With the year coming to an end, award shows are in high gear to announce their winners and this year, it seems, is the year for book to movie adaptations. Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2011
Daughter of Smoke and Bone: A New Trilogy To Love?
Deadline has reported that Paramount Pictures have officially optioned the fantasy series, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, written by Laini Taylor. This book, which was released in September, is said to be the first book in a trilogy. Continue reading
Edgar Allen Poe’s Works Get Interesting Twist
The works of Edgar Allen Poe are getting remade in a whole new way. The Raven, inspired by Poe’s works, becomes a serial killer thriller with a twist. Continue reading
Amazing Promo Posters Released For MIB3
For those of you who are fans of the Men In Black movies (or the comic books they are based on) should be excited for the third installment to come out. Well to tide you over till it does, Colombia Pictures has released two new promo posters for the film. And I have to say… they are awesome. Continue reading
Upcoming Remakes For December 2011
It seems like everywhere you look a new book is being remade into a movie (or a show) and you might not always hear about them, even the good ones. So because every month there are new and exciting remakes of books into movies and television, we will try to keep you updated.
For the month of December 2011 there are a few new remakes available. Continue reading
Full Trailer Released For John Carter
Walt Disney Films has finally released an official full trailer for the upcoming film John Carter. The film is being directed by Andrew Stanton and stars Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Daryl Sabara, Polly Walker, Bryan Cranston, Thomas Hayden Church and Willem Dafoe. Continue reading
Ender’s Game With Harrison Ford?
With rumors swirling over the planned casting for the new Ender’s Game film, Variety now reports that producers are seeking out Harrison Ford for the role of Colonel Hyrum Graff. Continue reading
Tom Hanks Options Garden of Beasts With Universal
Tom Hanks along with his producing partner, Gary Goetzman, will soon begin adapting the novel, Garden of Beasts, into a film. According the Hollywood Reporter, Universal has supposedly secured the rights to the book. Continue reading
The Movie Was Better: Wristcutters: A Love Story VS Kneller’s Happy Campers
Every now and then a movie comes along that was based on a book, or a short story or a novella and it turns out that the movie was actually BETTER than what it was based on. Now don’t bite my head off, it does happen. I am not saying in those instances that I didn’t like the book, I am just saying that the movie did it better. However, because it is so rare that a movie was better than its written counterpart, this column was created. In this column we take a moment to look at both stories and explain why the movie was better.
So this time, I am looking at the film, Wristcutters: A Love Story, based on the short story Kneller’s Happy Campers written by Etgar Keret. This short story was featured in his collection called, The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God & Other Stories. Continue reading
The Descendants Remake Snubbed At Award Show
The Descendants seemingly got snubbed at the recent Gotham Independent Film Awards, where the film was expected to pick up many of the awards but instead left with nothing. Continue reading
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