Sentences with phrase «adaptation of a beloved series»

It's improved since the last Potter game, though it's still a bland, plodding adaptation of a beloved series.

Not exact matches

It's a stirring tribute to the power of literature and the power of imagination, and it deserves to be found in the final film adaptation of one of the most beloved and successful series of novels ever written.

Ah, the first film adaptation of the beloved Harry Potter series.

British novelist Mary Stewart's beloved «The Little Broomstick» predates J.K. Rowling's hit Harry Potter series by more than a quarter - century, which means the source material is original, even if its gorgeous big - screen adaptation feels a bit derivative in places — and derivative of not just Rowling's more richly imagined fantasy world, but also Ghibli's own «Kiki's Delivery Service,» which presents a similar plot, in reverse: There, a young witch with a flying broom loses her powers, whereas in this case, young Mary discovers a magical broom that whisks her away to Endor College, where she's celebrated for her newfound abilities.

IO Interactive's long - running stealth - shooter series — previously adapted into a nonsensical 2007 movie beloved by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and almost no one else — gets another big - screen adaptation, this time with Rupert Friend in the role of bald - headed, genetically - engineered assassin Agent 47.

After a number of films, TV series and stage adaptations, Arthur Ransome's beloved 1930 novel gets an all - new movie version.

The adaptation of the long - running and occasionally beloved video game series has been filming for a few months now, but details of any kind have been shaky at best.

«21 Jump Street «It shouldn't have worked — yet another tired reinvention of a preexisting property (in this case a beloved but marginal eighties television series), gussied up with of - the - moment stars and a more comedic bent (something found, time and time again, in the television - series - adaptation subgenre — see also: «The Addams Family,» «The Brady Bunch,» and «Charlie's Angels «-RRB-, shepherded by a pair of directors making the shaky transition from animation to the much woollier world of live action.

The bad news is the big - screen «adaptation» of Naughty Dogs» beloved Uncharted series is still underway.

Twitter has already started to weigh in on Netflix adaptation of beloved manga and anime series

Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey finally face off in Nikolaj Arcel's adaptation of Stephen King's beloved book series, The Dark Tower.

Netflix, the ever - evolving DVD and streaming service, has really raised the bar on web series and online original content recently, both with the news of its resurrection of the beloved Arrested Development and its upcoming David Fincher adaptation of Michael Dobbs «House of Cards series.

X-Men director Bryan Singer is reportedly developing an R - rated TV adaptation of the beloved comic book series Red Sonja.

This is not just an adaptation of The Hobbit, the beloved — even by those who don't care for the linguistic exercises and heavy mythology that make up its three - part sequel — novel about a cautious halfling who finds courage in a series of adventures, but also a prequel to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films.

Among the many slapstick and antic - filled films Jim Carrey has starred in, he's recently appeared in more children's - oriented films like A Series of Unfortunate Events and Mr. Popper's Penguins, both film adaptations of beloved children's books.

The video game is expected to launch simultaneously with the highly anticipated film adaptation of one of the world's most well - known and beloved literary series.