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This splendid Steven Spielberg - directed adaptation makes it possible for audiences of all ages to wrap their heads around one of the unlikeliest friendships in cinema history...

This splendid Steven Spielberg - directed adaptation makes it possible for audiences of all ages to wrap their heads around one of the unlikeliest friendships in cinema history... Full Review

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Now, DuVernay is busy making history again as the first black woman to direct a movie with a $ 100 million budget: Disney's A Wrinkle in Time adaptation.

Director Ava DuVernay «s adaptation of the popular young - adult novel of the same name has been highly - anticipated since Disney made her the first - ever black woman to direct a movie with a budget over $ 100 million.

Deadline.com reports that Beth McCarthy - Miller, who once directed «Saturday Night Live,» is all set to direct her mommy - centric adaptation of Queen Bee Moms And King Pin Dads: Dealing With The Parents, Teachers, Coaches, and Counselors Who Can Make — or Break — Your Child's Future.

The second film to be made from Woody Allen's successful stage comedy (following a 1969 feature starring Jackie Gleason), Don't Drink the Water is a made - for - television adaptation directed by and starring Allen himself.

As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.

At the moment a direct movie adaptation of the comic can't be made by any film studio due to rights issues; several major characters who appear in the comic (including Hawkeye and the Incredible Hulk) are part of Marvel's Avengers film franchise, and therefore aren't available to be used as part of the X-Men movie franchise.

According to Deadline, director Lenny Abrahamson, who made the critically lauded Room, will direct an adaptation of Donald McRae's book A Man's World: The Double Life Of Emile Griffith, about a boxer who was secretly bisexual.

The adaptation, directed by Francis Lawrence (who also made the underrated Constantine):

** / **** Image B - Sound C + starring Robert De Niro, Michael Moriarty, Vincent Gardenia screenplay by Mark Harris, based on his novel directed by John Hancock by Walter Chaw Almost fatally hamstrung by an appalling score by Stephen Lawrence, John D. Hancock's Bang the Drum Slowly is a character - driven adaptation of a Mick Harris's novel (Harris also wrote the screenplay) that evokes the odd twilit detachment of professional sports in general and baseball in particular with a tale made suddenly popular in 1973 by the success of Brian's Song.

Montreal director Paolo Barzman makes his feature directing debut with an elegant, sensitive adaptation of Matt Cohen's novel about Holocaust survivors.

Credit Yates, who directed last year's Half - Blood Prince — still the most satisfying adaptation of Rowling's novels — and will stay on for Part 2, due July 15, with honoring the book's ominous tone, making Deathly Hallows the bleakest Potter movie to date.

He was hired to write Clint Eastwood's «J. Edgar» and he also wrote an adaptation of Tom Wolfe «s book «The Electric Kool - Aid Acid Test» for Gus Van Sant to direct which hasn't been made yet.

But this adaptation of Travel Channel host Marcus Sakey's second novel barely made the big screen last month day and date with Video On Demand, was hammered by critics, and today makes a hasty trip to Blu - ray and DVD as practically direct - to - video fare.

Whether Trank has lost interest in Shadow of the Colossus or whether his full schedule is simple making it impossible to commit to it is unclear, but THR reports that Sony has now moved on - and has tapped Andres Muschietti (Mama) to direct the adaptation.

James Franco makes his directing debut with this ambitious adaptation of William Faulkner's notoriously downbeat novel.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 23, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Adventures of Tintin (PG for violence, drunkenness and smoking) Steven Spielberg directs this animated adaptation of the classic comic book series about an intrepid young journalist who is abducted from Europe to Morocco where he escapes his kidnappers to embark on a perilous quest for hidden treasure.

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

Oscar - winner Ben Affleck is planning to make the Dennis Lehane adaptation «Live By Night» his next writing, directing and acting venture.

Now Jason Reitman — whose liberal father, Ivan, directed such Hollywood blockbusters as Stripes and Ghostbusters — has made his feature - length directorial debut with an adaptation of Buckley's novel.

The legacy of The King's Speech lives on: King George VI and his wife are to make a return to the big screen in Hyde Park on the Hudson, an adaptation of a BBC radio play, directed by Roger Michell.

After directing the acclaimed documentaries Deliver Us From Evil and West of Memphis, Amy Berg is set to make her narrative helming debut with Every Secret Thing, a feature adaptation of Laura Lippman's 2004 mystery novel that will star Diane Lane, reports Variety.

Stephen Frears directs and Christopher Hampton scripts Cheri (Miramax), a deft adaptation of two Colette novels of love and life in La Belle Epoque Paris (when high society prostitutes were veritable celebrities), but it's Michael Pfeiffer who brings the film alive as the aging courtesan Lea who makes a business of romance.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening October 7, 2011 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Ides of March (R for pervasive profanity) George Clooney wrote, directed and co-stars in this adaptation of the play «Farragut North,» a political potboiler about an idealistic press secretary (Ryan Gosling) who compromises a presidential candidate's prospects by becoming embroiled in a scandal while on the campaign trail.

The real - people Ghost in the Shell adaptation is being made by Dreamworks, with Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) directing, and William Wheeler -LRB-... some episodes of The Cape?)

Having made a number of movies dealing with cultural identity, Mira Nair was an obvious choice to direct the screen adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's critically acclaimed novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, even though she is Indian and the film is rooted in Pakistan.

The big question mark is director Goold, who is making his debut here after directing a couple of British Shakespeare adaptations for television.

So when James Franco, frequent director of unacclaimed adaptations of acclaimed American novels (The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay Dying, Child of God) announced he would direct and star in a making of account of Wiseau's seminal disasterpiece, the irony seemed rich.

Here, he pushes the boundaries of schmaltz, making his directing debut with a desperately cutesy adaptation of a play by longtime pal Bob Glaudini that reeks of condescension.»

D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye) will direct the adaptation of Jay Bonansinga's novel, which has been making the rounds in Hollywood for more than 20 years.

While Disney roles on with their money making live - action remakes of their classic animated features, they are courting talents of all different types for their projects with Skyfall director Sam Mendes in early talks to direct their Pinocchio adaptation.

How could Steven Spielberg direct an adaptation of a book that was made in his shadow, this overstuffed Amblin - referential love letter directed by the Amblin man himself?

Marielle Heller, who made her directorial debut with the highly - praised The Diary of a Teenage Girl last year is set to write and direct a feature - film adaptation of HBO's documentary The Case Against 8.

And finally, the site also report that Juan Carlos Medina, who made some waves at TIFF last year with «Painless,» will direct an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd «s «Dan Leno And The Limehouse Golem,» which has a script from «Kick - Ass» and «X-Men: First Class» writer Jane Goldman.

OPENING THIS WEEK Kam's Kapsules: Weekly Previews That Make Choosing a Film Fun by Kam Williams For movies opening December 14, 2012 BIG BUDGET FILMS The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (PG - 13 for epic battle scenes and scary images) Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) directed this adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy novel about a human - like creature with furry feet (Martin Freeman) who is prompted by a wizard (Ian McKellen) to embark on an epic with 13 dwarfs to wrest control of a lost kingdom from the clutches of a fearsome dragon.

As a clear - eyed adaptation of Frank Capra — style populism for our time, that movie had been rivaled only by the plainfolk passages of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, so it made beautiful sense to sign Demme himself to direct.

This adaptation of one of Shakespeare's lesser - known plays boasts a strong cast including Ralph Fiennes (who also makes his directing debut), Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain, and James Nesbit.

With the late Richard Glatzer, Westmoreland wrote and directed Still Alice, as well as Colette, a film Westmoreland unveiled at Sundance where Bleecker Street and 30WEST made a deal to distribute.UTA, Actors in Scandinavia and Tavistock Wood rep Vikander, who's currently starring in Tomb Raider and just came attached to a Morten Tyldum - directed adaptation of The Marsh King's Daughter at Black Bear.

HBO is set to make a new movie adaptation of the book, directed by Ramin Bahrani and co-starring Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon.

Though Chabrol only made two direct Simenon adaptations, the author's spirit found its way into so much of his work.

In 2005, Resident Evil director Paul W.S. Anderson was hired to direct an adaptation, and expressed a desire to make the film as close to the storyline of the games as possible.

Johnson, who is celebrated for making art that explores the contemporary African - American experience, will direct an adaptation of Native Son, Richard Wright's classic novel from 1940.

Ava DuVernay will direct the film adaptation of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time — making her the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million budget.

There is an urgent need to scale up financial flows, particularly financial support to developing countries; to create positive incentives for actions; to finance the incremental costs of cleaner and low - carbon technologies; to make more efficient use of funds directed toward climate change; to realize the full potential of appropriate market mechanisms that can provide pricing signals and economic incentives to the private sector; to promote public sector investment; to create enabling environments that promote private investment that is commercially viable; to develop innovative approaches; and to lower costs by creating appropriate incentives for and reducing and eliminating obstacles to technology transfer relevant to both mitigation and adaptation.

Making the case for selective and directed cultural adaptations of evidence - based treatments: Examples from parent training