Sentences with phrase «half of the film adaptation»

Though Putin was a key figure in the original book, he's been quietly cut out of the film adaptation.

Coulrophobia (/ kulɹəˈfəʊbiə /; cool - ruh - foh - bee - ah) The term for a fear of clowns, which saw a surge in popularity upon the release of the film adaptation of Stephen King's «It,» in September.

This is the type of film adaptation where I was wondering just how it would be presented on stage.

She didn't like many of the film adaptations of her work.

I've only read the first five books (and even that was a few years ago) and seen even fewer of the film adaptations.

It is this situation that faces Jackson with the first of a planned trilogy of film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's «The Hobbit».

There are two mindsets at battle when considering the success of The Two Towers, the second installment of the filmed adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, which I am now fairly convinced that when seen as a whole will be one of the most important and potent films in the history of cinema.

Movie producers are again turning to Broadway for source material for blockbusters, thanks to the mega-success of film adaptations like Mamma Mia and Les Miserables.

Academy Award - winning director Ang Lee and author Yann Martel will sit down with Film Society of Lincoln Center Program Director Richard Peña for a discussion of the film adaptation of Martell's Man Booker Prize - winning book LIFE OF PI on Friday, September 28 at 12:00 pm (ET).

A couple of months ago, I played through the entire Rampage series in anticipation of the film adaptation and you can read all about my adventures in my Rampage Retrospective.

Although they do love each other, tensions between the two set in regarding the casting of the film adaptation of Joe's latest bestselling book, as Sally think she would be the natural woman for the role, since she believes it is based on her.

When the games commence, the triumphs of this film adaptation scurry to the forefront, including the sound design, and the score by T - Bone Burnett and James Newton Howard, which nicely steps in for the bloodcurdling screams of dying teens perhaps too terrible for the target YA audience.

Rooney Mara and Ben Mendelsohn act the hell out of this film adaptation of Broadway drama «Blackbird» — and still can't give it a pulse

I have to admit that Harper Design delivered here my favorite making - of film adaptation of the year.

Oddly, for a gory R - rated thriller, the producers of this film adaptation (Roger Corman is one of them) decide to changed the adult male protagonist from the book into a young teenager, playing quite often as a family film when not in terror mode.

She has appeared in a number of film adaptations of the book, including Disney's classic 1953 animation.

She was speaking after the premiere of the film adaptation of Tracy Letts's Pulitzer Prize - winning novel.

That being said, their appeal (and that of their film adaptations) continues to baffle me, though perhaps that comes with not having actually seen one of these before.

Now, as children await the release of the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, some educators and children's literature experts predict a new wave of popularity for the books.

Sony announced today that it is in production of a film adaptation of one of Scholastic's bestselling series, Goosebumps.

Looking for a memento for the 75th anniversary of the film adaptation of Gone with the Wind?

In anticipation of the film adaptation of Fantastic Mr. Fox (the movie is currently out in limited release — it won't make it to Nashville until November 25), I enjoyed watching an interview about children's literature and childhood reading with Jason Schwartzman.

We can't release sales numbers for individual titles, but you can still see how both titles beat their own personal unit sales records tenfold after the release of film adaptations, allowing them to join the ranks of Canadian bestsellers.

The good news is that you don't have to watch Abobo physically assault and kidnap a woman at the beginning of the film adaptation of Double Dragon.

Legendary game designer Shigeru Miyamoto discusses the potential role of film adaptations in Nintendo's future as the company evolves.

The exhibition also features an example of Ligon's work in video: an abstracted version of a film adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin, directed by Thomas Edison in 1903.

Not exact matches

While Jobs's treatment of his first child, Lisa, was deemed to be seriously lacking (with good reason) in Walter Isaacson's biography Steve Jobs, and the silver screen film adaptation that followed, he apparently had changed his parenting ways with the three children he raised with his wife Laurene Powell Jobs.

And actor Johnny Depp starred as Ichabod Crane in the 1999 film called Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation of Irving's story.

Martin Scorsese's adaptation of the controversial 1955 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, which gives an alternative fate for Jesus Christ, was banned in numerous counties, and in the US cities that had successful bans during the film's release included: Savannah, Georgia; New Orleans; Oklahoma City; and Santa Ana, California.

But the central thesis of «The Bomb,» and one Schlosser made strongly in «Command and Control» (which also premiered at Tribeca as a documentary film adaptation), is that mortifying accidents have happened, and will happen again: People are human and nuclear weapons are machines.

As Disney was wrapping up production on A Wrinkle in Time, the latest film from lauded director Ava DuVernay and an adaptation of the beloved children's book, out Friday, the production team reached out to Rodeo FX to add finishing touches on a selected scene.

But one film will rule them all: the long - anticipated adaptation of Lord of the Rings prequel The Hobbit.

This summer's box - office totals have also suffered from the expansion of blockbuster season as a handful of films likely to be among the year's biggest releases are slated to come out this fall, among them best - selling novel adaptation Gone Girl, Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, and the latest Hunger Games installment.

The two big winners, with 12 nominations apiece, were the musical productions of «Mean Girls» and «SpongeBob SquarePants,» earning Tina Fey a nod for her adaptation of her wickedly funny 2004 film of the same name.

From the moment it was announced, fans of the books had high expectations for the «Fifty Shades» film adaptations.

Out of the top ten this week are Universal's comic adaptation of «R.I.P.D.» After three weekends, the $ 130 million budget film has earned $ 48.8 million at theaters.

Jeffrey Ma was a key player toward the end of the team's run, and is the basis for the lead characters in both Ben Mezrich's book Bringing Down the House and the 2008 film adaptation, 21.

Lions Gate Entertainment (No. 54) has had box office success with two major franchises: The Twilight series (produced by Summit Entertainment, a Lions Gate subsidiary) and Hunger Games, which have much in common as they are both film adaptations of bestselling young adult book series, are fantastical (one is about vampires and the other about a futuristic dystopia), and are anchored by a dynamic young female character (portrayed by Kristen Stewart in Twilight, Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games).

The Big Short, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis» book of the same name about the causes of the financial crisis, opens in UK cinemas this weekend.

Freakonomics: The Movie (available on Netflix and Hulu) is Chad Troutwine's documentary film adaptation of the phenomenally bestselling book about incentives - based thinking by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.

Two new Star Wars movies, Avengers: Infinity War, sequels to animated hits The Incredibles and Wreck - It Ralph, and a film adaptation of children's classic A Wrinkle in Time are all set to hit theaters in 2018.

This 2010 western is the second adaptation of a 1968 novel by the same name and was previously filmed by John Wayne in 1969.

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

Filmmaker Scott Derrickson's adaptation of the Doctor Strange comic book has an interesting combination of elements: a starring role from Benedict Cumberbatch, one of Marvel's creepiest characters and Derrickson's penchant for bringing elements of Christianity into his films.

E. L. James's novel Fifty Shades of Grey is now the best selling book in British history, has sold more than 100 million copies globally, and has spawned two sequels, along with an upcoming film adaptation.

There's a curious and discouraging article in the November 20th Entertainment Weekly magazine about producers» efforts to «sell» the upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road to Christians (by way of their pastors).

According to reports, he's consulting the book as he prepares to play a Jesuit in a film adaptation of «Silence,» a novel about Catholic missionaries in Japan.

The latest film adaptation of the musical is raking in the cash.

Although Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of this novel in the 1980s drew the full brunt of scorn from the evangelical community, who were scandalized at the idea that Jesus was actually tempted, the basic story is a stunningly - written and imaginative exploration of the idea of that Jesus was «tempted in every way, just as we are — yet he did not sin.»

It was he, along with Ismail Merchant, who filmed Howards End and so many other literary adaptations some years ago, many of them quite good.