Category Archives: Movie Adaptations

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Tim Burton to Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children?

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Tim Burton

Tim Burton is a master of twisted tales and he might be bringing another one to the big screen if he gets a chance to develop Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, which features children that are slightly more than ‘peculiar.’

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Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

Jennifer Lawrence Volunteers in First Trailer for The Hunger Games

Jennifer Lawrence, Katniss Everdeen, The Hunger Games

The first trailer for The Hunger Games hit the web shortly after its premiere on Good Morning America, and it looks like the odds will be in the favor of anyone who goes to see what will probably be an awesome movie, with the first look already tugging on a few heart strings.

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Summit Entertainment has Deadmail

Summit Entertainment

Email is a wonderful thing that lets people stay in touch with friends all over the world, but what if you could take technology a step further and communicate via email with friends and family that were no longer alive? Summit Entertainment plans to explore the possibilities with Deadmail.

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Max Irons Chosen to Love Stephenie Meyer’s Host

Max Irons, The Host, Stephenie Meyer

Stephenie Meyer’s The Host continues to head towards the big screen and Max Irons, son of Oscar winner Jeremy Irons, has snagged the role for one of the two male leads in the film. Considering this is Meyer’s only non-Twilight book to date, all eyes are on this adaptation to see if lighting can strike twice.

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Journey 2 Mysterious Island, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens

Pec Poppin’ Dwayne Johnson in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Journey 2 Mysterious Island, Dwayne Johnson, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens

Jules Verne is probably rolling in his grave because the trailer for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is almost painful to watch, with the only thing sadder than a destroyed classic being Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s complete and total fall to disgrace.

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Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman

Charlize Theron Gets Evil in First Trailer for Snow White and the Huntsman

Charlize Theron, Snow White and the Huntsman

OMG!!!! When I heard Snow White was being transformed into a darker version of the fairy tale and that Kristen Stewart would play the lead (Ugh!), I didn’t have high hopes for Snow White and the Huntsman, but Charlize Theron steals the show as the Evil Queen in the new trailer and makes this a ‘must watch’ movie.

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The Hobbit: Book to Film: A Jaunty Discussion By Rachel and Elena

First question to ponder: Why are you interested in this adaptation?

Elena-

The Hobbit was the book that got me into reading, into fantasy, and into wanting to write my own stories.  Its influence on my life has been far-reaching and profound.  Of course I am going to see this movie when it comes out.  (Actually, I take back the “of course.” There is no of course about it…I have yet to see a single film version of Pride and Prejudice because I have yet to see a cast list that I think can pull it off to my standards, which, if you’ve been reading my column for two years, you know are high.  So it is not a given that I would see this film; therefore I am making a positive declaration:  I am going to see this movie when it comes out.)

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Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows

2 New Clips for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr, Sherlock Holmes, A Game of Shadows

Holmes and Watson are back on the case and not even the fact that Watson is on his honeymoon will protect him from the madness that is Holmes’ genius as they lock horns with Professor Moriarty in these two new TV promos for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.

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