Sentences with phrase «screen rights to the book»

Allison Pataki — daughter of former Gov. George Pataki — has sold the screen rights to her book, «The Traitor's Wife,» to Princess Pictures, run by former Goldman Sachs exec David B. Ford, and Pamela Fielder.

Cooper's production company acquired the big - screen rights to the book in May 2012.

Not exact matches

Joining me at the screening and a post-screening reception at the Ritz - Carlton were concussion experts and advocates from around the nation, Jeanne Marie Laskas, author of the 2009 GQ article on which the movie is based and the critically - acclaimed book, Concussion (pictured to my right below), and a large contingent of former NFL players (including Joey LaRoque (l) and Caleb Hanie (r)-RRB-.

At long last, somebody has the style and attention to detail to bring a comic book to the big screen, and do it right!

However, we're hoping Fox decides to share rights with them in a way similar to what Sony did with Spider - Man, because they aren't that popular in the books and it's unlikely Fox will give them proper screen - time as they already have Galactus, his heralds (such as Silver Surfer), the cosmic X-Men links (such as the Shi'ar's Imperial Guard), along with Annihilus and all the Annihilation Wave components.

When: October 2nd Why: Andy Weir's 2011 science fiction novel, «The Martian,» was one of the most talked about books of that year, so it's not surprising that producer Simon Kinberg was so quick to nab the rights to adapt it for the big screen.

«I'm thrilled with how this quartet of films, which I find both faithful to the books and innovative in its own right, has been brought to life on the screen.»

Stone and Borman also bought the screen rights to The Snowden Files: The Inside Story Of The World's Most Wanted Man, a book by Guardian journalist Luke Harding that's published by Guardian Faber.

At the film's recent press day, Moretz, Blackley, Leonard, Cutler, Forman and Cross discussed bringing the emotional experience of the book to the screen, the challenge of finding the right cast, Blackley and Leonard's preparation for their musical roles, creating the onscreen chemistry in the relationship between Adam and Mia, Stacy Keach's heartfelt portrayal of Gramps, Forman's reaction to seeing her novel adapted to film, and Cutler's desire to recreate the roller coaster experience of the book but tell a story that's ultimately life affirming and has a positive message.

At the film's recent press day, McKay, Lewis, Bale, Carell, Gosling, Hamish Linklater, Jeremy Strong, producer Jeremy Kleiner, and screenwriter Charles Randolph talked about turning the book into a movie and adapting it to the screen, why McKay was the right person to direct, what drew them to the project, how the actors met their real - life counterparts in preparation for their roles, the decision to combine a cinema verite documentary approach with other stylized elements, breaking the fourth wall, and using celebrities and pop culture figures as an entertaining storytelling device to explain complex financial concepts to the audience.

He has started on Saving Mr. Banks, appearing with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in the true story of Walt Disney's epic quest to nab the screen rights to Mary Poppins (Hanks plays Disney, Farrell plays the father of the book's author, P.L. Travers).

According to THR, Universal Pictures has won a bidding war for the rights to Robert Munsch's children's book The Paper Bag Princess, tapping Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect 2) to direct a big screen adaptation, as well as producing alongside Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad).

Before Ready Player One screened to a packed audience in The Paramount last night, Steven Spielberg took the stage and talked animatedly about how much he loves Ernie Cline's book, and how he knew this was the right movie for him to make because, «I've been a gamer since 1974, when I played Pong on Martha's Vineyard while filming Jaws.»

There's a lot that Branagh does right in bringing «Thor» from the comic book page to the movie screen, but none of it would be possible without such pitch - perfect casting.

Screenwriter Mark L. Smith discusses adapting The Revenant from book to screen, working with Alejandro Iñárritu, and getting that famous bear attack right.

Follow the instructions on the screen to enter your book details, verify your publishing rights, and target the book to customers.

So right now, if you want to read books that contain pictures, even in black and white, a backlit screen is optimal.

I once asked book industry maven Mike Shatzkin about my rather eccentric views on all this, and he told me in an ensuing email: «You may very well be right about the differences between paper - reading and screen - reading, in trerms of brain chemistry, but just as nobody in the past heeded the calls that radiation and cancer might impact cellphone use, do you think makers of device readers will listen to you or even care if you are right?»

Much like the character she portrayed on the screen, the main character of the book is a constant skeptic when it comes to the very strange things happening right in front of her, though nothing as unfortunate as Scully actually being impregnated by an alien and then still somehow refusing to believe in the crazy theories her partner Mulder laid out.

With its icon right on the home screen, you'll have instant access to the Nook Store, which includes millions of books, hundreds of magazine subscriptions and an impressive array of movies and TV shows.

Like among the new features that are to be added include the ability to make personalized book recommendations right on the Kindle app home screen itself while also enabling the user to inform friends about any book suggestions right from book within the library itself without requiring to log out of the app.

The home screen has been refreshed to make it easier and faster for customers to jump right into their current books, magazines and newspapers directly from the home screen, even if they're reading more than one item at a time in the new «Reading Now» section.

Amazon is so big they'll probably use the ability to download their books to PC in an ad campaign against Kobe and B and N. I know I often like reading on my big laptop screen so I hope I'm right.

From within each book listing section you will find a magnifying glass in the top - right of the screen, clicking on this will allow you to search the listing for a particular title, author, etc..

In Book Creator, go to the My Books screen and tap the export icon beneath your book (the one on the rigBook Creator, go to the My Books screen and tap the export icon beneath your book (the one on the rigbook (the one on the right).

That's right; the Nook never has to flash black to reset its screen, at least when you are in book mode and only flipping through text.

The new home screen includes dedicated content pages for books, games and apps, video, music, audiobooks, and Newsstand, making it quick to pick up right where you left off.

One - click access to the books that you are currently reading right from the home screen.

The home screen includes dedicated content pages for books, games, apps, video, music, audiobooks, and Newsstand, making it quick to pick up right where you left off.

Key features: * Reads CBZ and CBR comic book files and jpg images directly from folders * Automatically scales individual strips to fit device screen * Zooms speech balloons * Reading direction (left to right oe right to left) * Fully customized display options * Fully customized control options * Saves your preferences and notes * Manages your comic books library (Note: This is a demo version)

For example, at one of our Book - to - Screen Pitchfest, one of the authors pitched a book about what it was like to be the first African American police officers in Atlanta during and shortly after the Civil Rights movemBook - to - Screen Pitchfest, one of the authors pitched a book about what it was like to be the first African American police officers in Atlanta during and shortly after the Civil Rights movembook about what it was like to be the first African American police officers in Atlanta during and shortly after the Civil Rights movement.

Within a book go to the menu on top right of the screen, by tapping the three dots.

In the case, if you are not able to view all the items, you will see the name of the left drop down menu on the right side of the screen as the following: Collections (for all the supportive devices), Periodicals, Docs, or Books.

I also appreciate the page - forward and page - backward navigation buttons (which work in books, as well as in multipage screens) on the right and left: They are easy to push, and you can switch the hand you use for each operation.

To the right, screens are organized by various product categories, such as books, videos, games and music, all of which connect to Amazon's Prime serviceTo the right, screens are organized by various product categories, such as books, videos, games and music, all of which connect to Amazon's Prime serviceto Amazon's Prime services.

At any point, you can exit a book and go back into the pop - up menu, by pulling up the discreet, ever - present tab at the bottom of the screen; it provides a single - row view of app icons, accessible by scrolling left to right.

For example, you tap at the top of the screen to get to the home screen, controls and settings; tap the right side of a page of text to go forwards in a book, and the left side to go back.

A finger swipe in from the right side of the screen opens Lenovo's Smart Side Bar, which offers quick access to photos, books, videos and display settings.

On the Home screen, pressing the right arrow on the 5 - Way Controller brings you to the information screen about the book, blog, or other content that you are viewing.

While reading a book, pressing the small Aa icon on the lower right side of the screen brings up a menu that allows you to make the text smaller or larger, shrink the line spacing, control the brightness, choose your page turn effect, turn page numbers on or off, or use the night mode.

The other category of books are flowing books where the text flows (meaning that text adapts itself to the screen size) without having the reader to scroll up or down (left or right).

Once reading, you can flip forwards and backwards through the book just by tapping the left and right hand sides of the screen, and there's no need to press too hard.

There are two buttons on the right - hand side that allow you to flip through the pages of the book you're reading, or you can just tap on the edges of the screen to turn the page.

If you've got something to test epub files, you can click on the book you just cleaned up on the list, then click «Click to Open» next to «Path» on the right side of the screen.

Organized in cooperation with the Frankfurter Buchmesse, Books at Berlinale brought rights holders to 12 books from nine nations to compete for the attention of filmmakers, producers, agents, scouts, any of whose interest could lead to a screen adaptation and a chance at film developBooks at Berlinale brought rights holders to 12 books from nine nations to compete for the attention of filmmakers, producers, agents, scouts, any of whose interest could lead to a screen adaptation and a chance at film developbooks from nine nations to compete for the attention of filmmakers, producers, agents, scouts, any of whose interest could lead to a screen adaptation and a chance at film development.

The above image typifies the arguments back then, and still to some extent now: people don't like reading off a screen, people like the shape and size of books, you can't read ebooks in the bath, they don't smell right.

Similarly, you can select an e-book from the home screen and press the 5 - way to the right to see options about that book («Add to Collection,» «Go to Last Page Read,» «Go to Beginning,» «Search This Document,» etc.).

When reading a book, magazine, or newspaper, just tap the center of the screen to see menu options — contents, search, brightness, and more — and the bookmarking graphic on the upper right of the screen.

Right now, there are no screens that are able to fold in half the way a book would.

Pressing on the middle of the screen brings up both the top bar and the bottom bar which shows how much percentage was read, quick navigation from left to right in terms of pages, table of contents, annotation, search both dictionaries all under this book icon and the most important setting would be the font size and the font augmentation because you can choose the font faces, font - size, line spaces, margins and justification.