Sentences with phrase «television adaptations of his work»

Because I never was: I mean, I never hated him, but I was never that interested in picking up a book, so it's interesting to realize that I almost always love film and television adaptations of his work.

With so many entertainment outlets, more indies with established audiences will get deals to make movie and television adaptations of their works.

Not exact matches

One of the better big screen adaptations of a small screen television show, The Addams Family may not be completely faithful in its adherence to the characters and humor of the TV show, but it does work well in terms of entertaining on its own terms.

«21 Jump Street «It shouldn't have worked — yet another tired reinvention of a preexisting property (in this case a beloved but marginal eighties television series), gussied up with of - the - moment stars and a more comedic bent (something found, time and time again, in the television - series - adaptation subgenre — see also: «The Addams Family,» «The Brady Bunch,» and «Charlie's Angels «-RRB-, shepherded by a pair of directors making the shaky transition from animation to the much woollier world of live action.

Those film historians who've summed up Kemp's post-Z Cars TV appearances as «sporadic» evidently haven't seen his small - screen work in such miniseries as Winds of War and its sequel War and Remembrance (he played German general Armin Von Roon in both); he also played Cornwall in Sir Laurence Olivier's 1983 television adaptation of King Lear, and was featured in the internationally produced historical multiparters George Washington (1985) and Peter the Great (1986).

The British scribe has largely been responsible for many UK miniseries and television series, working on Skins, Castoffs, The Fades, This is England, Glue, National Treasure and the upcoming small screen adaptation of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams.

Many of his bestselling works have inspired numerous film and television adaptations.

Though as early as 1996 she was reportedly at work on a film adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel The Price of Salt, later adapted by Todd Haynes into 2015's Carol, Macdonald has worked exclusively in television ever since, and has been back in view lately for directing the acclaimed new miniseries adaptation of Howards End, scripted by Kenneth Lonergan.

Director Matt Shakman has worked a lot in television, most recently on FX's television adaptation of the Coen brothers» film Fargo, which is no surprise when watching his first foray into filmmaking, Cut Bank.

This comes after news broke in July that the Russos were working on a television adaptation of Image Comics» Deadly Class.

Lupita Nyong» o and Danai Gurira are teaming up to work on an adaptation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's bestseller Americanah for television.

Between this and his work as executive producer of the television adaptation of his and Chuck Hogan's The Strain, this would seemingly kill off the prospect of del Toro's Justice League Dark — at least with him involved — until at least 2017.

What You Need To Know: Arguably the most famous scientist in the world, Stephen Hawking's story has been brought to the screen before (Benedict Cumberbatch played him in a television film a decade ago), but «The Theory Of Everything» marks the first time the story's made it to the big screen, and has some hefty names behind it: an adaptation of Hawking's ex-wife Jane's memoirs «Travelling To Infinity,» it's backed by «Atonement» producers Working Title and is helmed by Oscar - winning «Man On Wire» and «Shadow Dancer» helmer James MarsOf Everything» marks the first time the story's made it to the big screen, and has some hefty names behind it: an adaptation of Hawking's ex-wife Jane's memoirs «Travelling To Infinity,» it's backed by «Atonement» producers Working Title and is helmed by Oscar - winning «Man On Wire» and «Shadow Dancer» helmer James Marsof Hawking's ex-wife Jane's memoirs «Travelling To Infinity,» it's backed by «Atonement» producers Working Title and is helmed by Oscar - winning «Man On Wire» and «Shadow Dancer» helmer James Marsh.

She's already appeared on television three times to talk about her books, and is currently working on film adaptations for several of them.