Adaptation

Damnation Street trilogy optioned for film

Posted 13 years ago

Deadline is reporting the author Andrew Klavan’s mystery trilogy that includes “Dynamite Road”, “Shotgun Alley” and ‘Damnation Street” has been optioned for film by Fox Hill. The series will be adapted into a single film entitled DAMNATION STREET with the...

It’s official – Charlize Theron to produce, star in Dark Places

Posted 13 years ago

It was just a couple of days ago that we reported on the possible addition of Charlize Theron to the cast of the film adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s DARK PLACES, to be written and directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner. Theron was...

Will J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot produce the Portal and Half-Life movies?

Posted 13 years ago

I did not try playing Portal until after I saw the amazing fan made short film based on the game. At that point, I knew it was a unique property worth the big screen treatment. And, it is looking like...

Charlize Theron might travel to Dark Places in lieu of Amy Adams

Posted 13 years ago

Last May is was reported that ginger cutie Amy Adams was in talks to join the film adaptation of DARK PLACES, the hit novel by author Gillian Flynn. Things can change in such a significant span of time, however, as...

Black Swan scribe to adapt Syndrome E. for Paramount

Posted 13 years ago

BLACK SWAN writer Mark Heyman is set to adapt the upcoming big-screen adaptation SYNDROME E. for Paramount and Indian Paintbrush, Deadline has announced. SYNDROME E, the first in a series by Franck Thilliez, was originally published in France prior to...

Mark Duplass will be begging for Mercy

Posted 13 years ago

Stephen King’s works have been translated to screen so many times it’s hard to remember them all. And with any great writer whose works get the big screen treatment, there have been just as many horrible adaptations of The Master’s...

Will David Fincher’s next project be an adaptation of the novel Gone Girl?

Posted 13 years ago

David Fincher may not have had the level of success many anticipated with THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, but that is not stopping him from considering another female-driven thriller novel for an upcoming project. Fincher, according to Deadline, is...

Homer’s classic ancient epic The Odyssey to see a new cinematic adaptation… set in space?

Posted 13 years ago

While this is hardly strange news for Hollywood, that doesn’t make it any less eyebrow-raising of a reality. Last seen on the small screen in 1997 and sort of on the large screen in 2000 with O BROTHER, WHERE ART...

Kelly Marcel, screenwriter for Fifty Shades of Grey, has plans for an NC-17 rating

Posted 13 years ago

Maybe the better phrase would be “fantasizes about an NC-17 rating?” Often shied away from by studios and cinemas alike, NC-17 may best serve the source material but will hardly serve the potental box-office returns that would make this phenomenon...

Game developer Ubisoft further cements its presence in Hollywood with the possible development of a Ghost Recon movie

Posted 13 years ago

While they haven’t made a movie yet, it seems that game developer Ubisoft sure knows how to use its Motion Pictures unit. Run by Jean-Julien Baronnet, the former head of EuropaCorp (Luc Besson’s film production company), the MPu has already...

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