A "film adaptation" refers to a movie that is based on a previously existing work, such as a book, play, or real-life event/story. It means that the story has been transformed from its original form into a film version. Full definition
Rob Marshall, who specialises in film adaptions of Broadway musicals, is directing. (nme.com)
Check it out below after the official synopsis... Inherent Vice is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel. (flickeringmyth.com)
We still have Suicide Squad in August (the classic untested film adaption to anchor the summer) and November's Doctor Strange, but the big blockbusters came shockingly early this year. (themarysue.com)