Sentences with phrase «adapted as a feature film»

Much like Preacher before it, The Boys was initially set to be adapted as a feature film, with Columbia Pictures picking up the rights in 2008.

During that time, numerous big - name Hollywood producers and screenwriters tried — and failed — to adapt it as a feature film.

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The film was remade in 1962 and adapted into the «revisionist» 1984 feature The Bounty with Mel Gibson as Fletcher Christian and Anthony Hopkins as Captain Bligh.

From his inspired collaborations with the prolific writer Charlie kaufman in Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, to his adapted screenplay of Maurice Sendak's Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze continues to prove himself as not only an important film - maker of his time but also a wonderful screenwriter, and his latest feature Her starring Joaquin Phoenix might just be his magnum opus.

In spite of several lines about how romantic comedies have given people seriously messed - up expectations about the way the world works, it's unsurprising that Tropper is already working on adapting the book as a feature film.

EXCLUSIVE: Matthew Quick has been set to adapt Sorta Like A Rock Star, his 2010 young adult novel that is now near a deal to be set up at Netflix as the feature film directing debut for Bryce Dallas Howard.

Back in 1996, Wes Anderson announced himself as an exciting new voice in America's burgeoning indie film scene, adapting his earlier short film into a feature - length heist caper starring the then - unknown Wilson brothers.

Michael Sheen and Frank Langella are swell as David Frost and Richard Nixon in the adapted - from - the - stage - adaptation movie, but I feel — and I believe the above clips demonstrate — that these five minutes provide more compelling drama and suspense (and adrenaline) than the entire feature film.

Featuring the best work from Carrey and McGregor in years (and a reminder of Carrey's phenomenal and chameleonic talents when given the right material), a smart and witty script adapted by the directors from McVicker's novel, and a cracking pace that neither hurries nor languishes, it combines the highlights of the heist and escape genres with dashes of dark humour and irreverence to create a film best described as a wicked delight.

As a playwright turned feature film director, Finley adapts to the new medium as if it was his calling all alonAs a playwright turned feature film director, Finley adapts to the new medium as if it was his calling all alonas if it was his calling all along.

Wolfen (Warner Archive, Blu - ray)-- The werewolf movie was revived and reworked with a vengeance in 1981 andWolfen, adapted from the Whitley Strieber novel and directed by Michael Wadleigh (his first feature since the epic concert film Woodstock), was a far more radical take on the genre than either An American Werewolf in Londonor The Howling, though not as popular as either.

A cult favorite for fans of author Clive Barker, but just plain silly (and very gory) schlock for just about everyone else, Hellraiser marked the first feature film as a director, adapting his own novel, «The Hellbound Heart».

A film of Victory was made in 1996 starring Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe and Rufus Sewell, but it had already been adapted several times, including a 1919 silent version featuring Lon Chaney Sr and again in 1930 as Dangerous Paradise.

If you've read all seven issues of the graphic novels, it would seem conceivable to adapt the book into a feature film, as the work is astonishing.

Continuing our trend this week — because why not — here again is a short work from Paul Thomas Anderson that was later adapted as one of his feature films.

It seems that director Spike Lee is doing just that with his 1986 feature film debut, She's Got ta Have It, which he's adapted as a 10 - episode series for Netflix.

Flynn's book «Gone Girl» is being released as a feature film this October and her other book «Dark Places» has been adapted as a movie starring Charlize Theron.

A Most Wanted Man (Lionsgate, Blu - ray, DVD, VOD) will stand as the final film completed by Philip Seymour Hoffman before his untimely death in February and that alone is reason enough to see the film, adapted from the post 9/11 novel by John le Carré and directed by Anton Corbijn, a music video veteran who becomes more accomplished with each feature.

· The 1972 original, which has never before been the subject of a feature film, was adapted to the small screen in 1990 as an HBO animated musical with music by composer Charles Strouse..

Adapted from the James Joyce story of the same name (it has featured in the acclaimed Irish writer's short works collection Dubliners), The Dead was Huston's 37th feature film as a director, and came just two years after his final Academy Award ® nomination for Prizzi's Honor.

As Ernest Cline and Zak Penn adapted «Ready Player One» into a Steven Spielberg movie, they wanted to create a sequence that featured a film within the film for one of the contests mounted by the OASIS founder James Halliday.

Its other presumed best shot was in the Screenplay category, but the recent dustup over its (absurd) designation as an Adapted Screenplay that was, in fact, adapted from... itself (essentially, the feature script was written, then Chazelle adapted it into a short to sell the film, but since the short came out first, it's considered adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot Adapted Screenplay that was, in fact, adapted from... itself (essentially, the feature script was written, then Chazelle adapted it into a short to sell the film, but since the short came out first, it's considered adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot adapted from... itself (essentially, the feature script was written, then Chazelle adapted it into a short to sell the film, but since the short came out first, it's considered adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot adapted it into a short to sell the film, but since the short came out first, it's considered adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot adapted from the short, even though the short was technically adapted from the unshot adapted from the unshot script.

Description: Adapted from the novel by sci - fi author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and set in the year 3000, the film features Travolta as a burly, dreadlocked alien from the planet Psychlo, the Psychlo security chief who conquers Earth and hatches a secret scheme to steal all the gold from Fort Knox (which sits conveniently in wide - open vaults).

It's a beloved classic in which good and animal love triumph, and has been adapted for both live - action film and animated feature, as well as enjoyed a sequel.

He recently adapted This Is Where I Leave You as a feature film for Warner Bros..

Based on Rose's own experience as a juror in a manslaughter trial, the play was first adapted for TV by Sidney Lumet, who went on to direct the movie version, his first feature film.

As Ernest Cline and Zak Penn adapted «Ready Player One» into a Steven Spielberg movie, they wanted to create a sequence that featured a film...