Sentences with phrase «moving on adaptation»

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The adaptations occur in the form of a larger muscle grown by increasing the cross sectional fiber size and allowing more weight to be moved later on as the size and strength of the muscle increases.

This may have been an adaptation to new environments and endurance hunting, as early Homo species left the forests and moved on to more arid African savannahs,» says lead author Dr Manuel Will from Cambridge's Department of Archaeology, and a Research Fellow at Gonville and Caius College.

The Nature Conservancy hopes that what it learns about the project will make it easier for other communities weighing similar projects to move forward with natural systems, McLeod said last week, speaking on a panel about climate adaptation and resilience at the same event as Bostick.

Mach's current research focuses on complicated adaptation strategies that require tradeoffs, such as managed retreat, a coastal management strategy in which people are moved away from encroaching shorelines.

This adaptation freed our arms and allowed us to conserve energy while moving over long distances, giving us more endurance than any other animal on the planet.

While at work on Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Louiso moved to L.A. to further pursue his screen career, and, after appearing in such films as Scent of a Woman (1992), Apollo 13 (1995), and Jerry Maguire (1996), he had his most high profile role to date in Stephen Frears» widely celebrated adaptation of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity (2000).

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Rebecca Hall as Sylvia and Christopher Tietjens, BBC2's five - part adaptation has apparently moved Andrew Davies, the so - called king of costume drama, to read the novels that Parade's End is based on.

We'll have the Patrick DeWitt book to film adaptation of Jacques Audiard's The Sisters Brothers drop at Cannes in May, and then we wouldn't be surprised if Kelly Reichardt begins lensing on her eight feature film — and not unlike Claire Denis, moves into the direction of comedy — a first for the helmer.

The Italian actor - turned - director fails to draw anything substantial out of his stars Penelope Cruz (who he worked with on his previous film, Don't Move, another adaptation of a Mazzantini novel) and Emile Hirsch, though the unbelievably phony dialog would stumble up even the best of thesps.

Gerald's Game, a Stephen King adaptation for Netflix starring Carla Gugino, is good Coming Soon Daniel Dae Kim's stunt training for the Hellboy reboot / Film Hocus Pocus moves forward as a TV movie remake - none of the original actors or filmmaking team are involved David Poland on Blade Runner 2049 with no spoilers «It is Aliens to Alien»... whoa, that's high praise Billboard composer Danny Elfman interviewed about Superman's iconic theme (redeployed for Justice League) and his long collaboration with Gus Van Sant Playbill Judy Garland's final concert, restored / remastered from 1969 will be released for the first time i09 on why you should be watching the Exorcist TV series, back for Season 2 / Film Amazon still has a lot of work to do to catch up with Netflix and Hulu but they're diving into the sci - fi genre big time

Relativity Media has also moved the date on Carlo Carlei's Shakespearean adaptation Romeo and Juliet to October 11th.

After years in development, things seem to be moving forward on Jason Reitman «s adaptation of Joyce Maynard «s coming - of - age novel «Labor Day,» with professional kiteboarder - turned - actor Maika Monroe the latest addition to its ever - growing cast.

This is a welcome change for YA adaptations to come, and a smart move on the part of the producers for «The Maze Runner.»

Fox is moving full steam ahead on the adaptation of Seth Grahame - Smith «s novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Whether Trank has lost interest in Shadow of the Colossus or whether his full schedule is simple making it impossible to commit to it is unclear, but THR reports that Sony has now moved on - and has tapped Andres Muschietti (Mama) to direct the adaptation.

Branagh revealed: «It's an evolving adaptation that's based on being much moved by the ancient power of that myth.

In the meantime, you can see Neeson on the big screen in either the currently - playing Wrath of the Titans, this summer's Battleship board game move adaptation, the aforementioned second installment in the Taken franchise this fall - or (POTENTIAL SPOILER ALERT) a certain upcoming, hotly - anticipated blockbuster that the actor was recently officially confirmed to appear in.

Last month director Mike Flanagan (Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) revealed that his long - gestating Stephen King adaptation Gerald's Game is moving forward at Netflix, and now we have details on the film's cast.

If you look at Disney under Iger's reign, the studio has moved away from making mid-budget movies and instead shifted its focus almost entirely on building brands within the Disney family: Pixar movies, Star Wars movies, Marvel movies, live - action Disney adaptations of classic animated movies, etc..

With production wrapped on his adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise the prolific UK auteur will be moving next into the action arena with Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gone...

... Lastly on Star Wars: Episode VIII, and the moving of it's release date to December has pushed Steven Spielberg's long gestating adaptation of Ready Player One back to March 2018.

So the savvy move is to get plenty of projects while he can, and he's already signed on to star in the adaptation of the comic book Cowboy Ninja Viking.

A more involving James adaptation is Iain Softley's swifter - moving and more understated The Wings of the Dove, which takes a more complex slant on the rich girl - poor boy romance.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Girl Meets Vampire Adaptation of Romantic Fantasy Arrives on DVD Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has decided to live with her father (Billy Burke) to make it easier for her recently - remarried mother (Sarah Clarke) to accompany her baseball player husband (Matt Bushell), on road trips This means that Bella must move from sunny Phoenix, Arizona to perpetually overcast Forks, Washington, a dreary town whose only claim to fame is that it's located on the rainiest spot in the nation.

After a slight blip in the lead casting with the departure of Charlie Hunnam, Universal Pictures and Focus Features» adaptation of E.L. James FIFTY SHADES OF GREY can now move on with supporting casting.

After enduring Ryan Reynolds» goofy insults as the villainous Ajax / Francis in Deadpool, Ed Skrein is moving on to another bad guy role in a comic book adaptation — well, technically it's a manga adaptation, but it's the same sort of thing.

With Universal Pictures moving forward on a new adaptation of «Van Helsing», Twitch reports that «Snow White and The Huntsman» director Rupert Sanders has been approached to direct the film.

The adaptation centers on «a teen named Zach Cooper (Minnette), whose family moves to a new home where his new neighbor is a mysterious author (Black).

The move to summer is a vote of confidence from Focus Features, and on the new release date the pic will face off against the YA adaptation The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and the critically hailed horror film You're Next.

With Ready Player One hitting high score levels of box - office receipts, it's no surprise to learn that rival studios wish to hit «continue» on Ernest Cline adaptations, with Universal keen to move ahead with a movie based on his 2015 novel Armada.

In a move that seems especially appropriate for an adaptation about characters who frequently interact with the spookier side of DC comics, the long - in - the - works Justice League Dark movie has risen from its grave and taken on a new, more powerful form.

Starring Rachel McAdams, Rachel Weisz and Alessandro Nivola and premiering in TIFF before moving on to other festivals, including Tribeca, the adaptation of Naomi Alderman's novel takes as its focus the Orthodox Jewish community of North London.

The adaptation has been in the works at Paramount for nearly 10 years now, but is finally moving forward with a new writer on board.

The idea of Dance Dance Revolution, an adaptation of a Japanese arcade game, is that if you want to get a generation that is already hooked on video games to start moving, you have to use the technology that they're hooked on.

While anime adaptations require approval from several companies to move forward, on each side of the Pacific, most series have had a «free to watch» option.

Despite this effort to get things moving into production, the Writer's Strike of 2008 put the film on hold indefinitely, and White moved on to direct an adaptation of graphic novel The Losers.

Situating his drawing practice at the service of the moving image, Campuzano presents a hand - drawn animation based on Orson Welles» exposition of self - reflexive filmmaking which would have constituted the prologue to his never - realized adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.

There is no need for debate of denialist / delusionist fringe talking points (such as Globul Coolin», the Sun, CO2 ain't no ding - dang pollutant, Green Fascists, or other FUD phrases), as society has moved on and is debating adaptation and mitigation.

I can imagine that if Roger Pielke Jr. and Paul Nurse were to write down their «no - regrets» moves in light of climate change adaptation or mitigation, there would be many different things put on the table, some of which directly oppose each other.

When we talk about adaptation, we often imagine accommodating a specific new set of conditions; a temperate place gets too hot, a cold place gets temperate, so we move our farms around and get on with it.

Unprecedented efforts by governments, humanitarian and development agencies to collaborate in order to find ways to move away from reliance on short - term emergency responses to food insecurity to longer - term development - oriented strategies that involve closer partnerships with governments, are also increasing (see food insecurity case study below and SARPN - http://www.sarpn.org/ - for several case studies and examples; see also Table 9.2 for other possible adaptation options).

Their adaptive capacity is lowest, but some countries have been moving ahead on first planning and then implementing adaptation actions around the world.

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In the conclusion to his «Plan B» chapter (p 228), Bob Carter writes: «It is therefore time to move away from stale «he - says - she - says» arguments about whether human carbon dioxide emissions are causing dangerous warming, and on to designing effective policies of hazard management for all climate change, based on adaptation responses that are tailored for individual countries or regions... By their very nature, strategies that can cope with the dangers and vagaries of natural climate change will readily cope with human - caused change too should it ever become manifest.»

The NAPs are supposed to build on the National Adaptation Programmes of Action for the urgent needs of Least Development Countries which are moving towards their implementation phase now.

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We certainly are very concerned about the threats that climate change poses to these nations, and we and other countries have ramped up climate assistance for climate adaptation for the most vulnerable countries to ensure that they are getting support as they seek to adapt to the effects of climate change, as well as move their economies forward on a clean and green basis.

In discussions on agriculture and adaptation, for example, vulnerable countries» efforts to move towards implementation, were stalled by developed countries» apparent allergy to anything that has cost implications.»

The authors round off with 10 recommedations for moving forward on adaptation under the Paris Agreement.