Sentences with phrase «screenplay based»

My daughter Kate and I are also hoping to collaborate on a screenplay based on the last few years of Shirley Jackson's life, when she was writing We Have Always Lived in the Castle.

Gunter Knarr wrote the screenplay based on the bestseller by Martha Grimes.

Submitted by Brenda McPherson - Fry Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

07/20/2000 [Ed and Technology, Literature, Special Education Grades 6 - 8 Submitted by Brenda McPherson - Fry] Students discuss what makes the Harry Potter books popular and / or controversial, create a questionnaire to learn why Harry Potter fans find the books fascinating, practice online writing skills by sending e-mail messages to friends who are Harry Potter fans, and write a screenplay based on a selected chapter of a Harry Potter book.

This time, she's writing her own screenplay based on the book «Seductive Poison: A Jonestown Survivor's Story of Life and Death in the Peoples Temple,» written by Deborah Layton, who at one point had been a trusted aide of cult leader Jim jones.

Ian McEwan has done the screenplay based on his acclaimed 2007 novel.

Patricia Riggen directed the film, and Mikko Alanne and José Rivera wrote the screenplay based on Hector Tobar's book «Deep Down Dark.»

Johnson also wrote the original screenplay based on characters by George Lucas.

The Oscar - nominated writing team behind The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, and Eric Johnson have collaborated on the screenplay based on the book from Casey Sherman and Michael J Touglas.

It also helps that Slattery (who also co-wrote the screenplay based on Peter Dexter's novel of the same name) has brought fellow «Mad Men» star Christina Hendricks (losing the red hair for this role in these first look photos) and Sundance favorites like Richard Jenkins and John Turturro as well.

KICK - ASS 2 By: John» Doc» Strange Directed by: Jeff Wadlow (wrote screenplay based on the comic book written by Mark Millar...

Russo - Young who directs «Before I Fall» using Maria Maggenti's screenplay based on Lauren Oliver's novel does not exactly beg to differ.

Of the screenplay based on the dire circumstances of their meeting, Nanjiani said, «People have asked us if it was worth going what we went through to be standing here right now.

Paul Thomas Anderson wrote the screenplay based on a novel by author Thomas Pynchon.

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published The Social Network — Aaron Sorkin

Richard Price penned the screenplay based on Tom Rob Smith's novel.

Roderick Spencer adapted the screenplay based on Dancing on the Edge of the Roof by Sheila Williams.

Memento landed two Oscar nominations, including one for Nolan and his brother Jonathan, who co-wrote the screenplay based on a short story by Jonathan.

Director David O. Russell penned the screenplay based on a novel by Matthew Quick and they created rich, multifaceted characters and a wholly engrossing tale in which these complicated souls interact.

Garland wrote the screenplay based on the bestselling novel by Jeff VanderMeer (the first book in his Southern Reach trilogy), and while it doesn't look like the studio has released an official synopsis for the film, here's the book synopsis from the publisher if you'd like more info:

John Wells directed The Weinstein Company film, with Steven Knight writing the screenplay based on a story by Michael Kalesniko.

Meanwhile, Hugh has been struggling to keep his job as a writer for the BBC due to a bout of writer's block, but brainstorms one idea: a screenplay based on a couple unsuccessfully trying to have a baby.

Matt Damon and John Krasinski combined to write the screenplay based on a story by Dave Eggers.

John McNamara wrote the screenplay based on Bruce Cook's book, and producers include Michael London, Janice Williams, Shivani Rawat, Monica Levinson, Nimitt Mankad, John McNamara and Kevin Kelly Brown.

Rogers wrote his screenplay based off interviews with Harding and Gillooly, while director Craig Gillespie, Robbie, and Sebastian Stan got to meet the notorious reckless couple.

The film also won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Gene Hackman), Directing (William Friedkin), Film Editing (Jerry Greenberg), and Writing — Screenplay based on material from another medium (Ernest Tidyman).

Lee Hall (Oscar nominated for BILLY ELLIOT) wrote the screenplay based on the book by Shrabani Basu.

Cite Coney Island, as writer scripter Nick Hornby does in a screenplay based on Colm Toibin's novel, and you think of how your dad gave you a dollar in 1945, about the same amount as your friends received from their folks, an amount which gave us four hours of fun in Coney Island where Nathan's hot dogs were fifteen cents and a bag of fries the same.

Confessions of a Shopaholic — Touchstone Pictures — Tracey Jackson co-wrote the screenplay based on Sophie Kinsella's novel.

Twilight — Summit Entertainment, 120 mins — Catherine Hardwicke directs Melissa Rosenberg's screenplay based on Stephenie Meyer's novel about a teenage girl who falls in love with a vampire.

Scriptwriter Sidney Howard wrote the screenplay based upon his 1934 stage adaptation of Sinclair Lewis» 1929 novel of the same name.

Cheers to director David O. Russell, who also wrote the screenplay based on Matthew Quick's novel.

Chris Weitz and Gary Whitta wrote the Rogue One screenplay based on an idea by John Knoll.

Lenny Kravitz, (Cinna) Katniss costume designer is back, along with the extremely funny Stanley Tucci as the over the top television host, Caesar Flickerman) Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn wrote the screenplay based on the novel «Catching Fire» by Suzanne Collins.

It is also the story of self - sacrifice and dedication as told through the eyes of his wife of 25 years, Jane, who, together with Anthony McClaren, co authored the screenplay based on her book «My Life With Stephen».

Submarine is a Welsh film that director Richard Ayoade adapted a screenplay based off the novel by the same name, about an awkward teenage boy and his first real relationship with a girlfriend.

A book was written and then came screenplays based on the relationship.

And now Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, keepers of the Bond movie flame, have asked him to be involved in writing other screenplays based on Ian Fleming's famous espionage officer.

What was originally intended to be a stand - alone film based on a book that makes an appearance in the series, Rowling is now set to write three screenplays based on the story line, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

He has authored screenplays based on his books and also written numerous television episodes for some of UK's best shows.

Not exact matches

His book «The Accidental Billionaires» was the basis of «The Social Network» blockbuster, which won Aaron Sorkin a best adapted screenplay Oscar.

It will be all but impossible for audiences to determine guilt or innocence, dereliction of duty or devotion to veracity, based strictly on the movie: Its screenplay was adapted by James Vanderbilt from Mapes» own memoir, Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power, in which she strenuously defends her work on what became known as «Rathergate» (or «Memogate»).

With no prior movie - making experience, entrepreneur Mark Hulme, founder of Dallas - based publishing company the Five Star Institute, decided in 2011 to produce a movie about the late tech innovator and commissioned an employee to pen the screenplay.

«None of the versions of the screenplay that Jay Cocks and I wrote were in any way influenced by or based upon [their work].»

Based on a screenplay by Quentin Tarantino, it tells the story of two lovers / mass murderers who are dangerously hyped by the media, appearing on magazine covers and t - shirts.

The movie is based on a screenplay by a man named Dr. Patrick Johnston, who also produced it.

Recent and upcoming releases include the romance - horror hybrid Spring; the hotly - anticipated The Look Of Silence, Oppenheimer's companion piece to The Act Of Killing; The Connection, a 70's - set true crime epic and European flipside to William Friedkin's The French Connection starring Oscar ® winning Best Actor Jean Dujardin (The Artist); The Keeping Room, from director Daniel Barber (Harry Brown), based on Julia Hart's acclaimed Black List screenplay, starring Brit Marling, Hailee Steinfeld and Sam Worthington; the multiple Cannes award winning The Tribe, filmed entirely in Ukrainian Sign Language with a cast of deaf, non-professional actors; and a remastered re-release, in conjunction with Olive Films, of the 1981 disasterpiece Roar, the most dangerous film ever made, starring Tippi Hedren, Melanie Griffith and a cast of 150 untrained lions, tigers and exotic animals.

The screenplay by Tracey Jackson and Tim Firth and Kayla Alpert is based on the books «Confessions of a Shopaholic» and «Shopaholic Takes Manhattan» by Sophie Kinsella.

Cuaron, who also co-wrote the screenplay, presents an utterly believable version of a future British fascism, based around a fear of immigration.