Sentences with phrase «on the cult novel»

THE IMPOSSIBLE director Juan Antonio Bayona is said to be leading the Brad Pitt starring sequel to this year's surprise hit, which was based on the cult novel by Max Brooks.

Based on the cult novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by English author Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), the BBC America television adaptation has reportedly cast Elijah Wood (Lord of the Rings) in a key role.

Based on a cult novel by Jean - Patrick Manchette and Jean - Pierre Bastid, «Let the Corpses Tan» tells the story of a woman and her two lovers who see their idyllic Mediterranean home invaded by a carload of robbers with a trunk of gold, and then the cops show up.

Youth in Revolt is based on a cult novel, albeit one I haven't read (yet, although what must've been the last B. Dalton in the northern hemisphere just closed nearby, so I picked it up for half price... go me!).

«High - Rise» was his controversial take on a cult novel that felt more ambitious than successful, and he follows that up quickly with a film that almost feels like a response to the scope of last year's piece in its minimalist structure.

Based on a cult novel by Walter Kirn, Thumbsucker works when its obsession with flight and freedom from dependency is carried in images and song (its soundtrack by Polyphonic Spree and the last new recordings by the late Elliott Smith will be the chief reasons for the picture's nominal success) as opposed to all the dark musings meant to underscore each character's own obvious dependencies.

Dirk Gently Holistic Detective Agency, 2012 (BritBox Premiere) See where it all began as BritBox brings back the original episodes of the popular series based on the cult novel by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

The actor plays a supporting role in his first feature, a 1970s gangster story based on the cult novel by Victor Headley.

Not exact matches

No profession should model itself on Russian novels — or, for that matter, a cult, a Ponzi scheme, or organized crime.

The result — a tale of a young teenage boy who believes his epic sci - fi novel has been stolen for use by one of his writer heroes, and the battle that ensues between them — is a movie that this time might be too strange for a mainstream audience, but based on the Hesses» track record, could very well gain a cult following for years.

Three years after «The Sudden Departure,» where two percent of the world's population disappeared suddenly, the townspeople of Mapleton struggle with life including Police Chief Kevin Garvey (Justin Theroux), who has to deal with mysterious happenings in town, his two rebelling teenaged children, as well as a cult called the Guilty Remnant that includes Laurie (Amy Brenneman), a self - proclaimed prophet named «Holy Wayne» (Paterson Joseph), Rev. Matt Jamison (Christopher Eccleston), and Mayor Lucy Warburton (Amanda Warren) in this drama series based on Tom Perrotta's novel of the same name.

Directed by Chuck Russell («The Mask») and based on Cathy Cash Spellman's novel, «Bless the Child» pits Maggie (Kim Basinger), an unmarried psychiatric nurse, against a fiendish devil cult led by the supercilious Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell).

Having powered his way through the «Lord of the Rings» trilogy, which had its occasional majesties, director Peter Jackson now feels compelled to give us this prequel, based on the Tolkien novel that spawned the cult I never joined.

Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren star in Red, an explosive action - comedy based on the cult DC Comics graphic novel by Warren Ellis.

Bryan Lee O'Malley's guitar - slinging Canadian comic book hero Scott Pilgrim came into the world in 2004, and after a series of five award - winning graphic novels (and a 6th debuting on July 20th) Scott Pilgrim makes his big screen debut with Canuck cult actor Michael Cera in the lead, Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright at the helm, and a cast that includes Kieran Culkin, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and indie favourite Jason Schwartzman!

Cult also features I Am Not A Serial Killer, based on the young adult novel.

There are small nods to almost all the cult films from that decade, which is fine for a novel but a little more expensive to produce on screen, where copyright issues are something of a minefield.

Ira Levin's novel The Stepford Wives was first filmed in 1975 by Bryan Forbes — a dark thriller about the lengths the men of the town of Stepford will go to in order to keep their wives in line, with a chilling score by Michael Small; it wasn't a huge success at first but went on to become something of a cult favourite and had its own kind of cultural impact.

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Based on Reif Larsen «s cult novel «The Selected Works Of T.S. Spivet,» the film, which seems to be right in Jeunet's quirky wheelhouse, is toplined by young newcomer Kyle Catlett, with Helena Bonham - Carter, Callum Keith Rennie, Kathy Bates and Judy Davis also on board, and marks the Gallic helmer's first time shooting in 3D, which, as with Martin Scorsese and Ang Lee in recent years, is surely worth the price of admission alone.

Directed by Danny Boyle and based on Irving Welsh's 1993 cult novel, «Trainspotting» was impeccably cast, was acted, shot and directed with a kinetic frenzy that was impossible to deny and featured the greatest music supervision of the 1990s.

As the first major studio movie to centre on a same - sex romance, this adaptation of Becky Albertalli's cult young adult novel already feels hugely significant.

James McAvoy takes a depraved walk on the wild side in this gleefully lurid adaptation of a cult novel by Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh.

«Oasis» Based on the cult - hit novel «The Book of Strange New Things» from Michel Faber, «Oasis» follows a chaplain (Richard Madden, «Game of Thrones») who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet.

Based on Michael Faber's cult novel The Book of Strange New Things, Oasis follows a chaplain (Madden) who is sent into space to help establish a colony on a distant planet.

Author Ernest Cline is set to hit continue on Ready Player One, with the writer revealing during a Facebook Livestream for Steven Spielberg's upcoming movie adaptation of his cult novel that he is working on a sequel to the 2011 novel.

Coinciding with its UK release, Flickering Myth's Thomas Harris has been chatting to author Ernest Cline about Steven Spielberg's acclaimed adaptation of his cult novel Ready Player One, and collaborating with Spielberg on the movie; watch the interview below, or check it out over on our YouTube channel here... SEE ALSO: Steven Spielberg's involvement allowed -LSB-...]

Based on a Steven Gould cult novel I read years ago (but not long ago enough to love it), its high concept is that there are genetic anomalies among us who are capable of teleporting anywhere they've been before; the catch is that a group of witch hunters is eager to kill them because they're abominations before God.

Let Me In Premise: Based on the Swedish cult horror hit Let The Right One In — which itself is adapted from the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist — this English - language version stars Kodi Smit - McPhee as a bullied middle - schooler and Chloe Moretz as the like - aged (in appearance, anyway) vampire who befriends him.

Based on the 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film was actually a box office failure but has gained a huge cult following over the years, with Depp putting in a splendid performance as the lead, Raoul Duke.

Not far into Lynne Ramsay's adaptation of Alan Warner's 1995 cult novel Morvern Callar, the heroine walks down a street at night in black tights and platform shoes, casting a long, fingerlike shadow on the pavement as a cat meows in the darkness.

Comment: Reiss takes us on an intriguing search to uncover the true identity of the author of the 1930's cult novel, Ali and Nino - Lev Nussimbaum, a Jew who became a Muslim prince, who became a bestselling author in Nazi Germany.

In your novels you've taken on issues of managed health care, the Mormon church, the cult of celebrity.

His new novel, Eden West, touches on similiar topics, this time through the story of a teen boy who belongs to an insular, secluded cult, and what happens when the outside world begins to creep in on his protected world.

«These books were alive; they spoke to me,» is a quote from François Truffaut's 1966 dystopic cult film Fahrenheit 451 (based on Ray Bradbury's novel of the same name).

The text goes on to compare a selfie by the reality TV star to a character from a novel by cult sci - fi author Philip K Dick; a cyberpunk prophecy «where memories as well as identities are disposable commodities and the present is nothing but a perpetual staging of stillborn moments.»

Based on award winning writer Tom McCarthy's cult novel, the film's global release is highly anticipated following its successful premiere at Tate Modern during the 2015 London Film Festival.