Sentences with phrase «directed adaptation starring»

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The actor stars in and directs the adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize - winning play by August Wilson.

Paul Thomas Anderson (one of America's greatest living filmmakers) is directing a film adaptation of a book by Thomas Pynchon (one of America's greatest living writers) starring Joaquin Phoenix (one of America's greatest living actors), so Inherent Vice has some hype behind it.

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.

I'm hard pressed to remember the last time a movie that is NOT a sequel / prequel / remake / reboot / comic book adaptation, directed by a first - timer, has unknown stars, occupying the top spot.

Clooney will direct and star in this adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's book about a disparate group of art experts brought together to recover valuable artwork stolen by the Nazis during World War II.

With journalist Jeffrey E. Stern, they wrote a surprisingly visceral and nuanced book, and now they're starring as themselves in the film adaptation directed by Clint Eastwood.

Francis Ford Coppola wrote the adaptation, Jack Clayton directed, and the film starred Robert Redford as Jay Gatsby, Mia Farrow as Daisy Buchanan, Bruce Dern as Tom Buchanan, and Sam Waterston as Nick Carraway.

Prior to that, he produced and starred in Phil Morrison's black comedy ALL IS BRIGHT alongside Paul Rudd and lent his vocal talents to the English - language version of the Oscar - nominated French animated feature, ERNEST & CELESTINE, and the highly anticipated feature - film adaptation of THE LITTLE PRINCE, directed by Mark Osborne.

Lewis starred as Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance in WOLF HALL, the critically acclaimed BBC Two / Masterpiece Theater six - part television miniseries adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker - Prize winning novels, directed by BAFTA - winning Peter Kosminsky.

In 2011, Handler appeared as Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein in HBO's all - star adaptation of TOO BIG TO FAIL, directed by Curtis Hanson.

The company is also in production on Paul Thomas Anderson's untitled new period film starring Daniel Day - Lewis and is developing the film adaptation of Maria Semple's WHERE»D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, to be directed by Richard Linklater.

The Monuments Men (PG - 13 for violence and smoking) George Clooney directed and stars in this adaptation of the Robert Edsel best seller of the same name chronicling the real - life exploits of an Army platoon comprised of curators, archivists and art historians whose mission was to retrieve masterpieces plundered by the Nazis during World War II.

Josh Trank directs the Marvel Comics adaptation, starring Miles Teller as Reed Richards / Mr. Fantastic, Kate Mara as Sue Storm / Invisible Woman, Michael B. Jordan as Johnny Storm / Human Torch, Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm / The Thing, and Toby Kebbell as Victor Domashev.

Currently, they are in pre-production on a limited series adaptation of the novel, «Today Will Be Different,» by Maria Semple, which has Julia Roberts attached to star, the adult animated series «Amberville,» for Amazon, and «The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,» a Western anthology written and directed by the Coen Brothers, amongst other projects in development.

Eleven years after drawing a few boos and zero prizes for her competition entry «Marie Antoinette,» Sofia Coppola won directing honors for «The Beguiled,» her slyly feminist adaptation of a Civil War - era novel that previously inspired Don Siegel's 1971 thriller starring Clint Eastwood.

The «Mortal Instruments» adaptation - with Lily Collins (Mirror Mirror) starring and Harald Zwart (The Karate Kid) directing - may be picked up by Sony Pictures.

Brad Pitt stars in Killing Them Softly, a crime drama directed by New Zealander Andrew Dominik, and another America - set title is On the Road, Walter Salles's long - awaited adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel.

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - December 25 ben Stiller directs and stars in this adaptation of James Thurber's classic short story about a dull man who spices up his life by imagining himself on fantastical journeys around the world.

The adaptation, which stars Downtown Abbey actress Lily James and Game of Thrones actor Michiel Huisman, was directed by Four Weddings and a Funeral's Mike Newell.

Then came the first film adaptation in 1935, directed by John M. Stahl and starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor, which in turn begat Douglas Sirk's 1954 remake with Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman (3).

** / **** 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.

Also, when Thorne was still a part of the project, Joseph Gordon - Levitt was also involved in the creative process, and he had planned to direct and star in the eventual adaptation.

It's a Broadway adaptation of a Raymond Carver tale, which Riggan himself has written, is starring in and directing.

The latest adaptation of a Gillian Flynn thriller, written and directed by Gilles Paquet - Brenner, hits screens starring Charlize Theron as Libby Day, tormented by what happened to her family decades before.

The second he won more recently for «Helium» in 2013, directed by Anders Walter, who will helm the forthcoming «I Kill Giants,» an adaptation of a graphic novel starring Zoe Saldana and Imogen Poots.

Viola Davis says she will star in a movie adaptation of «Fences» and it will be directed by Denzel Washington.

He is attached to star in a remake of «The Thomas Crown Affair» for MGM, as well as the adaptation of «Just Mercy» which has «Short Term 12» helmer Destin Cretton directing.

Norton writes, directs and stars in adaptation of Jonathan Lethem novel that just started production

James Franco directs and stars in a dutifully respectable adaptation of the multi-voiced Faulkner classic

Last year it was announced that Justice League star Jason Momoa has joined the cast of Just Cause, an adaptation of the hit video game series, which has Brad Peyton attached to direct.

Now, the fourth e-book within the sequence, The Girl within the Spider's Web, will obtain its personal adaptation directed by way of Fede Alvarez and starring Claire Foy as Salander.

The new addition to the X-Men saga is directed by Matthew Vaughn, previously responsible for an eclectic mix of stunning cinema — British crime thriller complete with cockney gangsters (2004's «Layer Cake»), star - studded fantasy epic (2007's «Stardust») and, in a different direction altogether, surprisingly excellent comic - book adaptation (2010's «Kick - Ass.»)

He will also star in Alan Rickman's A Little Chaos, which will close the Toronto film festival in September; romantic war drama Suite Francaise; and novel adaptation Far from the Madding Crowd, directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Juno Temple, Michael Sheen and Carey Mulligan.

Condon has a long history with musicals - he wrote and directed Dreamgirls, directed the upcoming Disney live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and wrote the screenplays for Chicago and upcoming musical The Greatest Showman, which stars Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman.

The 34 - year - old actor stars as Thomas McGregor in the new live action / CGI comedy directed by Will Gluck, but Gleeson has admitted filming the adaptation of the beloved Beatrix Potter character was more painful than he anticipated.

So far Hallstöm's A Dog's Purpose adaptation, which he's directing for DreamWorks, stars Dennis Quaid (At Any Price) and Britt Robertson (Tomorrowland).

Last year, he wrote, produced and directed The Paperboy, an adaptation of the Pete Dexter novel starring Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, John Cusack, and Nicole Kidman.

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.

After years of development, Lois Lowry's famous YA novel The Giver has finally arrived to theaters, in an adaptation directed by Philip Noyce and starring young talent Brenton Thwaites and Odeya Rush, acting opposite the likes of Alexander Skarsgaard, Meryl Streep, and Jeff Bridges.

Marvel Studios is leading the way once again this year with Thor, the latest epic comic book adaptation directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring Chris Hemsworth as the God of Thunder himself and Anthony Hopkins as his father Odin.

These include Glassland starring Jack Reynor (Transformers, What Richard Did) and Toni Collette and directed by Gerard Barrett (Pilgrim Hill), and an adaptation of Colm Toibin's Brooklyn starring Domhnall Gleeson (Sensation) and Saoirse Ronan (Byzantium).

Now Disney has released the atmospheric teaser trailer for the live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast — directed by Oscar ® - winner Bill Condon and starring Emma Watson as Belle.

George Clooney is co-writing, directing and starring in an adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's non-fiction WWII book The Monuments Men, which reunites the Oscar - nominated Hollywood power - player / humanitarian with a number of old friends and familiar faces — including Matt Damon, who is in talks to reunite with Clooney after appearing alongside him in the Ocean's Eleven trilogy and Syriana.

From a screenplay by Academy Award ® - winner Hayao Miyazaki, the English language version is directed by multiple Academy Award ® - winner Gary Rydstrom from a script adaptation by Karey Kirkpatrick (James and the Giant Peach, Chicken Run, Charlotte's Web) and features an all - star English voice cast including Gillian Anderson, Sarah Bolger, Beau Bridges, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bruce Dern, Isabelle Fuhrman, Christina Hendricks, Ron Howard, Chris Noth, Emily Osment, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Saxton, Alex Wolff and Anton Yelchin.

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.

Ralph Fiennes directs and stars in a modern - day adaptation of Coriolanus.

According to Variety, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is in talks to star in The Snowman, an adaptation of author Jo Nesbo's bestselling crime novel, which is set to be directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).

In 2008, he starred in the critically - acclaimed adaptation of the Alexander McCall Smith novel, «The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency,» which was directed by the late Anthony Minghella.

Josh Hutcherson will star in «The Long Home», an adaptation of William Gay's novel to be directed by James Franco.

Film rights were quickly snatched up by James Franco, one of Hollywood's many fans of the film and one with the rare power to direct, produce, and star in this adaptation.