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Adam Brody to Star in Adaptation of Neil LaBute Play ‘Some Girls’

Adam Brody to Star in Adaptation of Neil LaBute Play ‘Some Girls’

Adam Brody, best known for his lead role on Fox’s teen soap The OC, will topline Some Girls, an independently financed adaptation of the Neil LaBute that is being...

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Steve Carell to Star in Dave Barry Adaptation ‘Lunatics’

Steve Carell to Star in Dave Barry Adaptation ‘Lunatics’

While Steve Carell has obviously been trying to branch out beyond his funnyman roots with some of his recent choices, the latest addition to his crowded slate sounds...

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Kenneth Branagh to Direct Adaptation of Swedish Novel ‘Italian Shoes’

Kenneth Branagh to Direct Adaptation of Swedish Novel ‘Italian Shoes’

Kenneth Branagh elected not to pursue the director’s gig on Marvel Studios’ Thor sequel, and now we know the film he’ll make instead. The director will helm...

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‘X-Men: First Class’ Writers to Adapt Fantasy Novel ‘The Magicians’ for Fox

‘X-Men: First Class’ Writers to Adapt Fantasy Novel ‘The Magicians’ for Fox

Keeping with the trend of contemporary fantasy series, a la ABC’s Once Upon a Time and NBC’s Grimm, Fox has given a script order to an hourlong drama based...

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Lionsgate Adapting YA Trilogy ‘Chaos Walking’

Lionsgate Adapting YA Trilogy ‘Chaos Walking’

With all the buzz surrounding next year’s The Hunger Games, based on a wildly popular young adult series by author Suzanne Collins, it’s no wonder Lionsgate...

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‘Coraline’ Animation Company Laika Adapting Youth-Lit Novel ‘Wildwood’

‘Coraline’ Animation Company Laika Adapting Youth-Lit Novel ‘Wildwood’

Colin Meloy, singer for The Decemberists, and his wife Carson Ellis just published a young-adult illustrated fantasy novel called Wildwood. The book is set in an...

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Jonathan Demme to Write and Direct Adaptation of Stephen King’s Upcoming ’11/22/63′

Jonathan Demme to Write and Direct Adaptation of Stephen King’s Upcoming ’11/22/63′

The film and TV adaptation of Stephen King‘s long novel series The Dark Tower may have stalled, but other King projects are moving full speed ahead. We just heard...

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James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming Starring in Adaptation of Irvine Welsh Novel ‘Filth’

James McAvoy, Jamie Bell and Alan Cumming Starring in Adaptation of Irvine Welsh Novel ‘Filth’

Films based on a few different Irvine Welsh novels have been in development in the decade-plus since the adaptation of his debut novel Trainspotting became a trans-Atlantic...

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Michel Gondry Adapting Philip K. Dick Novel ‘Ubik’

Michel Gondry Adapting Philip K. Dick Novel ‘Ubik’

Now that Michel Gondry has done the big studio thing with The Green Hornet he is free to focus on any of the number of projects that he’s been cooking over the...

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Sadly no hornet’s nest this

Sadly no hornet’s nest this

The Green Hornet review Director : Michel Gondry Writer : Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Music : James Newton Howard Cast : Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Cameron...

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Alex Proyas Developing Adaptation of Sci-Fi Thriller ‘AMP’

Alex Proyas Developing Adaptation of Sci-Fi Thriller ‘AMP’

Alex Proyas (Dark City, Knowing) will produce and may direct AMP for Summit Entertainment. The studio just picked up the rights to the Daniel H. Wilson thriller...

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Vipul Shah loves adapting plays for silverscreen

Vipul Shah loves adapting plays for silverscreen

Vipul Shah loves bringing plays to the silver screen and he is doing the same with his new film Action Replayy. The hit Bollywood filmmaker feels it is a successful...

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