Will Smith will star in a modern day adaptation of Daniel Keyes' classic science fiction novel, Flowers for Algernon. The novel tells the moving story of Charlie, a man with an abnormally low IQ who undergoes ...
... higher production values). The essential plot elements are already in the public domain. Not only that, the plot of the original Forbidden Planet movie is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. ...
According to Pajiba.com, Peter Berg is no longer directing the movie based on Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune. Paramount, the studio behind the new adaptation , has begun the tough search to ...
... it didn't end?
Unfortunately, that is the least of the problems facing a movie adaptation of the series.
For the first two of its three seasons, Millennium was darkly mesmerising but in the final judgement ...
Early reviews of Michael J. Bassett's Solomon Kane, which had its first public screening at the Toronto International Film Festival last week (and reportedly one of the largest midnight turnouts ever), ...
... New Line's adaptation of The Hobbit to a grinding halt before Bilbo Baggins had even had a chance to set off on his journey "there and back again".
Actually, there was never much likelihood that the ...
... love to see it in 3D. Although Iron Man has its flaws, it is one of the better comic to big screen adaptation s to come out recently. Especially if you compare it to the two Hulk adaptation s. Robert Downey ...
Now that Oscar nominated writer Robert Rodat, the screenwriter of Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot, has been hired as the scribe to pen the first movie adaptation of Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, ...
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A more pertinent question perhaps is: do we really need another adaptation of Robin Hood for the screen, let alone two more? In short, yes we do! And here’s why. At its heart the legend’s message of ...
... fiction novel The World Jones Made for the big screen.
Speaking to HitFix, he revealed that he was a huge fan of Dick’s work and would be meeting with Dick’s daughter to discuss the adaptation . Responding ...
Peter Berg recently talked about his upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic science fiction novel Dune, with claims that his new film will be a completely different interpretation when compared ...
... not adaptation because very little of the novel's substance has found its way to the screen. So little in fact that one gets the impression that screenwriter Steve Kloves was so daunted by the amount of ...
With very few exceptions, adaptation s of video or computer games for film have been trivial at best and for the most part unwatchable, so as a rule I don’t get excited when news breaks of yet another game ...
Although news of planned adaptation s of fantasy fiction for the screen come along fairly often, it’s not often that anything actually eventuates, or if it does, that the wait is worth it. More often than ...
... to mind. The results have been mixed, but the rich flow of ideas produced by Dick's work is a long way from running dry.
Recently announced Philip K. Dick movie adaptation s include Ubik and Flow My Tears ...
... For those who missed the 2003 Riverworld pilot, just count yourselves lucky. As adaptation s of classic science fiction and fantasy go, only the Sci Fi Channel’s Earthsea mini series surpasses it as an ...
... ahead without Ridley’s involvement.
Ridley Scott appears to have his work cut out for him if all his announced and rumoured projects take off. So far he is directing adaptation s of Joe Haldeman’s The ...
... to turn it in shortly. The script is coming in, we're hoping to get a green light shortly.”
When asked why he got involved with the adaptation , Misher said that Dune “is one of my favourite books of all ...
... the company behind the upcoming Terminator Salvation movie, owns first-look rights to Philip K. Dick's estate and decided that Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said would be the first adaptation under that ...
The live action adaptation of the science fiction/horror videogame Bioshock appears in danger of sinking, with news that a projected budget of US$160 million has caused a change of heart at Universal. ...