Sentences with phrase «to direct the adaptation»

"To direct the adaptation" means to guide or oversee the process of adjusting or modifying something to fit a new situation or environment. Full definition
The specific forms of religion need not be seen as direct adaptations for tribal cohesion.
The Secret World of Arrietty - Up to the high standards of Hayao Miyazaki, who co-wrote but did not direct this adaptation of Mary Norton's The Borrowers.
Broadway director Michael Mayer directed the adaptation from a script by Tony - winning playwright Stephen Karam.
Stephen Chbosky directs this adaptation of his own critically acclaimed novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
The prospect of Peter Jackson directing an adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkein's The Hobbit was an exciting one.
Jonathan Levine directs this adaptation of Isaac Marion's YA novel about a young zombie who falls in love, in theaters this February.
GONE GIRL David Fincher directed this adaptation of Gillian Flynn's best - selling thriller.
Guillermo del Toro has come aboard to develop and possibly direct an adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
A new clip has premiered from Lionsgate's The Hunger Games, the Gary Ross - directed adaptation in theaters March 23.
Last January it was announced that Guillermo del Toro had signed on to develop and potentially direct an adaptation of Alvin Schwartz's book trilogy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for CBS Films.
This splendid Steven Spielberg - directed adaptation makes it possible for audiences of all ages to wrap their heads around one of the unlikeliest friendships in cinema history... Full Review
The BFG (PG for action, peril, scary images and rude humor) Steven Spielberg directed this adaptation of Roald Dahl's beloved children's novel about the unlikely friendship forged between a little girl (Ruby Barnhill) and the only member of a hostile race of invading giants (Mark Rylance) who won't eat children.
Look, our job as we said a million times is to tell the story of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, not to do direct adaptations of the comics because we're comic book fans.
The hugely prolific actor and film - maker James Franco started his career on TV's Freaks and Geeks and has also directed adaptations of Faulkner and Steinbeck.
The Departed comes by its puzzle pieces honestly — the movie, with an outstanding script by Kingdom of Heaven screenwriter William Monahan, is a relatively direct adaptation of Infernal Affairs, a great 2002 Hong Kong crime thriller steeped in Chinese conundrum and Hong Kong aesthetics.
So much for the notion of Richard Linklater directing the adaptation of Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods.
Marc Forster directs this adaptation of Max Brooks» novel, that shows how humanity tries to fight back when a worldwide zombie epidemic threatens the livelihood of planet Earth.
The rise of video games has had a bigger effect on Hollywood than just direct adaptations.
Learn more about the actors behind the most prominent roles in this Gary Ross directed adaptation of the Suzanne Collins novel.
This is, remember, the man who directed an adaptation of a video game series about dramatic lawyering.
Cosmopolis (R for violence, profanity, graphic sexuality and frontal nudity) David Cronenberg directed this adaptation of the Don Delillo novel of the same name chronicling a very eventful day in the life of a miserably - married, self - destructive billionaire (Robert Pattinson) With Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Samantha Morton and K'naan.
Anton Corbijn directed the adaptation of John Le Carre's novel, which co-stars Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe and Daniel Bruhl
Red director Robert Schwentke is busy directing the adaptation of the Dark Horse comic, which finds Ryan Reynolds as a cop who is slain in the line of duty.
It's been nearly 50 years since François Truffaut directed an adaptation of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 (and more than 60 years since the novel was published), but with poorly - written slash fiction now running rampant, HBO is looking to thin the book herd a bit.
Former Royal Court Theatre head Dominic Cooke directed the adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel from the author's script.
Not Easily Broken (PG - 13 for mature themes and sexual references) Bill Duke directs this adaptation of Bishop T.D. Jakes» novel about an emotionally - estranged couple (Morris Chestnut and Taraji P. Henson) whose marriage ends up in crisis when she is seriously injured in a car accident and he finds himself falling for her physical therapist (Maeve Quinlan).
Berlin Syndrome review: Cate Shortland directs this adaptation of Melanie Joosten's best - selling 2011 novel of the same name, a film which has already caused...
Sebastian Lelio directs an adaptation of Naomi Alderman's North London - set drama, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams
Ryan Murphy directs this adaptation of the Tony Award - winning play about the HIV - AIDS crisis in New York City.
Sam Taylor - Johnson directed the adaptation from a script by Kelly Marcel, Mark Bomback and Patrick Marber.
The Help's Tate Taylor directs this adaptation that stars Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Rebecca Ferguson and Haley Bennett.
«The Window» (1949) Ted Tetzlaff directs an adaptation of Woolrich's «The Boy Who Cried Wolf.»
The last time Roman Polanski directed an adaptation of an acclaimed chamber drama, the result was the less than stellar
The Family Fang (R for profanity) Jason Bateman directed this adaptation of Kevin Wilson's best seller about a brother (Bateman) and sister's (Nicole Kidman) search for their performance artist parents (Christopher Walken and Maryann Plunkett) who disappeared without a trace.
The thing that most people seem to not be discussing about this film is that it's possible that what they have in mind is going to be a more direct adaptation of the book, rather than a remake of the movie.
For only his second studio film — Bogdanovich made the excellent, but little seen, Targets, in 1968 — the former film critic chanced directing an adaptation of Larry McMurtry's elegiac novel about teenagers who come of age in a dying Texas town in the early fifties.
Tom Hooper directed the adaptation, which stars Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Amdanda Seyfried, Helena Bonham Carter and Sacha Baron Cohen.
It's heading for north of $ 40 million as well, more than $ 10 million over pre-release projections for the Rob Marshall - directed adaptation starring Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Johnny Depp.
Stephen Chbosky's charming coming - of - age movie shows that authors can in fact successfully direct adaptations of their own books.
Disney have released a New Year teaser spot for the Ava DuVernay directed adaptation of Madeleine L'Engline's classic novel, A Wrinkle in Time.
Juan Antonio Bayona directed adaptation of Patrick Ness children's book also starring Felicity Jones
Stephen Chbosky directs this adaptation of his own critically acclaimed novel which focuses on the shy and unpopular Charlie (Logan Lerman) who finds friends in Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller).
Production has started on THE HOBBIT, the Peter Jackson directed adaptation of JRR Tolkien's classic novel, which will be brought to screens in two...
Jonathan Levine directs this adaptation of Isaac Marion's zombie novel for Summit Entertainment.
David Fincher directs this adaptation of the bestselling thriller by Gillian Flynn about a man whose wife disappears and who then becomes the centre of a media circus when suspicion falls on him.
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