Sentences with phrase «books as scripts»

«I'm not writing the books as scripts,» she said.

Not exact matches

In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who is villainous or a «bad guy», who is booked (scripted) by the promotion to be in the position of being an antagonist.

We provide a sample script as well as an excellent book recommendation that can grow with your family.

The book addresses the many reasons we're tempted to avoid saying no and offers specific scripts to use to set limits as parents and in other areas of our lives.

The infamous Der Stürmer publishing house put out a book of fables for children which included the very same tale from Aesop as Trump - «The Farmer and the Viper» — and, like Trump, they added a post script to the story which made it abundantly clear what it meant:

Others, such as the bestselling series written by Martin Yate (the «Knock»em Dead» books) maintained that interviewers are best influenced by practiced, scripted responses.

It's an unapologetically over-the-top premise that, although employed to exceedingly entertaining effect within the book, inevitably results in a middling cinematic endeavor, as Howard - working from a script by David Koepp and Akiva Goldsman - emphasizes a consistent tone of reverence that proves an incongruous match with the comparatively light - hearted nature of Brown's eponymous bestseller.

Jack Ryan, however, is not based on a particular Clancy book, and actually pulls together pieces of various scripts written over the past decade, with the final result centering on Ryan's early days as a financial analyst, when he uncovers a terrorist plot against the U.S. economy.

There have been other stabs at Fitzgerald's book: a lost silent production, with Warner Baxter as Gatsby, a few years after the novel was published; Alan Ladd as Gatsby, in a 1949 version; and Robert Redford as Gatsby in the Francis Ford Coppola - scripted 1974 production, a handsome but bland affair.

This biopic about such an unconventional subject who died nearly half a century ago and has been revived by Ms. Herrara's book and raised to icon status including first - name celebrity recognition, called for a script that wasn't as straightforward.

One wonders why Garland — who read the book once, wrote the script based on his «dream memory» of it, and completely ignored its sequels (both of which were published in the same year as Annihilation)-- felt the need to give Lena some of the most prosaic motivation you can give to a cinematic character, but its very irrelevance forgives it.

Jordan will produce the motion picture, while Barclay Moore will act as executive producer and pen the script based on the book, which was published in September.

From the writers of He's Just Not That Into You (both the script adaptations and the books they're based on), How to Be Single is another ensemble piece about what it's like out there on the dating scene as a young white person doing your best to find true love, or maybe just a good time.

The script, written by Zak Penn and Ernest Cline is as faithful to the original book as you could hope.

As a non-comic book reader can I ask the internets, does this character have lots of good stories that they can base a script off of and does he have lots of good supporting characters and enemies?

Michael Cera plays one such star, euphemized in Sorkin's script as «Player X.» The names of the real - life gamblers in Bloom's book have been changed, presumably, to protect the litigious.

It may not have the same visual style as Welles but the dialogue is straight out of the book, the radio show, and the original ending in the script.

Paul Thomas Anderson for teaching me that it's ALL about the script and if you have the right actors directors don't have to do anything on set but be a fan, Lumet for his films and his book, a young directors» must read, Coppola for his courage in filmmaking, Steven Soderberg for refusing to ever be put in a box and pushing the form as far as he can, Kathryn Bigelow for giving masterclasses in action, James Cameron for Terminator 2 and prove big budget cinema can still be perfect cinema, Sean Penn for bringing his acting chops to directing, David Mamet for his scripts and his dialogue, Nolan for having more heart than most people seem to give him credit for (Memento, Rises, Inception and Interstellar all made me cry.)

This is not a difficult story to tell, no matter how many times the screenplay (based on a «controversial» book by Ranulph Fiennes — controversial due to wide speculation that it was not, as the movie states, based on a true story) zigzag from country to country, but in the hands of first - time director Gary McKendry (who wrote the script with Matt Sherring), Killer Elite struggles to accomplish even basic coherence.

His script for Dredd took a maligned comic book property and yanked it back to its nakedly allegorical origins as a satire of police brutality and post-industrial sprawl.

The Coen Brothers (Fargo, The Big Lebowski) adapted the book into a script from which Angelina Jolie took over as director.

WHY: Robert De Niro may be choosing better scripts these days, but he's not immune to appearing in bad movies, as evidenced in this direct - to - video thriller that plays like a mix between «Speed» and «John Q.» Director Scott Mann and writer Stephen Cyrus Sepher have created an incredibly predictable crime flick that uses just about every cliché in the book, from the desperate father trying to save his child, to the villain with a crisis of conscience.

So we read a number of the scripts, and that was one — we're huge fans of the character, I collected the comic books as a kid.

Mark commented that he had the same «emotional reaction» to the script as he did to the book.

OK, the not so good stuff: I am beginning to despise 3 - D (it adds nothing, while diminishing the brightness of colors); Jotunheim (land of the Frost Giants) is plain, gray and boring; Natalie Portman, fresh off an Oscar is just terrible as an astro - physicist with a teenager - style crush on Thor; Tom Hiddleston as Loki is one of the weakest villains I have ever seen in a super - hero / comic book movie; Rene Russo must not have read the script prior to accepting her role — she has about 3 lines and is totally wasted.

Billy Ray, Gary Ross, Simon Beaufoy, Michael Arndt, Danny Strong and Peter Craig, gifted writers all, thank you for sharing your pens, brains, and wealth of experience as we transformed three books into four scripts.

Emmy and Oscar winning writer Aaron Sorkin (The Social Network, «The West Wing») has now used portions of that book as the framework for his script.

I haven't read any of the books in author Jeff VanderMeer's award - winning «Southern Reach Trilogy,» of which Annihilation is the first installment, but from what I understand writer / director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) has reworked the material considerably as far as the script for his feature adaptation is concerned.

Stephen Gyllenhaal, uses a script he co-wrote with Justin Rhodes in adapting Phil Campbell's 2005 book «Zioncheck for President: A True Story of Idealism and Madness in American Politics» (available on Amazon for $ 9.72 but also published as «Grassroots» for $ 15.99).

Adapting mostly from the first of 11 novels in Burroughs» Barsoom series that was written over three decades, Stanton (who co-wrote the script with Pixar co-worker Mark Andrews, with revisions by novelist Michael Chabon) does try to make Carter as adventurous as Burroughs» books were, while also attempting to include allegorical complexity.

Consider the epigraph at the top of the 2001 - era script (which began as an idea for a 600 - page book, and then almost a play); it reads at once like a Hallmark card and an Existential Philosophy 101 text:

But as adapted by William Wheeler — from Tim Crother's book of the same name — the script accentuates its clichés with well - rounded characters and real - life heartbreak, carrying it high above its Disney sports movie relatives.

The leaping from the sack and back to the witness box, though, doesn't work as well as David Eldridge's uneven script (based on Hallie Rubenhold's book) would like, leaving the forward - thinking tale of a woman refusing to be judged as a man's property feeling rather rushed — another reason for the slightly under - served actors to be slightly out of breath.

Instead, as directed by Francis Lawrence from a script by Justin Haythe, «Red Sparrow» defaults to stodgy when its story isn't dishing out the book's explicit sex and violence (including attempted rape), with lines and scenes that feel flat and obligatory alternating with ones that have no trouble holding our attention.

Charles Laughton's only film as director, scripted by James Agee from the book by Davis Grubb.

Regular Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are aboard to adapt the script from the writer's book, which was previously in development as a US TV drama, but has since been picked up by SF Studios.

Under director Bill Condon, with a script by Stephen Chbosky and Evan Spiliotopoulos, Belle's bookishness is underlined (she's the only girl in the village who can read) and it's books that Beauty and the Beast bond over.Watson gives Belle a nicely determined air, and she's not simperingly silly in this version — «I'm not afraid,» she tells her father after she tricks him into taking his place as prisoner in the Beast's castle — while Stevens, under all the make - up and prosthetics, is a memorably haunted and melancholic figure.

Though its origin loosely comes from a three - decades - old book for kids, the original wit in the script, as well as the cavalcade of sight gags, will likely be appreciated by young and old alike.

I am obsessed with Bret Easton Ellis and I enjoyed The Informers, I just wish it had not been so overly edited (apparently over 40 minutes of footage was cut that was in BEE's original script and I have a feeling a lot of it would have helped the film be more dynamic as the book was.)

For someone like me, unfamiliar with the SpongeBob universe, the movie opens with a beautifully scripted live - action prologue that introduces the pirate Burger Beard as he steals a mysterious book from a booby - trapped island shrine (shades of Raiders of the Lost Ark).

The Wachowskis Indie Work: Andy and Lana (originally Larry) Wachowski started off their career as comic book writers before breaking into movies, penning a script called «Assassins» in 1994 (later heavily rewritten as a Sylvester Stallone vehicle).

Jason Dean Hall is set to write the script, and the book recounts Navy SEAL Chris Kyle's exploits as a Texas native who recorded the highest number of sniper kills for an American.

Ryan Coogler, who wrote and directed the critically successful movie Creed, will be directing the comic book movie as well as writing the movie's script.

Book Club is directed first - time filmmaker Bill Holderman, making his directorial debut after working as a producer and writing the script for A Walk in the Woods.

There is some scuttlebutt that The Post could go adapted here but there is no evidence that Liz Hannah's original script nor Josh Singer's revisions have used any individual document, article, film, book or new story that would qualify it as adapted in the eyes of the Academy.

But Scott and screenwriter David Scarpa (who based his script on John Pearson's book) push their sans - culottes narrative to such an absurd degree that the actual villains here — the mafia kidnappers — not only largely escape Scott's ire, but one of them (the French actor Romain Duris) is portrayed as a nice guy who at one point even saves Paul from further harm.

Reporting «Live from the Scene Students write a script presenting one of the major events in a book as a real event.

The script can be used to compare to the original book, used as a production or as a unit of work in literacy.

I have also created a book that is perfect for using for journal writing prompts called 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts: Ideas for Blogs, Scripts, Stories and More that is available for Amazon, Nook as well as in PDF and paperback form.

Reid arranges the book scripts into 15 categories, such as humor, animals, sports, and superheroes (and supervillains).