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AdaptationDavid Lynch Foundation Helps Filmmaker Adapt a New Yorker Short Story
Here's an excerpt from the original story: "One day, a bottle almost hits us. It's a brown quart bottle that falls out of the sky. We are in the arroyo, the dogs and me, walking ... I think of the pilot tossing a Coke bottle from a plane in the movie 'The Gods Must Be Crazy.' But, as a detective once told me, 'Most of the time, we find that the thing that probably happened? Is the thing that did happen.'" UPDATE: This post was corrected to fix an erroneous statement about the film's financing. The Road Trailer: Yay or Nay?
Watch the trailer here. The future is uncertain, as the film opens beside "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." However, the film is loaded with great actors, from Viggo Mortensen to Robert Duvall. Welcome to our adaptation rating system--testing passionate GalleyCat readers' opinions about upcoming cinematic literary adaptations. Watch the trailer, and add your thoughts in the comments: yay or nay for this literary film? "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" Adaptation Breaks Box Office RecordsThe cinematic adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has already shattered two opening weekend records, as the vampire books struck multiplex gold once again. UPDATE: Gawker reports that the film earned an estimated $140.7 million over the weekend. The Wall Street Journal reports that the film pulled in $26.3 million in midnight screenings in the wee hours of Friday, beating the $22.2 million record previously held by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." The article also notes that the film earned $72.7 on Friday, topping the previous one-day records held by comic franchises: "The Dark Knight" and "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." GalleyCat has been archiving Twilight ephemera all week, starting with Twilight Tattoos. Next, find out what America's most critically acclaimed writers thought about this bestselling series in this timely GalleyCat video from the National Book Awards. Finally, read our interview with an author who studied the mysterious world of Twilight tourism and one town's annual Stephenie Meyer Day. Disney Shelves Michael Chabon's Adaptation of Jules Verne Novel
According to the LA Times, Walt Disney Studios head Rich Ross axed the project that began under his predecessor; an adaptation entitled: "Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." The film studio had already spent a reported $10 million assembling the crew for the movie. Towards the end of the article, an anonymous source speculated that production could eventually resume. Here's more from the article: "Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,' had just written a draft of the Burbank studio's forthcoming production 'John Carter of Mars,' an adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel and the first live-action film to be directed by Pixar Animation Studios director Andrew Stanton." (Via.) Twilight Tattoos
As the highly anticipated release of Twilight: New Moon nears this weekend, The Daily Beast studied the novel's fans who actually tattoo parts of the book on their bodies. The photo montage captures everything from full length page tattoos to tattooed autographs. Here's more about the tattoo pictured here: "Erica Collins found and loved a quote from New Moon, the saga's second installment, before she even heard of the Twilight series. Edward Cullen tells Bella Swan, 'Before you, my life was like a moonless night. Very dark, but there were stars--points of light and reason,' a phrase which now adorns this fan's back." GalleyCatnip: Sarah Palin Strikes Back
As her memoir hits bookshelves today, Sarah Palin lashes out at Newsweek's cover story art (pictured) in another Facebook missive: "The Runner's World magazine one-page profile for which this photo was taken was all about health and fitness - a subject to which I am devoted and which is critically important to this nation. The out-of-context Newsweek approach is sexist and oh-so-expected by now." Science fiction blog io9 rounds up the top seven comic books that no director could possibly adapt. The Palm CEO knocks Android cell phones, comparing the two machines battling for smartphone eBook readership (via Mike Cane). Check out the staggering line-up of authors for the Moth Ball benefit tonight. Precious Adaptation Extends Impressive Box Office Record
Here's more from Box Office Mojo: "[The film] had a robust expansion, grossing an estimated $6.1 million at 174 sites. That's the second-highest grossing weekend on record for a movie playing at less than 200 sites, behind only Paranormal Activity, and its total stands at $8.9 million in ten days." Entitled "Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire," the film tells the story of Precious Jones--an illiterate teenager who is sexually and physically abused by her parents before meeting an inspiring teacher in Harlem. The film was executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Tyler Perry, adding some blockbuster support to the small film. Clash of the Titans Trailer, the VerdictGalleyCat readers have spoken, harshly judging the new movie trailer for Clash of the Titans. The 2010 release will remake a 1981 film by the same name--but both movies were adapted from the literary adventures of the Greek hero, Perseus. Here are the results of our first "Booked it or Blew It" adaptation rating feature. "Where's the mechanical owl??" asked reader Robyn Andrews, raising a crucial question about the remake. Reader James Enge noted: "Neither movie seems really close to, say, Ovid (or any other literary source for the Perseus legend). That's not necessarily a problem: Ovid's stories might be hard to storyboard." "The trailer isn't terrible, but 'Titans Will Clash'? Really? Seriously?" noted reader Robert Fleck. Reader Guy LeCharles Gonzalez was unimpressed: "Meh. Looks like a fun DVD when the Netflix queue gets thin, but nothing worth getting a babysitter for." Clash of the Titans Trailer: Book It or Blow It?That's the heavy metal-driven trailer for Clash of the Titans, a 2010 remake of a movie that rocked this GalleyCat editor's world in 1981--both films were adapted from the literary adventures of the Greek hero, Perseus. Suvudu rejected the film: "I know so many original screenplays not getting the treatment they deserve. These are new, original stories, books and screenplays that are quality, that are being pushed aside so movie studio executives feel a bit safer in their job." GalleyCat picked this adaptation for our first Book It or Blow It feature--testing passionate GalleyCat readers' opinions about upcoming cinematic literary adaptations. Add your thoughts in the comments: did they book it or blow it? David Fincher to Adapt Spooky 1970s Novel
Fincher's last film adapted an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story into an epic Oscar-nominated film, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." According to Paste magazine, the new adaptation will focus on headier material. The original was directed by J. Lee Thompson (director of Cape Fear) and caused a stir with incest themes. The new film will be written by Andrew Kevin Walker and produced by the same crew behind Fincher's darkest film, Seven. Here's more from the article: "The original version of The Reincarnation of Peter Proud centered on a man who has flashbacks and visions. When he investigates them further, they lead him to a mysterious woman and her daughter, and he begins a love affair with the latter ... Fincher intends to contemporize Proud, adhering as closely to the source material of Max Ehrlich's novel as possible. Previously"Precious" Adaptation Scores Box Office Record The Hold Steady Singer to Adapt Chuck Klosterman Memoir Where the Wild Things Ended Up at the Box Office Wes Anderson Adapts Roald Dahl Book HBO Renews Jonathan Ames' Bored to Death "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" Coming to U.S. Theaters "Harriet the Spy" Coming to Disney Channel Diablo Cody to Adapt and Produce "Sweet Valley High" Director Scott Hicks on Adapting "The Boys Are Back" Producer to Adapt True Story of Literary Labrador CIA's Secret Role in George Orwell and Graham Greene Adaptations "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" Trailer Released Federal Writers Project Doc Opens Sam Mendes and Oprah Winfrey Land "Netherland" Scriptwriter "The Time Traveler's Wife" Adaptation Rocks Box Office David Mamet Plans Anne Frank Adaptation Author Richard Farrell on How to Write a Script First Glimpse of Alice Sebold Film Screenwriter Budd Schulberg Has Died J.R.R Tolkien Estate Sues to Block "The Hobbit" Adaptation David Cronenberg to Adapt Don DeLillo Novel Percy Jackson Rides Harry Potter's Cape-Tails Raymond Chandler's Brief Acting Career Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent" Film? Donnie Darko Meets Richard Matheson Tim Burton Unveils Alice in Wonderland Stills How to Write a Fictional Twitter Feed Jean-Luc Godard May Adapt Holocaust Book Dave Eggers' 300-Page Storybook Adaptation Two-Fisted Sherlock Holmes Movie Trailer Nick Cave and Cormac McCarthy on "The Road" Nick Cave's Rejected Gladiator Sequel Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, David Cronenberg, and a Spy Novel The Most Successful Pre-Sell Tour Ever "Straw Dogs" Revives Out-of-Print Novel Could Jack Black Play Ken Kesey? Angelina Jolie to Star in Patricia Cornwell Franchise "The Heartbreakers" Go to Hollywood Where the Wild Things Are Trailer Debuts Pearls Before Swine Creator Negotiating Animated Film Watchmen Director Zack Snyder Just Wants to Sell Books Ang Lee May Direct Life of Pi Adaptation Jane Austen Meets Aliens and Elton John Johnny Depp To Revisit the Work of Hunter S. Thompson Who's Making the Eat, Pray, Love Movie, Already? Neil Jordan To Direct Neil Gaiman Book Alloy Entertainment To Buy 12 New Books A Year John Krasinski Brings David Foster Wallace to Sundance The Prisoner Returns To Television, But Where's the Novel? Curiously Discussing Benjamin Button FishbowlLA: Jeff Goldblum for Best Actor? Le Guin Ready to Give Hollywood One More Chance Book by Grade School Student Turned into Film Chicken Soup for Your Television Set Publishers Bet Twilight Will Sell Books Joan Didion Writing Screenplay for Film about Katharine Graham HBO Orders Pilot for George R.R. Martin's Fantasy Novel Series David Lynch To Take Book Online Amy Sedaris: Television to Book to Television DC's Gunslinger Man One Step Closer to Hollywood Finding the Drama in Self-Help and Psychology Exclusive Interview with Jeffrey Friedman, Director of Howl Like Mama Mia!, Except with Yuppies and Chainsaws The Most Litigated Pulp Fiction Story in History Where's Aaron Sorkin Getting His Facebook Info? As Long As We're Talking About Movie Trailers One Trailer, One Weekend, One Bestseller Can You Sell One Story By Telling Another? Get Smart Beats Watchmen to DVD Stunt Marketing Watchmen Pirate Spinoff Straight to DVD 'Office' Star John Krasinski Just Wants More People To Know About David Foster Wallace I Must Not Fear the New Dune Movie No, It Doesn't Have Dinosaurs; That's Land of the Lost Watchmen, Lord of the Rings Hit by Lawsuits Cheetah Girls Never Prosper: A Cautionary Showbiz Tale Coens Take on Chabon, Alex Cox Turns to Comics We May Not Be Saying "Not Since Carrie" Much Longer Sharp @ HarperCollins Unveils Full Production Roster Weitz Defends Golden Compass; Pullman Champions Milton WSJ Wastes No Time Building HarperCollins Synergy Three Movie Trailers for the Weekend Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd Golden Compass: What Happened Next, and Previously 7 Golden Globe Nods for Atonement Delicate Novel Migrates to Screen, No Gunplay Added Kite Runner Child Star "Rescued" Before Scandal Can Ensue Confirmed: Catholic Bishops Withdraw Golden Compass Approval Catholic Bishops No Longer Love Golden Compass? Masterpiece Theater Revamped, Split in Three New Line Plans, God Laughs: Golden Compass Takes Weekend, But on Only $26M Look Out, God! Golden Compass Opens Wide Coming May 2008 In the Powerful Mach 5 |
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