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Movie Adaptation of Wii Game 'Zombie Massacre' ComingGerman director Uwe Boll has a reputation for making some of the worst films ever released in the last couple of decades. Some would argue in the history of cinema.
Future Adult Fairy Tale Movie Adaptations on Hollywood's SlateDespite critical bashing of 2011's "Red Riding Hood", adult fairy tales are now a new cottage industry for Hollywood. Some untapped stories from Mother Goose, Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen and Aesop are in the works.
What Makes a Video Game Movie Adaptation SuccessfulThere have been quite a number of movies that were inspired by video games. Some of them are successful and some are not. But what makes a video game movie adaptation successful? What elements does it need to have in order to meet viewers' expectations?
The Top 3 Books for Movie AdaptationA ton of films are produced every year, with a great deal of them being remakes and adaptations. Here are me three choices for books that deserve movie adaptations.
Top 10 Children's Book Movie AdaptationsAdaptations of all kinds are popular in the film industry today. One popular source for movie adaptations are children books. Which children books have made the best movies?- My Sister's Keeper Book Review/Movie AdaptationMuch of what makes Picoult novels great seems to be writing techniques that may not transfer easily to the big screen.
- Guide to Book to Movie Adaptations for 2009This is a list of the book to movie adaptations for the year 2009.
- Books into Movies: 2009's Movie AdaptationsA selection of movies hitting screens this summer that were adapted from novels.
The Most Surreal "Alice in Wonderland" Movie Adaptations Ever MadeAdults usually appreciate the more surreal and darker qualities to Lewis Carroll's original "Alice" books. Now that Tim Burton is going to utilize that in his movie adaptation, the public may have forgotten two similar movie adaptations in glorious b&w...- Movie Adaptations of Best-sellers Rule the Roost in HollywoodThe journey of some of the faithfully filmed movie adaptations of best-selling novels in Hollywood starting from the 1940's, till the present times.
- 'Remains' Writer/Creator Steve Niles Talks Movie Adaptation'These zombies are completely unpredictable. If you wait around too long they’re moving the other direction. They’re evolving and learning how to use tools. They will learn how to get at you. You can’t just sit back and wait for them to rot.'
- The Five Worst Movie AdaptationsThe translation of a novel or short story into a movie is not always a smooth ride. Something is always lost and it is not always made up by what is gained. Here are my picks for the five worst movie adaptations:
- Come Shiver Somewhere Else Besides OutdoorsPlan on attending the Stagecrafters' performances of "Wait Until Dark" on Jan. 14-16, Jan. 20-23 and Jan. 27-30.
- A Fan Ponders Whether or Not the Later 'Harry Potter' Stories Are Too Dark for ChildrenHarry's predicaments get bleaker and more hopeless as the series progresses, but isn't that part of the appeal?
- Upcoming Comic Book Movie Adaptations that Should Be Video Games InsteadComic books are popular at the movie theaters these days but not every comic book is worthy of a movie. Some comic books should be made into video games instead.
Corruption and Melodrama in the Movie Adaptation of "Ann Vickers" (1933)Review of the movie adaptation of Sinclair Lewis's reform-school novel "Ann Vickers" starring Irene Dunne and Walter Huston
Two Listless Movie Adaptations of Passionate Irish Writer Bernard Behan WorksReview of disappointing movie adaptations of Bernard Behan works -- Quare Fellow (1961) and Borstal Boy (2000)
The Just-Deceased Joseph Strick's "Other" James Joyce Movie Adaptation: "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" (1977)A quasi-obituary of independent filmmaker Joseph Strick, focusing on his 1977 movie adaptation of James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"- Top Three Movie Adaptations I'd like to See Made- with Female Driven PlotsThree amazing books- Arundhati Roy's, 'The God of Small Things,' Preeta Samarasan's, 'Evening Is The Whole Day,' and Sandra Cisneros', 'Caramelo,' that I think deserve to be turned into movies.
- The Great Books that Deserve Movie AdaptationsAn overview of three popular books that should be adapted as movies in the near future and a look at dream casting choices for them.
- The Top Three Overlooked Books in Need of Movie AdaptationsThree books just dying to be made in to feature films yet continue being thrown aside for one reason or another and left to gather dust in the back shelves of bookstores across the nation.
- 5 of the Worst Movie Adaptations of NovelsHollywood needs to stop ruining good stories.
- Five Great Movies Based on BooksThis article lists five great movies based on books. Adaptations of The Great Gatsby, A Clockwork Orange, Being There, Short Cuts, and Running With Scissors are discussed.
- Upcoming Movies from Book AdaptationsHere is guide to upcoming movie releases.
- Book to Movie Adaptations: Harry Potter, Angels and Demons, and More!Your guide to the upcoming books on film being released in 2009.
- Movie Adaptations of Television Shows at the Theaters in 2009Dukes of Hazard, Starsky and Hutch, Get Smart and Transformers just weren't enough. There are even more movie adaptations of television shows scheduled for 2009.
- Three Movie Adaptations of Emile Zola Novels: La Terre (1921), Nana (1934) Therese Raquin (1953)"La Terre" is of interest for location shooting 80 years ago, "Nana" for the failed starmaking of Anna Sten, "TR) for la SIgnoret suffering, melting, suffering more
Movies About Making MoviesMovies about making movies- 10 Super Heroes that Should Not Get a Movie AdaptationComic book movies are pretty cool for the most part but there are some characters that should never get their own movie. These are 10 of them.
- 12 More Books that Hollywood is Ruining with Movie AdaptationsHarry Potter and Chronicles of Narnia aren't the only books being adapted into movies. These 12 books will also be movies very soon.
- 12 Books that Hollywood is Ruining with Movie AdaptationsEveryone gets angry when video games or comic books are needlessly adapted into movies but nobody cares when it's done with books. These are twelve books that will be adapted into movies.
- Tuck Everlasting: Novel Vs. Movie AdaptationTuck Everlasting- comparing the novel and Disney's latest adaptation.
