Sentences with phrase «for television adaptation»

Look for the television adaptation coming soon from Sony.

Making a name for herself over the last several years with films including How to Tell You're a Douchebag and plays like LAByrinth Theater's Sunset Baby, actress DeWanda Wise found she made a strong impression in particular with the executives at Netflix, who suggested her to Spike Lee for his television adaptation of his iconic»80s feature, She's Got ta Have It.

In 2016, the USC Libraries inaugurated a new Scripter award, for television adaptation.

Despite being a narrative presence in the book, the character was somewhat sidelined for the television adaptation.

«American Gigolo» — Paramount and Jerry Bruckheimer are teaming once again for a television adaptation of the Richard Gere crime movie.

Not exact matches

For those just joining us, Bruce Miller's television adaptation of Margaret Atwood's firebrand 1985 novel centers on the world of Gilead, a dystopian society where a Christian theocracy has forced fertile women into slavery as Handmaids.

You may still find the love of your life even after 60 years, the dating rules tend to change and you must be able to make the necessary adaptations to win the 8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally

8 Simple Rules (originally 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter for the first season) is an American sitcom comedy television show, originally You may still find the love of your life even after 60 years, the dating rules tend to change and you must be able to make the necessary adaptations to win the

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.

Like most Wilde plays, it has been made into film and for television numerous times, although this version isn't a strict adaptation, causing the name to be changed, rightfully, to use a part of the play's secondary title, «A Play About a Good Woman».

A once - contented wife struggles to maintain her dignity when her husband abandons her for a younger woman in longtime television director Christopher Menaul's adaptation of Stevie Davies» acclaimed novel.

Grainger was also recognized for her character of Charlie Cooper in a one - off television adaptation of Kate Long's novel THE BAD MOTHER»S HANDBOOK; Grainger starred opposite Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, and Robert Pattinson in this popular comedy drama.

Filmed for British television in 1991, Black Velvet Gown is a two - part adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel.

ABC is casting background extras for the highly anticipated television movie adaptation of «Dirty Dancing.»

Universal has passed on Imagine Entertainment's planned adaptation of Stephen King's fantasy epic, an ambitious and expensive project that calls for a movie trilogy and two television miniseries.

Los Angeles, CA (June 01, 2017)-- HBO has made a development deal for Annapurna Television's limited series adaptation of Maria Semple's bestselling novel, «Today Will Be Different», it was announced today.

A film adaptation of Morgan's own stage play that was itself very much about the powers of television, the relationship between text, medium and audience has shifted in ways I'm not sure the film's makers have fully accounted for.

But while the prospect of topping such a dazzling crowd - pleasing blockbuster must have been daunting and no doubt encouraged the franchise to be left cinematically untouched for a number of years, eventually new adaptations arose in television animation and back in live - action film.

While it seems highly unlikely that Susan Sarandon will reprise this role in other adaptations from the book series, I definitely wouldn't be opposed to a sequel, even if only for television.

Adapted for television and starring Stacy Keach, this followup to the 1984 television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, is a slightly softer adaptation of the character.

Two theatrical releases, multiple television series, and two new adaptations coming to Netflix soon indicate the fervor for the prolific... Read More

Charlie Kaufman's screenplay hits the right notes in its adaptation of Chuck Barris's indescribably bizarre autobiography, understanding that the life of an anti-television television show maker is timed perfectly for the film medium that finds itself at a crossroads where, increasingly, the pictures are approaching their television counterparts in self - reflexivity.

He reveals his father gave him the first issues when he was 12, and takes us through his father's reaction to changes and adaptations over the years, while detouring to explore the two previous times Lindelof had been offered the chance to adapt the project for television.

At Searchlight Television, the early emphasis appears to be on mining the studio's feature film library for adaptations, in addition to developing original material.

The BBC is teaming up with Harry Potter producer David Heyman's Heyday Television for a new miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1952 novella The Birds, famously adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963.

The late Mordecai Richler's 1997 novel provides the groundwork for this dramedy adaptation starring Paul Giamatti (Fred Claus, The Nanny Diaries) as the titular Montreal television producer Barney Panofsky, a man who has suffered through one tragic marriage with a free - spirited young woman in Italy (Lefevre, Twilight) who turns up carrying another man's child only to get himself into another loveless one with a well - to - do Jewish - American princess (Driver, Ella Enchanted), while he only has eyes for a woman he barely knows in another part of the country (Pike, Surrogates).

Ahead of its arrival on PlayStation Network later this month, Entertainment Weekly has given us a new look at Sony Television's adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming's comic book series Powers; check them out here... SEE ALSO: New York Comic Con trailer for Powers «Powers, an edgy dramatic series from Sony -LSB-...]

The British scribe has largely been responsible for many UK miniseries and television series, working on Skins, Castoffs, The Fades, This is England, Glue, National Treasure and the upcoming small screen adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.

ABC Family has debuted the first trailer for «Shadowhunters,» the television adaptation of Cassandra Clare's bestselling «Mortal Instruments» novels.

Television has been given a pilot production commitment from the network for an adaptation of Warren Ellis» sci - fi series Global Frequency, which was published through DC's Wildstorm imprint.

Back in the long ago days of 2012, the idea of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum teaming up for a buddy cop comedy adaptation of the»80s television series 21 Jump Street seemed like an absurd idea destined for failure, and the movie right away poked fun at the lack of originality in its concept along with the industry trend at large of adapting old series.

With the 1970 television film Baal, a blistering adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's first play, two major figures of the New German Cinema joined forces for a vital collaboration.

FX's co-president of original programming Nick Grad told Variety, «What We Do in the Shadows only gets better with age thanks to this brilliant adaptation for television by co-creators Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi.»

As if a sober and respectful adaptation of an earnest and leisurely nineteenth - century novel could still compete for eyes and ears in a twenty - first - century entertainment environment engineered to entice instead the sex - crazed, the violence junkies, and the attention - deficit - disordered — as if even the oil companies hadn't bailed on public television's Masterpiece Theatre because nobody seems to care anymore about character as destiny versus the British class system — here without apology are three more hours of Thomas Hardy moping about old Wessex, looking in vain for a laugh.

Though as early as 1996 she was reportedly at work on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, later adapted by Todd Haynes into 2015's Carol, Macdonald has worked exclusively in television ever since, and has been back in view lately for directing the acclaimed new miniseries adaptation of Howards End, scripted by Kenneth Lonergan.

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

It stars Dustin Hoffman (74) as a weary gangster, his first lead role in a television series (he won an Emmy in 1986 for his performance as Willy Loman in a television adaptation of Death of a Salesman), Nick Nolte (70) as a trainer for whom the word grizzled appears to have been created and eye - catching supporting roles for Michael Gambon (71) and Dennis Farina (67).

Dimension Television is developing a second adaptation of Stephen King's 1980 horror novella, this time for TV.

Get ready for more deep south hijinks, Hap Collins (James Purefoy) and Leonard Pine (Michael Kenneth Williams) are back in action for Hap and Leonard: Mucho Mojo, the second season of SundanceTV's delightful, raucous television adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale «s long - running book series.

Lupita Nyong» o and Danai Gurira are teaming up to work on an adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's bestseller Americanah for television.

Jane Eyre has been adapted so many times (19 if my maths is correct, plus upwards of ten made for television) that it's hard not to consider a new version as much a remake of the previous films as it is an adaptation of the book

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre has been adapted so many times (19 if my maths is correct, plus upwards of ten made for television) that it's hard not to consider a new version as much a remake of the previous films as it is an adaptation of the book, but the trailer does a splendid job of significantly standing out from the others.

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.

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.

Since his first film and television appearances in the late - eighties, actor Chris Cooper's filmography has come to include blockbusters (The Bourne Identity, the upcoming The Amazing Spider - Man 2), comedies (Me, Myself, and Irene, The Muppets), Best Picture nominees (Seabiscuit, Capote), a Best Picture winner (American Beauty), and his own Oscar win in 2003 for Best Supporting Actor for Adaptation.

Lauded by critics for many years, in the space of five weeks, Dano has become the toast of British television, his subtle and complex depiction of the ever - suffering Bezukhov stealing almost every scene in Andrew Davies» # 10m Tolstoy adaptation.

adaptations all clog headlines for most movie / television based blogs and maybe that will be how it goes from here on out.

And now, with those old enough to be teenagers during the»50s much too old for network television to care about, this new adaptation still upholds the tradition.

A new adaptation by James Bridges for Hollywood Television Theater was booadcast on 3 February, 1973, on WNET, New York, directed by Norman Lloyd.

A feature - length adaptation of the late - 80s television series for which Mann served as executive producer and unofficial show - runner, Vice marks an important shift for Hollywood in the digital era for the way it actively engaged with the implications of a technological change most had simply taken for granted, and it does so by both wholly embracing its mode of production and reflecting the consequences of doing so.»