News - Powered by Yahoo NewsCate Blanchett to star in lesbian dram
Patricia Highsmith novel to be adapted for big screen; and Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie to reunite in animation Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are to play the leads in a film version of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian classic Carol, adapted by Phyllis Nagy and directed by John Crowley. The novel, first published in 1952 under a pseudonym, dared to suggest a happy ending for the lovers at the ...
Fri, 18 May 2012 14:12:03 -0700 -
5 Movies Adapted From Odd Source
They say inspiration comes in all forms, and nowhere is that more true than Hollywood, where anything, be it toys, an amusement park ride or even a board game, can become a movie.
Fri, 18 May 2012 03:36:53 -0700 -
CM keen to see more local literary works adapted into fil
PENAMPANG : Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman is keen to see more local literary works adapted into film or television series to promote Sabah.
Thu, 17 May 2012 17:26:49 -0700 -
Anthony Bourdain?s Bone in the Throat Being Adapted to Fil
Bone in the Throat, a real book by Anthony Bourdain, is getting a big screen adaptation. Originally, as the AV Club gently puts it, "a mob caper about the criminal goings-on in a Little Italy restaurant and the street-smart sous chef caught in between who is named 'Tommy' instead of 'Tony,' ... More »
Fri, 18 May 2012 13:24:06 -0700 -
Paper-based diabetes device can be adapted for other application
With epidemics of Type 2 diabetes looming in rural India, China and other areas of the world where poverty limits the availability of health care, scientists are reporting development of an inexpensive and easy-to-use urine test ideally suited for such areas. The report describing the paper-based device, which also could be adapted for the diagnosis and monitoring of other conditions and the ...
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:37:35 -0700 -
PRODUCE NOVEL ADAPTATIONS, FILMMAKERS URGE
KUALA LUMPUR, May 15 (Bernama) -- The National Film Development Corporation(Finas), Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) and local film production companies havebeen urged to work on films adapted from novels to promote the National CreativeIndustry Policy. Deputy Information Communications and Culture Minister Datuk Maglin DennisD''Cruz said movies based on films could become box-office hits as ...
Tue, 15 May 2012 04:30:03 -0700 -
Jeffery Eugenides' 'The Marriage Plot' Movie: Another Victorian Novel To Be Adapted For Fil
Hollywood seems to be getting serious in its on-again, off-again romance with the nineteenth-century novel. Things started heating up late last year when director Joe Wright (?Atonement?) fast-tracked his high-gloss production of ?Anna Karenina.?
Fri, 18 May 2012 07:44:38 -0700 -
'The Exorcist' play to star Richard Chamberlain, Brooke Shield
The power of Christ has compelled Richard Chamberlain and Brooke Shields to take two of the lead roles in a new stage version of William Peter Blatty's "The Exorcist," which is scheduled to open at the Geffen Playhouse on July 11.
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:22:57 -0700 -
Nicholas Sparks ?The Rescue? bestseller to be adapted for German marke
The film about a firefighter who falls in love with a single mother, will be set in Germany and shot on location.
Tue, 15 May 2012 06:46:54 -0700 -
Union concern over new fire van
Plans to replace some fire engines with specially-adapted smaller vans in mid and south west Wales could put lives at risk, warns a union.
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