Sentences with phrase «with adaptation action»

Third, there are shortcomings of a default approach of conflating existing development work with adaptation action.

The LoCAL program took its inspiration from another set of players that have been forging ahead with adaptation action at a rapid pace — cities.

Not exact matches

It's not the first modern reboot of the retro comedy: Along with two really bad live action movie adaptations, even animators like Seth McFarlane have (unsuccessfully) tried their hand at bringing the series back.

Your daughter will not be disappointed with this live - action adaptation.

What is more worrying is that government is engaging in this environmentally unfriendly action at a time Ghana's development partners and the international community are sympathizing with the Ghanaian people on the increasing impacts of climate change on livelihoods and supporting the country with huge resources to implement a number of climate adaptation projects to help the people especially rural communities to improve livelihoods under severe climate change impacts through effective adaptation interventions.

Obama Administration Releases First - Ever Climate Adaptation Plans With plans that incorporate efforts made by the Commerce, Agriculture, Energy, Transportation and Defense departments, among others, the administration's effort acknowledges that climate impacts are happening now and require action

-- 7) Forest models for Montana that account for changes in both climate and resulting vegetation distribution and patterns; 8) Models that account for interactions and feedbacks in climate - related impacts to forests (e.g., changes in mortality from both direct increases in warming and increased fire risk as a result of warming); 9) Systems thinking and modeling regarding climate effects on understory vegetation and interactions with forest trees; 10) Discussion of climate effects on urban forests and impacts to cityscapes and livability; 11) Monitoring and time - series data to inform adaptive management efforts (i.e., to determine outcome of a management action and, based on that outcome, chart future course of action); 12) Detailed decision support systems to provide guidance for managing for adaptation.

AACA - A was led by Sustainable Development Working Group and is a compilation of assessments and reports prepared by Arctic Council working groups over the past ten year with findings and recommendations that could inform adaptation options and actions.

Their role is to assist the client with their own exploration of actions and lifestyle adaptations that bring about specific, measurable and realistic change.

With only two or so hours of story time, the movies have been forced to sacrifice swaths of her material, and while the scripts have been largely models of adaptation — most, this one included, are by Steve Kloves — the emphasis on action (and interminable games of quidditch) was also a concession to the action - imperative of the modern blockbuster.

Following his directorial debut Catch Me If You Can (1989), Sommers gained further Hollywood notice with his live - action adaptations of The Adventures of Huck Finn (1993) and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1994) for Disney.

What's the Deal: More character study than action movie, this adaptation of Martin Booth's 1990 novel «A Very Private Gentleman» is instead concerned with the inner workings of its amoral antihero, whom we witness do very bad things at film's start that haunt him until the very end.

The works of Max Brooks, who wrote 2003's satirical and subversively political, «The Zombie Survival Guide», and 2006's, «World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War», provided the kernels of inspiration for this mega-budgeted horror - action - thriller that mostly makes up its own narrative, independent of much of the book content (jettisoning the first - person account style and most of the events), to make it fit more with the ranks of current, eye - candy loaded popcorn movies than a thoughtful adaptation of the best - seller.

After a change of pace with the action film Hanna 65, director Joe Wright returns to the world of literary adaptations starring Keira Knightley (they previously collaborated on Pride & Prejudice 82 and Atonement 85) with this highly stylized take on Leo Tolstoy's classic novel.

Heading into action territory with the high - profile video game - to - screen adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, Taylor straddled the line between big - budget excess and independent credibility with an appearance in the little seen but curiously titled He Died With a Felafel in His Hand that same ywith the high - profile video game - to - screen adaptation Lara Croft: Tomb Raider in 2001, Taylor straddled the line between big - budget excess and independent credibility with an appearance in the little seen but curiously titled He Died With a Felafel in His Hand that same ywith an appearance in the little seen but curiously titled He Died With a Felafel in His Hand that same yWith a Felafel in His Hand that same year.

With the recent casting announcements for the live - action adaptation of Disney's The Lion King, NBC's premier sketch comedy show did some reimagining.

This follows previous rumours that WB was inviting pitches for a live - action big screen adaptation of the story, which takes place in an alternate world where Kal - El's rocket ship landed in the Soviet Union as opposed the United States, with Superman raised as «the Champion of the common worker who fights a never - ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact»...

After a very successful weekend at the box office for Disney with the studio's latest live - action adaptation, Cinderella, the Mouse House announced an official release date for Beauty.

The two - time Bond director may switch from one James to another with this live - action Disney adaptation.

With adaptations of superhero comics to film, it seems that the only thing of interest to the film maker (s) is getting the shiniest and biggest effects on screen along with «kick - ass» action sequences and one - upping each other on the adrenaline leWith adaptations of superhero comics to film, it seems that the only thing of interest to the film maker (s) is getting the shiniest and biggest effects on screen along with «kick - ass» action sequences and one - upping each other on the adrenaline lewith «kick - ass» action sequences and one - upping each other on the adrenaline level.

As someone who isn't familiar with the book or any of the live - action adaptations, including one by Hausu director, Obayashi Nobuhiko, it is interesting to hear just how much more insight Hosoda's version brings to the screen.

The 23 - year - old leads the teen action franchise and also had fans in tears last year with the big - screen adaptation of John Green's popular film The Fault in Our Stars.

«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.

«Galaxy Quest» director Dean Parisot is the man behind the lens on the sequel to Summit Entertainment's surprise hit adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner's Wildstorm miniseries «RED,» the 2010 action - comedy starring Bruce Willis as Frank Moses, a former operative dragged back into the lethal world of killers and spies against his will, all while trying to hold it together on the worst first date ever with Sarah (Mary - Louise Parker), a doe - eyed customer service rep entirely unfamiliar with Frank's line of work.

Our childhood comes back to the big screen with the live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.

Disney has been remaking their animated classics for the screen over the past few years with the likes of Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, and The Jungle Book (they did not produce either live action version of Snow White but adaptations of Aladdin, Dumbo, The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Mulan, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, and The Sword in the Stone are in the works).

One of the most popular manga and anime series on the globe, medieval action - fantasy Fullmetal Alchemist will be coming to the big screen at the end of the year with a live action adaptation from Ping Pong helmer Sori Fumihiko...

Last on the big screen with Neon Genesis Evangelion director Anno Hideaki's live action adaptation in 2004, Nagai Go's hugely popular manga hero Cutie Honey returns with a new adaptation from director Asai Takeshi titled Cutie Honey: Tears.

The action is more intense and the drama is better portrayed with a closer adaptation of the original novel and while the classic westerns hold a certain place in my heart I doubt they've ever been able to portray the west as well and as beautifully as they did in this film.

ORIGINAL SIN (Grade: D): Antonio Banderas and Angelina Jolie are the elements of this lifeless second adaptation (after Francois Truffaut's 1969 «Mississippi Mermaid») of Cornell Woolich's novel of obsessive love, «Waltz Into Darkness,» with the action transplanted to Colonial Cuba.

If Vince Vaughn thought he was on to a sure thing — and a chance to show some dramatic action chops — with comic book adaptation Term Life, his plans have been roundly thwarted by Universal, which has abruptly cancelled the film.

Connery has since provided the voice for a low - budget Scottish animated film called Sir Billi and the video game adaptation of From Russia With Love, but has been adamant that he'll never return to perform in a live - action role.

Sounds like the live - action movie adaptation of the Dylan Dog comic book, called Dead Of Night, will have a supernatural world that's as realistic as possible - including providing the zombie citizens with their own flesh Gap.

After news reports surfaced last week that Sofia Coppola is in talks to direct a live - action adaptation of «The Little Mermaid,» media outlets and fans quickly began speculating that Emma Watson, who worked with Coppola on «The Bling Ring,» would be an ideal candidate for the title role.

After news reports surfaced last week that Sofia Coppola is in talks to direct a live - action adaptation of «The Little Mermaid,» media outlets and fans quickly began speculating that Emma Watson, who worked with Coppola on «The Bling Ring,» would be an...

Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them producer David Heyman is teaming up with China's Alibaba Pictures Group for a live - action adaptation of the YA book series Warriors, which follows the adventures of four clans of forest - dwelling cats.

Following success with Maleficent, Cinderella and particularly this year's new adaptation of The Jungle Book, Disney is naturally considering every fairy tale in its cartoon canon to be possible fodder for live - action re-imagining.

Before Beauty and the Beast topped the box office with a record - breaking debut this month, Disney was already all - in on their roster of live - action adaptations of their animated classics (check out our rundown of all of the developing projects here).

While I like the action and do think that the movie captures the video game on which it is based very well, there is one fundamental problem with Doom, and this problem is also the same for most video game adaptations as a whole.

DreamWorks announced earlier this week that, with Steven Spielberg's help, the studio will be releasing a live - action adaptation...

Condon has a long history with musicals - he wrote and directed Dreamgirls, directed the upcoming Disney live - action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast and wrote the screenplays for Chicago and upcoming musical The Greatest Showman, which stars Zac Efron and Hugh Jackman.

Other films meriting mention include Robert Altman «s final picture, «A Prairie Home Companion ``; Mel Gibson «s Aztec - thriller, «Apocalypto ``; Tom Tykwer «s kinetic (perhaps too kinetic) «Perfume: The Story of a Murderer ``; John Cameron Mitchell «s low - budget erotica,» Shortbus ``; Richard Linklater's live - action rotoscoped Philip K. Dick adaptation «A Scanner Darkly ``; Spike Lee «s biggest commercial hit, the entertaining heist film, «Inside Man ``; Michael Mann «s flawed, but interesting «Miami Vice ``; Bryan Singer «s unfairly maligned «Superman Returns; «Nicole Holofcener «s wryly observational «Friends with Money,» the over-estimated, but enlivening horror «The Descent,» and «13 Tzameti.»

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PG - 13 for sci - fi violence) Live - action adaptation of the video game of the same name finds the crime - fighting quartet (Pete Ploszek, Noel Fisher, Alan Ritchson and Jeremy Howard) battling their revenge - minded nemesis, Shredder (Brian Tee), who has joined forces with a diabolical mad scientist (Tyler Perry).

Director Joe Wright's film — which tells the origin story of Peter Pan with Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard, Garrett Hedlund as Hook, and Rooney Mara as Tiger Lily — was poised to square off against Sony's action - comedy Pixels, the Jake Gyllenhaal - fronted boxing drama Southpaw, and the John Green adaptation Paper Towns on its late July release date.

Having departed Universal's planned live - action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, it looks like Sofia Coppola has found her next project, with The Tracking Board reporting that the director is set to remake the 1971 drama The Beguiled.

With production wrapped on his adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise the prolific UK auteur will be moving next into the action arena with Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gonWith production wrapped on his adaptation of JG Ballard's High Rise the prolific UK auteur will be moving next into the action arena with Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gonwith Free Fire.An original script revolving around a 1978 arms deal gone...

UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 27th March to Sunday 29th March 2015... Disney's Cinderella topped the UK box office in its opening weekend here in the UK, continuing the studio's string of successes with its live - action adaptations of its animated back catalogue.

Blood: The Last Vampire (Sony), a live action adaptation of the popular Japanese anime, is an awkward and odd international hybrid: shot in English by a French director (Luc Besson protégé Chris Nahon) with a Hong Kong action choreographer (Corey Yuen), a cast of Brits posing as Americans and Japanese actors performing in English.

Warner Bros. is moving forward with director David Yates» 3D live - action adaptation of Tarzan, setting a July 1, 2016 release date.

Unlike Marvel, which knows it can premiere a mere snippet of Iron Man 3 Super Bowl teaser action and still be confident we'll be back for more, Paramount has more to prove with the adaptation of Max Brooks» zombie novel World War Z.