Sentences with phrase «part television adaptation»
The six - part television adaptation of the renowned book will vividly and faithfully bring to life the vibrant and engaging characters, the spectacular and authentic imagery and, above all, the incredible yet accessible story that was Hugo's lifework.
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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».
Lewis starred as Henry VIII opposite Mark Rylance in WOLF HALL, the critically acclaimed BBC Two / Masterpiece Theater six - part television miniseries adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Booker - Prize winning novels, directed by BAFTA - winning Peter Kosminsky.
Most 21st century viewers, however, are familiar only with the four - part Granada Television adaptation, which made its first British TV appearance on December 1, 1996.
Filmed for British television in 1991, Black Velvet Gown is a two - part adaptation of Catherine Cookson's novel.
The television, film and comics writer will collaborate with Akiva Goldsman on the NBC TV series, part of an ambitious cross-platform adaptation of Stephen King's fantasy epic.
«Olive Kitteridge» Starring Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins, HBO's two - part, four - hour adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer Prize - winning book is the best thing on television this year, last year, probably next year, possible ever.
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).
Originally written as a six - part television series on the BBC, this film adaptation picks up quickly and just keeps running, with nary a second of its 127 minutes wasted.
Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to be part of three Book - to - Screen Pitchfests where authors learn how to pitch their book as an idea for adaptation for film or television and then have the opportunity to pitch to entertainment executives in a speed - dating like setting.