Recent Posts
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Will ‘Survivor’ break Palahniuk’s adaptation curse?
In December, filmmaker Daniel Brown announced that he’s working on writing—and eventually directing—an adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s novel “Survivor.” The book is about a man named Tender Branson who finds himself the sole survivor on a still-airborne hijacked plane after the fellow members of a cult carry out a mass suicide. Brown, who previously directed…
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‘Fifty Shades’ began as ‘Twilight’ fan fiction and changed adaptation culture
The three “Fifty Shades of Grey” films leave Netflix on June 1, marking the latest streaming shuffle for one of the wildest adaptation success stories of the 2010s. Long before Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan brought Ana and Christian to theaters, E.L. James’ blockbuster romance series began as “Twilight” fan fiction posted online under the…
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Page to Oscar: ‘Shrek’ was a book. A very short, very weird book
If you value fidelity when it comes to adaptations of your favorite books, you’ll be sorely disappointed by what the team behind the 2001 animated hit “Shrek” did with William Steig’s picture book. If you’re anything like me, though, that might be OK because I had zero clue “Shrek” was a book to begin with. …
Adaptation Index
- June 15, 2026Horrible Science Season 2
- June 17, 2026Your Fault: London
- June 18, 2026I Will Find You
- June 19, 2026Girls Like Girls
- June 19, 2026The Death of Robin Hood
- June 20, 2026Don’t Trust the Girls Upstairs
- June 21, 2026House of the Dragon Season 3
- June 24, 2026In the Hand of Dante
- June 26, 2026Supergirl
- June 26, 2026Camp Snoopy Season 2
- June 26, 2026The Get Out
- June 30, 2026Zorro (2024)
- July 1, 2026Elle Season 1
- July 1, 2026Enola Holmes 3
- July 1, 2026X-Men ’97 Season 2
- July 2026The Ghost in the Shell (2026)
- July 2026Ballard Season 2
- July 2, 2026Survival of the Thickest Season 3
- July 3, 2026Silo Season 3
- July 9, 2026Thunder 3
