Adaptation

Rupert Wyatt set to direct dark thriller Night Film

Posted 13 years ago

Rupert Wyatt, who helmed the better-then-expected RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, has been tapped to direct an adaptation of Marisha Pessl’s upcoming dark thriller NIGHT FILM, which follows the story of a journalist named Scott McGrath who uncovers...

Richard Linklater to direct Robert Redford and Nick Nolte in A Walk in the Woods

Posted 13 years ago

Robert Redford is popping up everywhere these days. A few days ago we learned he would be gracing CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER as the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. and now e having him going the indie route for a movie...

Paramount to scale the Southern Reach with Jeff Vandermeer’s Annihilation

Posted 13 years ago

A new trilogy of books will be getting the big-screen treatment, but these aren’t your typical young adult fare that have been getting all the attention from Tinseltown as of late. This particular series sounds just like the shot in...

Relativity taps Stoker scribe Wentworth Miller to Scare Me

Posted 13 years ago

Wentworth Miller may have caused the ladies to swoon when he starred on the hit Fox series “Prison Break”, but the cat has proved that he’s a man of many talents when he penned the screenplay for Park Chan-wook’s STOKER,...

Miguel Arteta to direct the big screen version of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with Steve Carell

Posted 13 years ago

Writer-director Lisa Cholodenko has left Disney’s adaptation of the children’s book ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY and her replacement will be Miguel Arteta, the man behind THE GOOD GIRL, CEDAR RAPIDS and YOUTH IN REVOLT....

Pontypool duo Bruce McDonald and Tony Burgess reteam for Cashtown Corners

Posted 13 years ago

The last time acclaimed Canadian director Bruce McDonald teamed up with novelist Tony Burgess, it was for an adaptation of Burgess’ unusual zombie novel ‘Pontypool Changes Everything’ which became the critical hit PONTYPOOL. And while we’ve heard rumblings in the...

Mama’s Andres Muschietti to helm apocalyptic thriller Bird Box

Posted 13 years ago

Andres Muschietti, who directed the surprise horror hit MAMA, is in negotiations to helm the adaptation of the upcoming novel BIRD BOX for Universal, according to Heat Vision. BIRD BOX is an apocalyptic thriller written by Josh Malerman, frontman for...

Rachelle Lefevre goes Under The Dome in lead role

Posted 13 years ago

CBS’s upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s bestselling novel UNDER THE DOME has just found its leading lady. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that TWILIGHT actress Rachelle Lefevre has just signed on to the network’s sci-fi drama in the role of...

Could the Spawn reboot have an Oscar winner on board? So says Todd McFarlane!

Posted 13 years ago

Over the years we’ve heard rumors of a new SPAWN film pop up from time to time. SPAWN creator Todd McFarlane has teased how his new vision of the character would be closer in tone to ALIEN and JAWS, which...

Richard Matheson penning new The Incredible Shrinking Man script with his son

Posted 13 years ago

Richard Matheson is one of the great modern horror/sci-fi/fantasy writers, and at 86, he has not resolved to put away the typewriter. The author will adapt his classic THE SHRINKING MAN for MGM, it was announced today, and he’ll pen...

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