Sentences with phrase «better big screen adaptations»

One of the better big screen adaptations of a small screen television show, The Addams Family may not be completely faithful in its adherence to the characters and humor of the TV show, but it does work well in terms of entertaining on its own terms.

Not exact matches

Marvel has a pretty well - established history of remixing and streamlining the best and most iconic of the many looks each of its characters have sported over the years for their big - screen adaptations (in a funny bit of symmetry, the movie designs usually end up influencing how a character will look in the comics afterward).

He joined up again with the director of Amoros Perros for the well - received drama Babel opposite Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.Bernal made his directorial debut with 2007's Deficit, and had a major part in the big screen adaptation of Blindness in 2008.

Find out below as we look at the highlights and lowlights of the past two decades of big - screen adaptations of plays and musicals, starting with the best of the bunch.

As you well know, even though WB's project was announced first, Disney's adaptation won the race to the big screen, and now Warner Bros. seems to be rethinking how to approach Serkis» film.

Daniel Radcliffe, better known as Harry Potter, is apparently going to star in the big screen adaptation of The Amateur Photographer; a comedy about a man who sets out to capture life in a town.

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

Emma Donoghue's best - selling, award - winning novel and Lenny Abrahamson's big - screen adaptation both spend as much time on the «what happens next» as the «what happened.»

Mark Addy, best known as the lovable tubster from «The Full Monty», is more an object of annoyance than affection in this uneasy big screen adaptation of a semi-popular stage play.

It appears plans are well underway for the big - screen adaptation of the saucy novel that had ladies around the globe asking themselves, «Why can't...

Daniel Radcliffe, better known as Harry Potter, is apparently going to star in the big screen adaptation of The Amateur Photographer; a comedy about...

There's a lot to commend in Spooks: The Greater Good, but at the end of the day it offers nothing new to the genre and it's big - screen adaptation just needed to be more daring and step out of the confines of television.

Still, as someone who enjoyed the big screen adaptation of Wanted, but enjoyed the comic even more, I think I have a pretty good idea of what we're in for.

Though I didn't really like Tom Hooper's big screen adaptation of the popular stage musical or Judd Apatow's quasi-sequel to «Knocked Up,» there are still plenty of new releases worth checking out, including one of 2012's best films and the most anticipated prequel since «The Phantom Menace.»

Charlotte Brontë's well - known governess comes to the big screen once again in a new film adaptation.

In a drastic, surprisingly smooth departure from his typical work directing major studio comedies, Adam McKay tackles the dense subject matter of The Big Short, a screen adaptation of Michael Lewis «best - selling book about the devastating financial collapse of the mid-aughts.

In a drastic, surprisingly smooth departure from his typical work directing major studio comedies, Adam McKay tackles the dense subject matter of The Big Short, a screen adaptation of Michael Lewis «best - selling book about the devastating financial collapse of the...

AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY Director: John Wells Starring: Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Ewan McGregor, Dermot Mulroney, Chris Cooper, Sam Shepard, Margo Martindale, Benedict Cumberbatch When I first heard that Goddess Meryl Streep had been cast as Violet, the pill - popping matriarch of the Weston family, I thought of no one better that could play that role for the big screen adaptation of the Tracy Letts play.

Director Steven Spielberg still has several projects on his dance card, including «Ready Player One,» a big - screen adaptation of a best - selling science - fiction novel, and a drama about the Pentagon Papers with Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep.

Good new for Rudyard Kipling fans because less than two years since we last had a live adaptation of The Jungle Book, a second one is heading to big screens.

It does not look good for fans wanting to see a big - screen adaptation with the production now in serious doubt.

They've had the property since early last year but Focus Features and Universal Pictures are still to move ahead in gathering a cast and director for the big - screen adaptation of E.L. James» steamy best - seller FIFTY SHADES OF GREY.

The 24 - year - old actress plays student Anastasia Steele in the big screen adaptation of EL James» best - selling book, and it seems she doesn't want her mother to see her steamy scenes with Jamie Dornan, who plays her love interest, raunchy billionaire Christian Grey.

Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner team up as parents for the worst day imaginable in Disney's «Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,» the big screen adaptation of Judith Viorst's 1972 children's...

The Subject: «The Book Thief,» the big - screen adaptation of the international best - seller by Markus Zusak about an illiterate girl who grows to understand the importance of words after being sent to live in a small town in Germany that is falling increasingly under the thrall of Adolph Hitler.

Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner team up as parents for the worst day imaginable in Disney's «Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,» the big screen adaptation of Judith Viorst's 1972 children's classic book.

The salacious sixties phenomenon of the Dirty Book made its way to the big screen in this adaptation of Jacqueline Susann's best seller.

Real - life World War II hero Audie Murphy played himself in the film classic To Hell and Back in 1955 (Murphy also played several other roles in films throughout his career); and in relation to lighter subject matter, shock jock Howard Stern, as well as his sidekick, Robin Quivers, played themselves in the big - screen adaptation of Stern's book Private Parts in 1997.

The big screen adaptation of Jem and the Holograms didn't go down well with fans of the original show — or movie goers in general — taking just $ 1.7 million on its opening weekend and failing to crack the top 10.

Matt Rodgers on the best ever video game movie scenes... The first part of 2018 will see two high profile videogame adaptations hit the big screen in an attempt to do what 2016's Assassin's Creed couldn't, by breaking a curse which has stretched back as far as 1993's infamous Super Mario Bros. movie.

Fans will next see him in Girls Night Out with Juno Temple, as well as a big screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth with Michael Fassbender.

At their best, at least so far, these big - screen adaptations have been fun and trashy entertainment.

Lionsgate decides to wring one extra movie out of the big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins» best selling novel series.

It also won't be a sequel to the big screen adaptation of H.G. Bissinger's best - selling book.

WHY: Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this year, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

Here are some of the best adaptations of recent years, combining great literature with big - screen entertainment.

According to THR, Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the rights to Robert Munsch's children's book The Paper Bag Princess, tapping Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect 2) to direct a big screen adaptation, as well as producing alongside Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad).

Hollywood hasn't been shy about its love for sequels, reboots and remakes this summer, but as far as big screen adaptations of mildly popular television shows go, you could do a lot worse than «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» In fact, though director Guy Ritchie has admitted that he wasn't overly familiar with the 1960s TV series before signing on to the project, it's the ideal property for a filmmaker like Ritchie to tackle, because it allows him to cherry - pick the show's best bits and put his own spin on the material without worrying about stepping on too many toes.

William Peter Blatty, the man who helped to revolutionize the horror genre both in print and on the big screen with his best - selling 1971 novel The Exorcist and its equally successful 1973 screen adaptation, died on January 12, only a few days after his 89th birthday.

Irish author Emma Donoghue has also been announced as a contender in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her screenplay for Room, the big screen adaptation of her best - selling noBest Adapted Screenplay category for her screenplay for Room, the big screen adaptation of her best - selling nobest - selling novel.

Steven Spielberg just delivered the Best Picture nominee The Post at the end of 2017, and in a couple months we'll see his latest blockbuster hit the big screen in the form of the adaptation of Ready Player One (find out more about that movie here).

Disney's big screen adaptation of the classic radio serial is like the «Pirates» movies in many ways, and unfortunately, that includes the bad along with the good.

Colfer previously wrote the screenplay for the big - screen adaptation of his book Struck by Lightning, the Brian Dannelly film in which he starred, as well as an episode of Glee, season 5 «s penultimate hour «Old Dog, New Tricks.»

The 12 Years A Slave star has already signed up for the big screen version of the best - selling computer game series and now it seems filmmaker Justin - who recently worked with the actor on an adaptation of Macbeth - might be getting on board.

Both Oyelowo and Nyong» o will also appear in the big - screen adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's best - selling novel, Americanah.

Now she's set for her most stellar period yet with leading roles in two major BBC series: Peter Moffat's military period piece The Last Post, which startson Sunday on BBC1, and an upcoming adaptation of The Woman in White, as well as a much - praised big - screen turn in an atmospheric crime thriller, Beast, which will screen at the London Film Festival's First Feature Competitionin October.

hor may be more popular than some of the other Marvel superheroes who've already made their way to the big screen (like Daredevil, The Punisher, and yes, even Iron Man), but there's a good reason why the God of Thunder has had to wait so long for his Hollywood debut: it's without a doubt the most challenging adaptation of the bunch.

And of course there is the price factor in it as well in support of this argument as perhaps it makes better sense to go for a compact adaptation of an e-reader that costs a few hundred dollars less rather than to buy the Kindle DX with a bigger 9.7 - inch sized screen that will set one back by about $ 500.

It is expected that the graphics will be good and the UI should be easy to navigate, but it is unlikely it will truly compete with the high - end consoles already in the marketplace (like the PlayStation 4)... but truth mbe told, most gamers are probably just as happy to play big - screen adaptations of their favourite mobile gaming titles as they are anything else.

With Sony Pictures adaptation of Shadow of the Colossuslooming, Kevin Misher and his troupe have intimated that future big - screen adaptations of ICO and The Last Guardian may well be in the offing.