Batter up, hear that call: Amazon is developing a TV adaptation of the ’90s women’s-baseball movie A League of Their Own, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The adaptation, co-written by Broad City star Abbi Jacobson and Mozart in the Jungle executive producer Will Graham, would be a half-hour comedy that puts a modern spin on the […]
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Stephen King’s ‘The Tommyknockers’ Set for New Adaptation from James Wan
The Tommyknockers is the latest work to jump aboard the Stephen King adaptation train. Following the blockbuster success of It, adaptations of King’s work are in high demand. Now, The Conjuring director James Wan and It producer Roy Lee will team to bring King’s 1987 horror/sci-fi novel The Tommyknockers to the screen. More on The Tommyknockers movie below. Everybody wants to […]
Peter Rabbit review: A brash CGI adaptation
Her ashes were to be scattered somewhere near her home by her faithful shepherd Tom. This was another prescient move. If she had opted for burial, a loud, rotating sound would be emanating from the local churchyard. The first rumblings would have begun in late September when the trailer to this brash CGI adaptation of […]
Spike Lee Might Helm Marvel Adaptation ‘Nightwatch’
Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee might be getting in on that sweet superhero movie action. Lee is circling Sony’s Nightwatch, based on the Marvel comics character that first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #97. Luke Cage showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker is set to pen the script. More on the Nightwatch movie below. I never thought Spike Lee would direct a superhero […]
A Wrinkle In Time: First reactions are VERY mixed – ‘Adaptation DOESN’T work’
Although reviews will not be published just yet, critics who have seen it are now able to voice their initial reactions on social media. Whilst some are very positive, others are a little more reserved. Generally speaking, director Ava DuVernay has been praised for her attempts to adapt the 1962 novel of the same name […]
‘The Beach’ is Getting a New Adaptation, Says Alex Garland
Alex Garland‘s new movie Annihilation is in theaters right now, but the filmmaker got his start as a writer when his debut novel The Beach was published in 1996. The book was adapted into a movie in 2000 starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and now Garland says that a new adaptation is in the works. Read on for […]
‘The Kitchen’ Puts Melissa McCarthy and Tiffany Haddish in a Gritty Comic Book Adaptation
After starring in Girls Trip this past summer, Tiffany Haddish is on the rise to becoming quite the comedy star. She already has some promising movies coming up soon, such as the Thanksgiving comedy The Oath with Ike Barinholtz and John Cho and Night School with Kevin Hart and Taran Killam. Her next big project, […]
‘Action Man’ Movie is the Latest Toy-to-Screen Adaptation
Thank heavens, another toy movie! Action Man, the U.K.’s answer to G.I. Joe, will be getting his own film courtesy of Paramount Pictures. The Muppets director James Bobin will helm the Action Man movie. The Hasbro Cinematic Universe (*shudders involuntarily*) has a new toy movie on the block. Deadline reports that Paramount, who are developing a whole slew of […]
‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is Getting a Comic Book Adaptation by ‘Rogue One’ Co-Writer
With the marketing push for Solo: A Star Wars Story just around the corner, you might think Star Wars: The Last Jedi will start taking a backseat to the origin story of one of the saga’s most beloved heroes. But you’d be wrong. There is much more from Star Wars: The Last Jedi we’ve yet […]
L.A. Confidential Adaptation Leads CBS' Four New Drama Pilot Orders
Yes, yet another ’90s favorite is getting turned into a new TV pilot. (But hey, at least it’s not an old TV show this time.) CBS has ordered a quartet of new drama pilots for the 2018-19 TV season, TVLine has learned, led by L.A. Confidential, a new take on the James Ellroy detective novel […]