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5 of the best musical-to-movie adaptations as approved by a theatre expert

5 of the best musical-to-movie adaptations as approved by a theatre expert

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Movie musicals are an incredibly divisive topic when it comes to the bright lights of Hollywood.  Whilst many audience members love nothing more than seeing their favourite shows adapted for the big screen, for some, the thought of actors bursting into song midway through a dramatic scene makes them look for the nearest emergency exit.  If you fall in the latter category then keep reading, you might discover a secret thespian side of yourself you never knew you had.  © Getty ImagesSinging in the Rain remains one of the best of all time, but let’s look at the last 25 years For the former lot, enjoy as I give my hot take on my top five movie-musicals of all time – and don’t worry they’re ranked, because we love a bit of feedback.  Fun side note: I am strictly looking at post-2000 movie musicals, it goes without saying that White Christmas, the Wizard of Oz and Singing in the Rain et al remain unmatched. © Getty Images 5. The Last Five Years (2014) Let’s talk about the Last …

The 10 Worst Book-to-Screen Adaptations

The 10 Worst Book-to-Screen Adaptations

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. “The book was better” isn’t always true…but it’s a cliché for a reason. Readers know that unique heartbreak of having a favorite book be mangled in the adaptation. But which adaptations did the worst job with the source material? Aura Print put together a list of the ten worst book-to-movie and book-to-TV adaptations of recent years, using the difference between the average Goodreads rating for the book and the IMDB rating for the adaptation. Of all of the adaptations Aura Print looked at, only four had adaptations that were rated higher than the book: Normal People by Salley Rooney, One Day by David Nicholls, Fire & Blood (House of the Dragon) by George R. R. Martin, and The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe. Now, onto the worst recent adaptations. (Goodreads ratings have been doubled to match IMDB ratings.) The 10 Worst Recent Book-to-Movie Adaptations The clear “winner” for the worst recent book-to-movie adaptation is …

The Best Book-to-Screen Adaptations Out This December

The Best Book-to-Screen Adaptations Out This December

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at [email protected]. View All posts by Emily Martin It might be cold out, but the December adaptation news is piping hot. We have some exciting new movies getting theatrical releases this month. After all, we’re right in the middle of awards eligibility season, so Hollywood is releasing some of its best. On top of that, we’ve got another highly anticipated series streaming this month. With the weather outside being so frightful, and all the “quality time” you’ll be spending with your extended family this season, it’s time to tune in to these must-see adaptations. Nightbitch (Theatrical …

StudioCanal Launches Literary Adaptations Label StudioCanal Stories

StudioCanal Launches Literary Adaptations Label StudioCanal Stories

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European production and distribution group StudioCanal has launched a new label, StudioCanal Stories, focused on book-to-screen adaptations. The outfit will be the first of its kind in France and follows StudioCanal’s creation of a dedicated literary adaptation division in 2022. Unveiling the new label Monday, StudioCanal pointed to the success of book adaptations, citing figures from a study last year by France’s Centre National du Livre (CNL) that found 42 percent of the top 100 most successful films at the U.S. box office were literary adaptations. The figure for France was 44 percent and, according to the study, the production of literary adaptations for French film and TV has jumped nearly 30 percent over the period from 2015 to 2021. StudioCanal is bringing two of its latest adaptations: Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts, an adaptation of Neville Thompson’s 2000 novel Jackie Loves Johnser Ok?; and Michel Hazanavicius’ The Most Precious of Cargoes to competition at the Cannes film festival next month. On the TV side, StudioCanal has found success with such book-to-screen adaptations as its update …

Karlovy Vary Festival retrospective of Franz Kafka film adaptations

Karlovy Vary Festival retrospective of Franz Kafka film adaptations

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The Karlovy Vary Festival will pay tribute to one of the Czech Republic’s most famous sons with a retrospective of film adaptations of the work of Franz Kafka from some of the greatest names in cinema. To mark the centenary of Kafka’s death, the festival will screen a series of films directly adapted from, or inspired by, the literary master of angst. The retrospective will include such classics as Orson Welles’s The Trial (1962), Martin Scorsese’s Kafkaesque New York dramedy After Hours (1985) and Federico Fellini’s Intervista; Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka (1991) and its 2021 re-edit Mr. Kneff — both starring Jeremy Irons as a set-upon insurance man and writer — alongside lesser-known adaptations, including Jan Němec’s Metamorphosis, a German TV movie version of Kafka’s famous short story. Other highlights include Ousmane Sembene’s Senegalese feature The Money Order (1968) and Kôji Yamamura’s animated short Franz Kafka’s a Country Doctor (2007). “For decades, Kafka’s oeuvre has functioned as a continuing provocation to filmmakers,” said Karlovy Vary artistic director Karel Och and festival consultant Lorenzo Esposito, co-curators of …

Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream | Television

Success of Fallout proves video game adaptations have gone mainstream | Television

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In the first few days of its release, Fallout – the Prime Video adaptation of the post-apocalyptic video game franchise – has become a hit with global audiences, shooting to the top of the UK chart and ranking among Prime’s top three most-watched titles ever. On Friday, just a week after the show debuted in more than 240 countries and territories, Amazon announced it had renewed it for a second season. “The bar was high for lovers of this iconic video game and so far we seem to have exceeded their expectations, while bringing in millions of new fans to the franchise,” the streamer said. The success of the show, which is set 200 years after a nuclear armageddon and stars Ella Purnell, Kyle MacLachlan and Aaron Moten, demonstrates the extent to which video game adaptations have improved in recent years and finally pierced the mainstream. A slew of commercial and critical hits, including last year’s HBO series The Last of Us – which won eight Emmys – and The Super Mario Bros Movie – …

The Best Book Adaptations to Stream Right Now

The Best Book Adaptations to Stream Right Now

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A poignant chronicling of the mysterious murders that swept the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, Killers of the Flower Moon covers an overlooked (and unnerving) chapter of American history. The movie adaptation, starring Golden Globe-winner Lily Gladstone, is as compelling as the nonfiction book by David Grann, upon which it’s based. If you have the time, though, I’d recommend reading the book first, as it frames the story as a mystery, while the movie jumps into telling viewers who the coldblooded culprit is.  Source link

Tortoise pitches podcasts for film adaptations

Tortoise pitches podcasts for film adaptations

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Tortoise’s James Harding (left) and Alice Sandelson (right) speak to an audience of commercial partners at the audio-first newsroom’s offices in London in March 2024. Tortoise Media has boasted of a growing younger and mostly female audience in a pitch to commercial partners at its London offices. Alice Sandelson, commercial strategy director at the audio-first, ‘slow news’ publication, told prospective partners that Tortoise’s audience is now 60% women and 80% under 44. “Unlike so much of what is out there, we’re not doing true crime,” Sandelson said of Tortoise’s podcasts. “These stories really try and focus on something that has relevance today.” First launched as a long-form written journalism outlet, Tortoise has since found more commercial success through its audio offering – although its most recent Companies House filings revealed it still lost £4.6m in the 2022 financial year, which it partially attributed to investment in its audio facilities. The organisation raised £10m in funding for this purpose in early 2022. [Read more: Tortoise Media reports growing losses of £4.6m in first full accounts] Thanks …

10 of the most anticipated book-to-screen adaptations coming out in 2024

10 of the most anticipated book-to-screen adaptations coming out in 2024

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I don’t know about you, but I love a good book-to-screen adaptation. Even if I haven’t read the book, I love knowing that the story of this show or movie I’m embarking on already has a whole legion of fans who are passionate about it.  MORE: BBC drama Strike shares update on ‘wonderful’ season six, The Ink Black Heart I also love that they are something original among a plethora of sequels, blockbusters and spin-off shows. This year there are so many that I’m excited to sink my teeth into – but where to start? Here are my top recommendations for book-to-screen adaptations this year…  Mary and George – Sky Atlantic – 5 March  Based on The King’s Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I by Benjamin Woolley  Starring Julienne Moore and Nicholas Gatlizine as the titular mother and son duo, I have watched the first three episodes of this very raunchy period drama, and let’s just say that we might finally have something to fill the void Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ The Tudors left in …

30% of Netflix’s Hit Shows Are Adaptations

30% of Netflix’s Hit Shows Are Adaptations

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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, where we report on literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. It Feels Like a Lot Because It Is a Lot If your latest scroll through the Netflix menu left you feeling like every other option was based on a book, you’re not super wrong. Nearly one-third of the English-language shows Netflix has released so far this year are adapted from existing IP. Leading the way are the limited series Fool Me Once, based on the novel by Harlan Coben, and One Day, adapted from David Nicholls’s 2009 novel, which was previously adapted for film in 2011. When we look beyond Netflix, 7 of the 10 highest-grossing movies of last year were based on existing work, and—here’s the real  ???? stat—the last time the highest-earning film of the year was not adapted from existing IP or part of a franchise was 1998 when Titanic raked in the equivalent of $600 million (equivalent to $1.2 billion today) in …