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Tag: adaptation

Work in Memory: The Long Road to Cyrano

Film
By Erica Schmidt | February 25, 2022
By Erica Schmidt | February 25, 2022

Work in Memory: The Long Road to Cyrano

Erica Schmidt charts her 17-year journey adapting Cyrano for the stage and then screen with Peter Dinklage, the National and Joe Wright.

Adaptation as Collaboration

Film
By James Ashcroft (Ngati Kahu/Nga Puhi) | November 10, 2021
By James Ashcroft (Ngati Kahu/Nga Puhi) | November 10, 2021

Adaptation as Collaboration

Coming Home in the Dark writer-director James Ashcroft on his personal process for bringing the stories of others to the big screen.

The Hand Double

Film
By William Horberg | August 17, 2021
By William Horberg | August 17, 2021

The Hand Double

As producer William Horberg explains, The Queen’s Gambit took 30 years to get made – and it was perfect timing.

The 10 Things We Learned Writing a Movie About Our Relationship

Film
By Jordan Firstman and Charles Rogers | April 4, 2018
By Jordan Firstman and Charles Rogers | April 4, 2018

The 10 Things We Learned Writing a Movie About Our Relationship

The real-life couple behind Men Don't Whisper share their takeaways from the process of turning their hit short film into a feature.

Video Essay: Stephen King at the Movies

Film
By Jacob T. Swinney | August 4, 2017
By Jacob T. Swinney | August 4, 2017

Video Essay: Stephen King at the Movies

With The Dark Tower in theaters and It on the horizon, we look at the many and varied Stephen King adaptations.

John McNaughton Talks Reteaming with Michael Rooker 30 Years After Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Film
By John McNaughton | May 25, 2017
By John McNaughton | May 25, 2017

John McNaughton Talks Reteaming with Michael Rooker 30 Years After Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

About to embark on an adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the director ponders how true that is of Rooker.

For All the Girls (Or, How Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of The Diary of a Teenage Girl Helped Me Stop Worrying and Love the Book)

Film
By Mara Wilson | March 15, 2017
By Mara Wilson | March 15, 2017

For All the Girls (Or, How Marielle Heller’s Adaptation of The Diary of a Teenage Girl Helped Me Stop Worrying and Love the Book)

Writer and actress Mara Wilson traces her complex relationship over time with Phoebe Gloeckner's book, and then its big-screen version.

Getting Lucky in Hollywood

Film
By Lauren Oliver | February 28, 2017
By Lauren Oliver | February 28, 2017

Getting Lucky in Hollywood

Best-selling author and narrative expert Lauren Oliver breaks down the unlikely tale of how her novel Before I Fall made it to the big screen.

How I Wrote Arrival (and What I Learned Doing It)

By Eric Heisserer | December 27, 2016
By Eric Heisserer | December 27, 2016

How I Wrote Arrival (and What I Learned Doing It)

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer shares notes and extracts from early drafts as he breaks down how he adapted Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life."

How I Wrote Arrival (and What I Learned Doing It)

Film
By Eric Heisserer | November 10, 2016
By Eric Heisserer | November 10, 2016

How I Wrote Arrival (and What I Learned Doing It)

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer shares notes and extracts from early drafts as he breaks down how he adapted Ted Chiang's "Story of Your Life."

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