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Hayek Producing Animated Adaptation of Gibran’s The Prophet

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February 24, 2012

theprophetkahlilgibra Hayek Producing Animated Adaptation of Gibrans The ProphetKhalil Gibran’s best known fictional work “The Prophet” is being adapted for the big screen in a new production that will involve collaborations across many borders. In this adaptation, each of the 89-year old classic’s chapters will be directed by a different award-winning filmmaker, with Roger Allers (The Lion King) responsible for the connective through-line narrative.

Pre-production is scheduled to begin this month, with Salma Hayek producing… Continue reading Hayek Producing Animated Adaptation of Gibran's The Prophet

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Selena Gomez In ‘The Sky Is Everywhere’? Actress, Singer Will Produce YA Adaptation, Potentially Star

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January 24, 2012

Selena Gomez is going to have a movie career no matter how many times she has to hit repeat-peat-peat-peat-peat-peat.

Per Deadline, Gomez (better known as *DYING* OMG WHY IS JUSTIN BIEBER DATING HER *DYING*) will produce a big-screen adaptation of “The Sky Is Everywhere,” a young adult novel by Jandy Nelson about a high school band geek who has her world torn apart when her older sister dies suddenly. Gomez and… Continue reading Selena Gomez In 'The Sky Is Everywhere'? Actress, Singer Will Produce YA Adaptation, Potentially Star

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AMC Is Working on a Goodfellas Adaptation

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January 10, 2012

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Hold the phone. Hold the presses. Hold everything. Deadline reports that AMC is developing a series based on Martin Scorsese’s 1990 classic, Goodfellas. Now, before you drop your garlic-shaving razor on the cellblock floor and scream, “Sacrilege!,” know this: The show would come from Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the original Goodfellas screenplay as well as the book on which it was based. So there’s some original DNA… Continue reading AMC Is Working on a Goodfellas Adaptation

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HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Corrections’ adds Dianne Wiest, close to securing Chris Cooper

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October 18, 2011
Wiest Chris Cooper 320 HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Corrections’ adds Dianne Wiest, close to securing Chris Cooper

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HBO’s adaptation of The Corrections is one step closer to reality with the addition of one (and likely two) Academy Award winners: Dianne Wiest has agreed to star in the prospective series, while Chris Cooper is close to signing on as well, EW has confirmed. (Deadline first reported the news.)

Wiest — whose last TV gig… Continue reading HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Corrections’ adds Dianne Wiest, close to securing Chris Cooper

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‘The Help’ Review: An Adaptation That Would Make Any Author Proud

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August 10, 2011











01 The Help Review: An Adaptation That Would Make Any Author Proud
‘The Help,’ adapted from Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 bestseller, is a story of friendship, rivalry, racial injustice, and female empowerment set against the backdrop of one of the ugliest periods in American history. While a lot of men out there might write it off as one for the women, those guys won’t know what they’ll be missing.

Here are our thoughts on the big-screen… Continue reading 'The Help' Review: An Adaptation That Would Make Any Author Proud

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