"The Deep Blue Sea" and "House of Mirth" director Terence Davies’ long gestating adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s classic 1932 Scottish novel "Sunset Song" is finally getting underway says Screen Daily. The story follows a proud young woman and her bittersweet relationship with the oppressive landscapes and Highland crofting culture in which … [Read more...]
Warners Adapting “Landover” Series
February 13, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures has optioned the film rights to Terry Brooks' "Magic Kingdom of Landover" book series says Variety. Based on the first book in the series, 1986's "Magic Kingdom for Sale -- Sold!," the story follows a recently widowed lawyer who finds an advertisement in an upscale Christmas catalog claiming to offer a magical kingdom for $ … [Read more...]
Kasdan Adapting Coben’s “Stay Close”
January 23, 2012 by
Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan ("Body Heat," "Darling Companion") and bestselling author Harlan Coben are teaming up for a film adaptation of the latter's new thriller novel "Stay Close" set for release in March says Deadline. The story deals with a past crime that returns to devastate the lives of a photojournalist, a suburban mother with a hidden … [Read more...]
“Wanted” Helmer Adapting “Lunar Boy”
January 12, 2012 by
Timur Bekmambetov's Bazelevs company has scored the feature film rights to Stephen Tunney's young adult sci-fi novel "One Hundred Percent Lunar Boy" reports The Chicago Tribune. Edward Ricourt ("Now You See Me") has been hired to adapt the take set two millennia into the future. There 16-year-old Hieronymus Rexaphin, living on a now colonised … [Read more...]
“Lost” Scribe Adapting “Under the Dome”
November 8, 2011 by
"Lost" scribe and "Y: The Last Man" comic creator Brian K. Vaughan has signed on to pen the series adaptation of Stephen King’s "Under the Dome" for Showtime says Deadline. The story revolves around the drama that unfolds after an invisible force field suddenly descends on a small vacation town in Maine. As the locals fight for their survival, … [Read more...]
Dreamworks Adapting Roald Dahl’s “BFG”
September 25, 2011 by
DreamWorks has picked up the film rights to Roald Dahl's book "The BFG" reports Reuters. "E.T." writer Melissa Mathison will adapt the classic 1982 children's book about a big friendly giant. Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall are to produce. Dahl penned the likes of "James and the Giant Peach" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory". Dark … [Read more...]
Fox Adapting Asimov’s “Caves of Steel”
September 24, 2011 by
20th Century Fox has scored the film rights to Isaac Asimov's 1954 novel "The Caves of Steel" reports Deadline Set in the 30th century, the story is set in a time when humans on Earth have grown increasingly paranoid of 'spacers', advanced humans who perform slave labor on outer planets and whose society has grown apart from those on Earth. When … [Read more...]
Marshall Adapting Archer’s “Matter of Honor”
September 14, 2011 by
He helped turn author Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne character into a highly successful film franchise, now producer Frank Marshall is planning a similar approach to the works of another acclaimed espionage thriller author - Jeffrey Archer. Last year New Franchise Media scored the worldwide film, TV and digital rights to ten of Archer's novels. Now … [Read more...]
Chapman Adapting “Homelanders” Book Series
August 14, 2011 by
Miles Chapman has been hired to pen the adaptation of Andrew Klavan's young adult novel series "Homelanders" for Summit Entertainment says Heat Vision. The story centers on a high school student who wakes up to find himself tied to a chair, not knowing where he is or how a whole year has passed. After he manages to escape, he embarks on an … [Read more...]
Terry Gilliam Adapting “Mr. Vertigo”
July 31, 2011 by
Terry Gilliam is working on a script adaptation of Paul Auster's 1994 novel "Mr. Vertigo" reports The Los Angeles Times. The story follows Walter, a young orphaned boy from St. Louis who happens upon a mysterious traveler known as Master Yehudi. Yehudi trains Walter to fly and they begin traveling across the United States performing this feat at … [Read more...]
