Sentences with phrase «earlier screen adaptations»

KW: Did you read the book or watch either of the earlier screen adaptations of I Am Legend?

Initially, Simenon, dissatisfied with earlier screen adaptations of his novels, had wanted to direct La tête d'un homme himself, but his plans fell through, and Duvivier took over the project.

Not exact matches

Early adaptations of the initial technology were used in functional genomics screens identifying host genes affecting HIV [2] and Trypanosome infection.

After a three - year hiatus from acting, Robbins returned to the screen in 1997 with the comedy Nothing to Lose; he soon announced plans to mount a film adaptation of Cradle Will Rock, the Marc Blitzstein play first staged by Orson Welles six decades earlier.

He did not complete the three volumes until his early twenties: first in print, and then on camera as one of a handful of actors carefully selected for New Line Cinema's highly anticipated, $ 270 million, three - film screen adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Unrated) Screen adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best seller of the same name about a journalist - turned - amateur sleuth (Michael Nyqvist) who, with the help of a rebellious, young computer hacker (Noomi Rapace), tries to solve the mysterious disappearance of a teen heiress which transpired forty years earlier.

Ian McEwan has said that he decided to adapt his 2007 novel On Chesil Beach for the screen himself at least partly because he did not want anyone else to do so (with earlier works, including Atonement, he was glad not to have taken on the adaptation).

With fans still stoked about New Donk City in Super Mario Odyssey, Wall Street Journal broke the story earlier today about Illumination Studio may be behind taking the ex-plumber to the big screen in an animated adaptation.

Jane Austen novels prove handy in all manner of ways - as a splendid read, an opportunity to observe that matters of the heart have scarcely changed since the early 1800s and as an abundant source for screen adaptations, not just of her oeuvre but also for spin - offs such as «Clueless,» which is a contemporary retelling of «Emma,» and the recent «Becoming Jane,» very loosely based on Austen's unfulfilled romantic life.

We got a new trailer earlier this month [watch it here], and now another poster has arrived online for Guy Ritchie's upcoming big screen adaptation of The Man from U.N.C.L.E., featuring the Man of Steel himself Henry Cavill... Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man -LSB-...]

Offerman added, «If you had told me when I first read Good Omens in the early»90s that I would one day visit South Africa to giggle with Neil Gaiman at laptop - screened footage of Dr.. Who and David Frost dancing because I was essaying a role in the adaptation of said book, I would likely have offered to purchase some of whatever you must be smoking.But here I am, still giggling at the luck of it.»

It also offers two featurettes --» The Origin Story of Big Hero 6: Hiro's Journey,» which follows the process of adaptation process from comic book to animate feature, and «Big Animator 6: The Characters Behind the Characters,» with the animators discussing the evolution of the characters on the screen — deleted scenes (in rough form, as they were removed in early stages of production; you can see one of them at the end of the post), and Easter Eggs for the kids to hunt for.

For its big screen reboot of the classic 60s spy series, Warner Brothers is hoping Guy Ritchie can replicate the success of their earlier Sherlock Holmes adaptations, again favouring witty banter and period detail over the material's more action - oriented elements...

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.

A big splash was made earlier this week when Harry Potter director David Yates announced he was putting together a Doctor Who adaptation for the big screen.

He has since landed a part in a silver screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth opposite Michael Fassbender, which completed production earlier this month.

Earlier today Universal Pictures unleashed the teaser trailer for Jon Favreau «s big screen adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens.

The other major film shown at SXSW this year is not even finished yet, but an early screening of the unfinished The Disaster Artist has generated Oscar buzz for James Franco's adaptation of the book by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell's dissecting the creation of Tommy Wiseau's infamous The Room.

Variety is reporting that director / choreographer Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, This is It) will now helm the big screen adaptation of the Tony Award - winning Broadway musical, In the Heights, after leaving the planned Footloose remake earlier this year.

Earlier in the week it was reported that U.S. television network Starz has officially given the green light to a small screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman's American Gods, which is set to be executive produced by Bryan Fuller (Hannibal) and Michael Green (Heroes), and now Fuller and Gaiman have taken to Twitter to share some -LSB-...]

Just earlier today some new images from The Dark Knight Rises came from a huge preview issue of Entertainment Weekly, and now one more image has surfaced online, this one from Tim Burton's peculiar big screen adaptation of the 1960's gothic daytime serial Dark Shadows with vampires, ghosts, ghouls, zombies, werewolves, parallel universes and time - paradoxes.

Early twinkles in Crazy in Alabama and The Social Network were the prelude to her breakout casting as the demure literary ingénue Anastasia Steele (yowza) in the screen adaptation of E. L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey, the fiction sensation that got women worldwide thrumming.

Earlier this year, we reported that Screen Gems and Sam Raimi were set to produce a feature film adaptation of the acclaimed and best - selling game, The Last of Us.

Anderson's involvement in the reboot is currently in question, as he is currently busy with a big screen adaptation of Monster Hunter, another successful video game franchise of Capcom, set to be released in late 2017 or early 2018.

Some of the earlier film adaptations of games — such as Super Mario Bros. or Street Fighter — at least had something of an excuse for their less - than stellar quality, seeing as the idea of bringing the worlds of video games to life on the big screen was new territory back then.

In that vein, we've compiled a list of some of the sci - fi stories that currently have big - screen adaptations in various stages of development, so you can get an early peek at the next big things hitting theaters.

Anderson's involvement in the reboot is currently in question, as he is currently busy with a big screen adaptation of Monster Hunter, another successful video game franchise of Capcom, set to be released in late 2017 or early 2018.