Karen Walton has been hired by Strada Films to adapt novelist Ian Hamilton's Ava Lee crime novel series into a potential feature film franchise says The Hollywood Reporter. The first book, "The Water Rat of Wanchai", follows the titular Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant who uses unorthodox methods to recover multi-million debts for her … [Read more...]
Rice’s Fourth Lestat Book Adapted
February 8, 2012 by
Author Anne Rice's most famous creation, the vampire Lestat, could be returning to cinema. Imagine Entertainment has optioned the rights to "The Tale of the Body Thief", the fourth book in Rice’s best-selling series "The Vampire Chronicles" says The Hollywood Reporter. In this tale a lonely and depressed Lestat decides to transfer souls for a day … [Read more...]
PK Dick’s “Now Wait” Gets Adapted
December 6, 2011 by
We've had "Blade Runner," "Total Recall," "Minority Report," "Paycheck" and more recently "The Adjustment Bureau." Now another story from sci-fi author Philip K. Dick is hitting the big screen. Lila 9th and Electric Shepherd Productions have optioned the film rights to Dick's "Now Wait For Last Year" with Ted Kupper set to adapt the script says … [Read more...]
Steampunk Tale “Boneshaker” Adapted
November 30, 2011 by
Cross Creek Pictures, Exclusive Media Group and Hammer Films are teaming to produce a film adaptation of Cherie Priest's 2009 steampunk sci-fi novel ''Boneshaker'' reports Variety. Set in an alternate 1880's in which Seattle has been walled off from the world and toxic gas has turned much of the remaining population into zombies. In this mess a … [Read more...]
Tyra Banks’ “Modelland” Adapted For Film?
September 24, 2011 by
Tyra Banks' young adult novel "Modelland", the first in a potential trilogy, could already be making a leap to the big screen says The Hollywood Reporter. Banks tells the Associated Press she was approached by a successful film producer about the rights to the property which centers on an awkward teen who gets invited to attend an elite modeling … [Read more...]
Bradbury’s “Dandelion Wine” Gets Adapted
August 21, 2011 by
Mike Medavoy and Doug McKay are set to produce a film adaptation of classic sci-fi writer Ray Bradbury's 1957 semi-autobiographical work "Dandelion Wine" for Medavoy's Phoenix Pictures says the trades. Set in 1928, the series of short stories is connected to a 12-year-old boy named Douglas Spaulding as he experiences an unforgettable summer in a … [Read more...]
