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Novel Adaptations: How Close Should They Be?

22 July 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

The release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has reopened discussions about what makes a good book to film adaptation. The Potter series often divides fans, and the latest chapter is no exception. I’ve heard from a number of fans of the book series who are  disappointed with the current film’s adaptation, while I’ve also talked to fans who are satisfied. Brad Brevet from RopesofSilicon reflected on some of the more negative fan reactions and he asks, “how faithful should film adaptations be?”

Adapting a book into a film is not an easy process. Squeezing a 300-page novel into a 120-minute film is difficult, especially if the book has lots of exposition or other elements that are not easily cinematic. For books that are rich and deeply characterized, like the Potter books, adaptation is almost always going to mean losing some characters or the minute characterizations that many fans hold dear. »

- Christina Warren

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Field Adapting Teran's 'Creed of Violence'

2 June 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Judging from the number of years it takes him to produce a film, Todd Field might never reach the output level of that of his mentor John Ford (40 titles), but he might be joining the ranks of the master filmmaker by embarking in the genre that Ford was all to familiar with. Field was reported to be adapting a Western-like project and lensing Cormac McCarthy's 1840's set Blood Meridian, but instead is poised to transfer Boston Teran's 1910 set The Creed of Violence into screenplay format and then, according to his track record and Variety's Michael Fleming, possibly direct. Universal Pictures wrote a big check to grab the pre-emptive rights to the project, and have set Field to write the screenplay. The novel to be released in the Fall is "set against a backdrop of intrigue and corruption, The Creed of Violence is a saga about the scars of abandonment, »

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Faris and Dayton are Looking to Be 'Used Guys'

4 May 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- The Little Miss Sunshine filmmaking pair of Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton might have taken the Vw westfalia route in boarding their next project. Not that they have been especially slow to react – I've seen directors blast onto the scene and wait too long to release their follow-up. Faris and Dayton were handed the book-to-screen adaption of Tom Perrotta's The Abstinence Teacher with Bona Fide Productions backing the project, but the demise of Wip might have put production on hold. Speaking of productions that were on hold, it looks like the cobwebs have been dusted from studio pic Used Guys. Faris and Dayton will board the project which still includes Ben Stiller. Variety reports that the female lead may go to Resse Witherspoon, but then again, her name gets throw onto all projects in development. She replaces the original mention of Emily Mortimer.Originally written by David Guion »

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