Sentences with phrase «into screenplays for»

The newest slate of contributors includes 11 notable authors who have been widely recognized in popular culture not only for their bestselling novels, but also for how their works have transcended the page into screenplays for film and / or television.

Tracy Letts, whose August: Osage County play is written into the screenplay for Killer Joe, works with director William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection) once again, both having worked on the 2006 ultra paranoia movie Bug.

If not for the fact that the same actors are playing the same characters, one really could look at this movie as its own entity (The screenplay may have been co-written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt, who also wrote the script for the first film, but it often feels as if the characters have been transplanted into the screenplay for an unrelated story — perhaps one written by the other co-screenwriters Christian Gudegast and Chad St. John).

Richard Matheson then follows up with his humble story telling of how a short article for Playboy magazine turned into a screenplay for Duel.

He is also however responsible for adapting Robert Graysmith's book of the same name into the screenplay for what is arguably the greatest movie by one of the greatest living American directors: David Fincher's Zodiac.

Dave Eggers, who adapted the children's book into the screenplay for the anticipated movie directed by Spike Jonze.

She has also written two acclaimed biographical novels about the queen of Egypt, Kleopatra and Pharaoh, published in 2001 and 2002, which she adapted into a screenplay for Warner Bros..

Essex also adapted Anne Rice's novel The Mummy or Ramses the Damned into a screenplay for Titanic director James Cameron and 20th Century Fox, and has written a screenplay about Kamehameha, the first king of Hawaii, for Columbia / Tristar.

Not exact matches

The movie, about a father dealing with the aftermath of his wife falling into a coma, was nominated for five Oscars in 2012, winning one for Best Adapted Screenplay.

It goes without saying, then, that the viewer begins to crave anything even resembling a plot development, and there's little doubt that the strong performances and well - developed characters are simply, to an increasingly palpable degree, unable to compensate for the aimlessness that's been hard - wired into Curval and Hiet's screenplay.

The musical's original creative team was brought into the screenwriting process and asked to write entirely new lyrics to fill in the screenplay's original narrative which even called for a new song («Suddenly»).

After writing for The Wire and Boardwalk Empire and having three of his novels made into a trio of well - reviewed movies (Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone, Shutter Island), Dennis Lehane has finally written his first screenplay.

Nominated for several Oscars, including one for Bridges» adapted screenplay, The Paper Chase turned neophyte actor Houseman into a star, complete with a Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

Director Fatih Akin and Hark Bohm's screenplay for In the Fade is cleanly divided into three acts.

Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by making his directorial debut with the magnificent science fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.

Synopsis: World Cinema Dramatic Special Jury Award for Screenplay, Kirsten Tan Thana, a once - illustrious architect, drifts ever further into existential crisis, propelled by the impending demolition of his proudest work and his wife's waning romantic interest.

There are surprising plot problems for a story written by two people (Martin Stellman and Brian Ward), and then polished into a screenplay by three others (Charles Randolph, Scott Frank and Steven Zallian).

* Due to the often conflicting eligibility requirements set out by various organizations for determining whether a screenplay is «original» or «adapted,» we have opted this year to combine all screenplay awards into one comprehensive list.

Though Strouse reportedly based his screenplay on his own difficulties making a name for himself as a playwright early in his career, the film's look into the life of struggling artist Jessica James (Jessica Williams) feels familiar at best.

If Tarantino fails to gain entrance into the Original Screenplay and Director categories (which would be understandable after all the shade his controversial interviews have thrown on his peers) and the Best Picture field isn't big enough to support this, the film should likely still compete for Best Cinematography and Best Original Score honors.

Release Date: After winning Un Certain Regard for his 2009 film Dogtooth, Lanthimos premiered ALPS at Venice in 2011 (where it won Best Screenplay), before tapping into the Cannes main comp (taking the Jury Prize) in 2015.

Darcy - Smith penned the screenplay for that tense missing - persons thriller with star Felicity Price, who also co-starred, and while the picture was completely dumped into America, those who saw it knew he was a major new talent.

Very exciting, it's been 8 years since Primer (a science - fiction favourite in these parts), and while the writer / director's screenplay for «A Topiary» never got made into a film, he whipped out this surprise to many earlier this week by way of the festival announcement and a very shiny bit of key art which confirms that Carruth will star in the film along with Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way To Die).

Action cinematographer Jan de Bont (Twister, The Haunting) skillfully directs for the first time, making what by all measurements is a terrible screenplay by Graham Yost (Mission to Mars, The Last Castle — reportedly, an uncredited Joss Whedon punched up the script) into one of the better pure action movies of its era, even if it is one of the dumbest.

As for «Happy - Go - Lucky,» I think it may creep into Best Actress and screenplay (I've seen it and think it's a fine film), but I kept the list at U.S. releases thus far.

It was inevitable that after building his name on these very low - key, intimate character dramas, Ponsoldt would eventually want to attempt an elevation into new territory, and that's where he found himself with the prescient tech thriller The Circle, based on Dave Eggers» acclaimed novel, for which Eggers and Ponsoldt collaborated on the screenplay.

Each year we get a master list of all the eligible films and then need to divide the titles into Adapted and Original for the screenplay...

I get that Zemeckis, who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Browne, is trying to capture that whimsical zest for life Petit had, but it would have been more effective to play into the dangerous and illegal aspects to really show off how fearless and crazy he was to try to attempt such a daring act.

Aided by an excellent screenplay and assured direction from Nicole Holofcener, Lovely and Amazing is a film that plays for catharsis and empathy and achieves a good draught of both, content to leave expeditions into stickier climes to more serious - minded films.

In honor of the movie's home video release (and before this weekend's Academy Awards, where it's nominated for Best Animated Feature), I spoke with Molina about the power of the film's music, how physically visiting a place like Monte Alban actually translates into a movie's screenplay, and much more.

Ben Ripley's screenplay throws us immediately into Colter's dilemma, as the audience tries to catch up with circumstances in exactly the same way as he must grope around in the figurative dark for knowledge of his surroundings, his purpose, and even himself.

You've seen it all before, especially if you are familiar with William Douglas - Home's play, «The Reluctant Debutante,» which was also made into a movie back in 1958, and the screenplay for that film provides the backbone for What a Girl Wants (I assume the name change is meant to appeal to the aforementioned young girls familiar with the Christina Aguilera song of the same name.)

Brandon and I later both met with and talked with director Derek Cianfrance about the 12 years of work he put into making this film, his real life inspirations for the screenplay, and so much more.

He has just made his first venture into film — writing the screenplay for What's New Pussycat?

Kasdan also brought his son, Jon, into the process and together they crafted a screenplay that does what so many fans of the series have fantasized about for decades.

Writer - director Sara Colangelo expands her 2010 short film Little Accidents into her first full - length feature, which recently received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Screenplay.

There even seems to be a chance for this to sneak into Screenplay contention, as certain animated films have before.

Think dating advice from He's Just Not That Into You in reverse, of which both screenplay writers of «Single,» Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, also have writing credit for the film.

Francis Coppola's (he dropped the «Ford» in the»80s) Life Without Zoe (34:19) is the film's insignificant weak link, although it is noteworthy for being the first writing credit of Coppola's daughter Sofia, who has since blossomed into an esteemed director herself and an original screenplay Oscar winner.

She has written screenplays in the past, including the 2011 «Fright Night» remake, and rather than necessarily seeing the books «Sharp Objects» and «Dietland» as one - off films, she saw the open - ended possibilities for making them into series.

Now that Lady Bird swept the National Society of Film Critics, winning Picture, Director and Screenplay it has much going for it heading into the Oscars and right now feels poised to become the frontrunner.

It feels like Allen dug into his idea drawer for things he couldn't stretch to feature - length and tossed them all into a screenplay together.

Such is the price for Disney choosing to adapt a British children's book into an ambitious period musical fantasy with precocious children, a central sequence set in an animated world, songs by Richard and Robert Sherman, a screenplay by Bill Walsh and Don DaGradi, direction by Robert Stevenson, a theatrically accomplished leading lady, a leading role played by David Tomlinson, music supervision by Irwin Kostal, Peter Ellenshaw visuals, Cotton Warburton editing, Bill Thomas costuming, Gausman & Kuri set decoration, and La Rue Matheron hair styling.

Sometimes, even in his most brilliant moments, he can be almost a little too clever by half, with a screenplay that weaves its story threads into such perfectly constructed knots that unwrapping the whole can be tiresome for those who just want a simple tale well told.

Starting with his successful Leon (The Professional), Besson regurgitated this story into the formula he would follow for several screenplays he has written since, from The Fifth Element to Kiss of the Dragon to The Transporter.

This also calls into question Barry Jenkins» all - but - engraved Oscar for Adapted Screenplay.

There's a specificity to her character, for which the screenplay surely deserves partial credit, inasmuch as Carol juggles her home life with her attraction to Jay, all the while being drawn back into the world of prisoner - advocacy due to an altruistic love for the work.

Elmore Leonard, the revered crime author who died Tuesday at age 87, was well known in Hollywood circles, either for his books that got adapted into films or for his own screenplays.

Ayer, whose career began at the start of the millennium with screenplay credits for U-571 and the original The Fast and the Furious, has evolved into a respected filmmaker as writer - director of End of Watch and Fury.

Two out - of - work actors searching for a new project, Michael Godere and Ivan Martin, took matters into their own hands when they wrote the feature - length screenplay for Loitering with Intent, with parts for themselves and their two famous friends, Marisa Tomei and Sam Rockwell.