies

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Book adaptations are always an engaging subject. Last week, we posted a slide show of 'unfilmable books": texts that simply would not adapt well to th...

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WATCH: 15 Movies That Are Better Than The Book

The Huffington Post | Gabe Habash | Posted 05.25.2011

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The book is so much better than the movie. We've all said it, we've all heard it. And we all think it's always true, that the book is better than the ...

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Will A Hot Book Always Become A Money-Making Movie?

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some books reach a cultural saturation point, where everyone -- great aunts and frat boys, baristas and coffee patrons, defense attorneys and police o...

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James Franco Plays Famous Adventurer Aron Ralston (POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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James Franco is adding another writer to his resume. Already with a role as beat poet Allen Ginsberg under his belt in the upcoming "Howl," Franco is...

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Scarlet Johansson: Will She Play The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo?

Deadline New York | MIKE FLEMING | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sony Pictures Entertainment and director David Fincher have chosen Rooney Mara to play Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo....

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BALLET: The Red Shoes, Legendary On Stage And On Film

artforum.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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A WOMAN'S GLOVED HAND turns the pages of a program, aided by her male companion. The camera assumes their point of view. With this brilliant segue, di...

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'Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus' Movie In The Works

hollywoodreporter.com | Greg Kilday | Posted 05.25.2011

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Summit Entertainment is wading into the battle of the sexes by acquiring film and TV rights to John Gray's "Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus" f...

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Oscar Nominations: The Books Behind The Movies (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt and Amy Hertz | Posted 05.25.2011

The Oscars are just around the corner, and out of the ten movies nominated for Best Picture, four are based on books. This isn't the first year that...

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The 11 Best Male Movie Adaptions (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" premiered last week, and became just the most recent blockbuster thriller to be based on a book -- Robert Harris's...

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Robert Pattinson And Sean Penn To Star In 'Water For Elephants' Movie

Variety | Pamela McClintock | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Twilight, Robert Pattinson, Water for Elephants, Sean Penn, Books, Sara Gruen, Reese Witherspoon, Movie Adaptations, Books News

Robert Pattinson and Sean Penn are circling Fox 2000's Depression-era drama "Water for Elephants."...

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Martin Scorsese To Make Movie Of 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'

The Guardian | Xan Brooks | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Cabret Movie, Children's Books, Books, Brian Selznick, Martin Scorsese, Movie Adaptations, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Books News

Martin Scorsese is in talks to make a film of Brian Selznick's prize-winning children's book, about a young boy in a 1930s Paris railway station strug...

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'Lovely Bones' Movie Is 'Disappointing Adaptation' Of The Alice Sebold Novel

San Jose Mercury News | Randy Myers | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the disappointing adaptation of "The Lovely Bones," director Peter Jackson runs wild with the CGI, a ludicrous decision that sucks the emotion out ...

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Q & A: Actors Sienna Miller And Peter Sarsgaard Explore The Mysteries Of Pittsburgh

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

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Somewhat like her character in Mysteries In Pittsburgh, Sienna Miller is a compelling, straightforward person who makes no bones about what she's about.

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