Category Archives: Adaptation

More Bikinis & Ponytails! GK Plans a Reboot For ‘Tomb Raider’

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

Just when you thought both Tomb Raider films couldn’t get any better, it looks like GK studios has now obtained the rights and are planning to go back to the drawing board with the entire franchise, and a complete reboot … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Comedy, Movies, News, Reboots and Remakes, Video Games | Tagged Angelina Jolie, Crystal Dynamics, GK Films, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Paramount, Square Enix, Tomb Raider | Comments Off

Film Review: ‘I Am Number Four’

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Shannon Hood

The best way I can describe I Am Number 4 is a sort of contemporary update of Escape to Witch Mountain (1975) for the Twilight set. If that sounds appealing, you’ll like the movie. If it doesn’t, skip it. I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Movies, Reviews, Sci-Fi | Tagged Alex Petttyfer, Callan McAuliffe, Callan McCulffe, Diane Agron, I Am Number Four, I Am Number Four Movie Review, James Fry pen names, Pittacus Lore, Teresa Palmer, Timothy Olyphant | Comments Off

Mary Elizabeth Winstead Cast in ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

She already won the hearts of geeks everywhere with her portrayal of Ramona Flowers in Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Now, she’s targeting the rapidly growing horror audience with the upcoming film adaptation of the novel Abraham Lincoln: … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Action, Adaptation, Books, Casting, Comedy, Drama, Movies, News | Tagged 20th Century Fox, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Anthony Mackie, Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Seth Grahame-Smith, Timur Bekmambetov | 1 Comment

Check Out a Preview for HBO’s ‘The Sunset Limited’

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

With all the movies and TV programs out there featuring car chases, shootouts, explosions and more, it’s sometimes nice to watch a movie about two people who just sit and talk. Of course, it helps if the people in question … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, HBO, News, Trailers, TV, Video | Tagged Cormac McCarthy, HBO, Iron Man, No Country for Old Men, Samuel L. Jackson, The Sunset Limited, Tommy Lee Jones | Comments Off

Film Review: ‘The Rite’

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Shannon Hood

The whole exorcism theme has been to death in movies, and The Rite is one more reason it should be shelved for a while. No movie has been able to live up to the grand-daddy of them all, The Exorcist … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Horror, Horror Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Thriller, Warner Bros | Tagged Alice Braga, Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, demonic possesion, exorcism, Father Gary Thomas, Matt Baglio, Mikael Hafstrom, The Rite | Comments Off

Javier Bardem Offered the Lead in Ron Howard’s ‘Dark Tower’ Adaptation

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Matt Raub

We all know that sci-fi and fantasy book adaptations are huge right now. Harry Potter just about broke the box office, Twilight is continuing the trend, and Hunger Games is in the process of bringing that even further with another … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Books, Casting, Drama, Movies, News, Universal Pictures | Tagged Adaptation, Akiva Goldsman, Brian Grazer, Dark Tower, Javier Bardem, Ron Howard, Stephen King, Universal | Comments Off

Hunger Games Adaptation Gets A Release Date

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Matt Raub

Not since the first talks of the Twilight adaptation has there been this much chatter about the casting and production of a film. Now, with Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games, fans everywhere are all salivating (no pun intended) to get more … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Books, Drama, Lionsgate, Movies, News, Sci-Fi | Tagged Billy Ray, Gary Ross, Hunger Games, Pleasantville, Shattered Glass, Suzanne Collins, Twilight | 13 Comments

‘Mortal Kombat: Rebirth’ Short Film To Be Adapted Into Web Series

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Matt Raub

Back in June, we brought you the very interesting web video that was circulating to just about everyone in the video game and film world. The film was titled Mortal Kombat: Rebirth, and had no legal ties to the Acclaim … Continue reading →