adaptation Archives

Netflix Netflix is unleashing first-looks at The Haunting of Hill House, the streaming service's series adaptation of Shirley Jackson's classic horror novel starring Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones), Carla Gugino (Watchmen), and  Timothy Hutton (American Crime). Created and executive-produced by director Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus), the 10-episode gothic thriller is set to premiere on Friday, October 12 (so close[...]

The Stanley Hotel In what might end up being one of the best viral marketing campaigns ever for Hulu's Castle Rock (then again…), the staff at The Stanley Hotel — the visual inspiration for director Stanley Kubrick's 1980 horror film adaptation of Stephen King's 1977 novel and the filming location for the 1997 television adaptation —[...]

The Plain White T's hit song "Hey There Delilah" is being adapted for series television by the band, Lively McCabe Entertainment, and Primary Wave.

Credit: ABC The post-apocalyptic world of FX's adaptation of Y: The Last Man will get to play "Hail to the Chief," with actor Timothy Hutton (American Crime, The Haunting Of Hill House) set to play the President of the United States in the pilot Based on Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra's post-apocalyptic science fiction comic[...]

Note: My bad, DOCTOR Who fans ;-) ] While much of the attention over the past several months has been focused on the "original content smackdown" going on between Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu (for example, check out the price tag on Amazon's Lord of the Rings series), HBO has quietly been securing deals with some[...]

HBO programming president Casey Bloys updated the media on two very different, polarizing projects during their Television Critics Association's (TCA) executive session on Wednesday: Damon Lindelof's authorized adaptation "remix" of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' 1986 limited comic book series Watchmen; and alternate history fiction series Confederate, from Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B[...]

Fisher has appeared in series Masters of Sex, Fargo, and Criminal Minds; and stars in the upcoming films Run The Race, Someone Else's Wedding, and Shrimp. Ming-Trent recently appeared in Showtime's White Famous; with credits that also include Feed the Beast, Law & Order and more. Though clearly a fan of the original 12-issue series, Lindelof stated that[...]

After stalking the social media accounts of the cast and crew to see how things are progressing with Starz's series adaptation of author & executive producer Neil Gaiman's acclaimed novel, here's what we're looking at this time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlPpP1ZMmyAVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: American Gods Returns in 2019 | Inside Season 2 with Neil Gaiman |[...]

Credit: Sky So a vampire and a witch find themselves dealing with an enchanted manuscript that might just bring bring about the end of the world – not exactly the greatest set-up for a joke, but Sky is hoping it makes for a great adaptation of Deborah Harkness's novel A Discovery of Witches[...]

With Jesse (Dominic Cooper), Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) and Tulip's (Ruth Negga) mission to drag a still-missing God back to Heaven being sidetracked by the small matter of Tulip being dead (for now), AMC's adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic book series Preacher rages along "The Road to Angelville" heading into its third season premiere on Sunday, June 24, at[...]

Shari Lapena’s bestselling thriller/debut novel The Couple Next Door is being developed for television, adapted by playwright/TV writer Lila Feinberg.

Original Photo Credit: AMC With Jesse (Dominic Cooper), Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) and Tulip's (Ruth Negga) mission to drag a still-missing God back to Heaven being sidetracked by the small matter of Tulip being dead, AMC's adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic book series Preacher rages along "The Road to Angelville" heading into its third[...]

Brandon Sanderson is teaming with FremantleMedia North American and Random House Studio on drama-adventure series Dark One for television.

Credit: HBO Amy Adams' Camille Preaker can appreciate the idea of not being able to go home again; but in the official trailer for HBO's eight-episode limited series adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, "home" doesn't look too happy to see her, either Adapted by Marti Noxon (Dietland) and directed by Big Little Lies' Jean-Marc Vallée,[...]

Hulu is developing a television series adaptation of Isabel Allende's critically acclaimed novel The House of the Spirits with FilmNation Entertainment (Arrival), who secured the rights to the book in a competitive situation (and will serve as the studio on the project and Allende executive producing) Specific details on the project are limited; but a[...]

Credit (top left): Mariner Books AMC Networks has found itself a partner in crime in SundanceTV, with the networks teaming up for the limited international drama series adaptation of Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose Co-written by Andrea Porporati (Il dolce e l'amaro, La Piovra), Nigel Williams and Giacomo Battiato (L'infiltré, Karol: A Man Who Became Pope),[...]

HBO is set to premiere its eight-episode limited series adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects on Sunday, July 8th at 9 p.m Adapted by Marti Noxon (Dietland) and directed by Big Little Lies' Jean-Marc Vallée, the project also stars Patricia Clarkson, Elizabeth Perkins, Madison Davenport, Chris Messina, and Eliza Scanlen. https://youtu.be/DgljcMqPG98Video can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Sharp[...]

AMC is urging viewers to "join the revolution" in the first official trailer and poster art for their series adaptation of Sarai Walker's 2015 darkly comic novel Dietland. Scheduled to premiere at 9 p.m ET on Monday, June 4th, with back-to-back episodes, the 10-episode revenge fantasy series stars Joy Nash (Twin Peaks) and Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife); and comes from UnReal's Marti Noxon, Skydance TV and[...]

Credit: 20th Century Fox Before Tony Stark faced off against Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron, there was the 1987 film adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis novel Less Than Zero starring Robert Downey Jr and James Spader Now 30-plus years later, Hulu is travelling back to the 1980s with a series adaptation of the Ellis novel[...]

That's the situation Amy Adams finds herself confronting in the first trailer for HBO's limited series adaptation of Gillian Flynn's Sharp Objects, with Big Little Lies' Jean-Marc Vallée directing all eight episodes Marti Noxon (Dietland) adapted the novel for series, with Patricia Clarkson, Elizabeth Perkins, Madison Davenport, Chris Messina and Eliza Scanlen rounding out the cast. Here's[...]

Seven months after the network ordered the project to pilot, Syfy has ordered the pilot adaptation of Rick Remender and Wes Craig's graphic novel Deadly Class to series. Credit: Rick Remender/Wes Craig From executive producers Joe and Anthony Russo (Avengers: Infinity War), director Lee Toland Krieger (Riverdale), and showrunner Adam Targum (Banshee), the series is set in a dark, comic book world against the backdrop of late 1980s counter[...]

The Netflix news machine keeps rolling along with our first official images from Maniac, the streaming service's new 10-episode half-hour comedy series from director Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation, True Detective).

Credit: Netflix A shuffle on both sides of the camera finds Bloodline's Kyle Chandler joining Hulu's limited series adaptation of Joseph Heller's classic novel Catch-22 as Col Cathcart, the role originally intended for George Clooney But it looks to be a drama-free situation for the streaming service: Clooney will still co-direct and executive produce the series, but will[...]

Fox, Warner Bros., and Sony have all attempted big screen adaptations, but found film to be too confining for the story's scope On the television front, HBO made an attempt as a series with Independence Day director Roland Emmerich and Westworld executive producer Jonathan Nolan. Foundation adds to a Skydance Televison programming slate that also includes Altered[...]

Credit: Gage Skidmore (Joe Hill) [CC BY-SA 2.0], Wikimedia CommonsWhat's Hulu's loss is AMC's gain, as the cable network is getting into the Joe Hill "business" with a 10-episode straight-to-series order to supernatural horror drama NOS4A2, based on Hill's bestselling 2013 novel.  Showrunner Jami O'Brien (Fear The Walking Dead, Hell On Wheels) is developing the project through[...]

Credit: taniavolobueva / Shutterstock.com In another example of how an idea can be great for some (for example, the CW and Charmed) and a raging dumpster fire to others (for example, Holly Marie Combs and Charmed), actor John Cusack (Grosse Pointe Blank) is weighing in on Disney's planned romantic comedy series remake of Nick Hornby's 1995 novel[...]

AMC is set to roll out the third season of their adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic book series Preacher on Sunday, June 24, at 10 p.m.; and released three official images (above and below) and a synopsis for the upcoming season: Jesse Custer's quest for God takes him back to the place he's been[...]

Credit: (left): DC Comics / (Croal, top right): FX / (Green, bottom right): WikiCommons After a long history of near-adaptations on screens large and small, Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man has received an official series pilot order from FX American Gods' Michael Green and Luke Cage's Aida Mashaka Croal will serve as the[...]

Credit: Penguin Expect a lot more Top 5 lists and a lot less cynical music pretentiousness (I'm looking at you, Barry) — Disney is planning a gender-swapped romantic comedy series inspired by Nick Hornby's 1995 novel High Fidelity and the 2000 feature adaptation for its upcoming streaming service Writers Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka's (Bull, Ugly Betty) series[...]

Gaiman and Goldsman will serve as series executive producers on the five-book series adaptation, alongside Barry Spikings (The Deer Hunter) and David Stern (Howards End). "There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake's remarkable Gormenghast novels They were crafted by a master, who was also an artist, and they take us to an ancient castle as[...]