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Aaron Sorkin to Write Film Adaptation of Steve Jobs Bio

Sony Pictures Entertainment will adapt Walter Isaacson‘s bestselling biography of Steve Jobs, with The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin writing on the script. Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal had this statement:  &#8220...

Producers Launch ‘Ender’s Game’ Film Blog

The producers of the Ender’s Game adaptation have launched an on-set Tumblr for fans to follow the creation of the movie. The weekly posts have featured photos of props, production sets and a sighting of Ender Wiggin himself, actor Asa Butterfiel...

What If Alfred Hitchcock Led the James Bond Franchise?

Could you imagine a James Bond film directed by Alfred Hitchcock? The film could have changed the course of the cinematic history. In 1959, Bond creator Ian Fleming dashed off a long telegram to novelist novelist Eric Ambler, proposing that Hitchcock d...

Francis Lawrence to Direct ‘Catching Fire’

The New York Times reports that filmmaker Francis Lawrence has come on board as the director for the next installment of The Hunger Games movie series, Catching Fire. Lawrence started off his Hollywood career directing music videos. He has since progre...

Literary Adaptations Earned MTV Movie Award Nominations

MTV has unveiled the nominees for the 2012 Movie Awards. Literary adaptations ruled the “Movie of the Year” category, earning four out of the five spots: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, The Help and The Twili...

HBO Passes on Jonathan Franzen Adaptation

After ordering a pilot last year, HBO has passed on The Corrections, a television adaptation of Jonathan Franzen‘s bestselling novel. Director Noah Baumbach shot the pilot and Franzen produced alongside Scott Rudin. Franzen discussed the project...

HBO Passes on Jonathan Franzen Adaptation

After ordering a pilot last year, HBO has passed on The Corrections, a television adaptation of Jonathan Franzen‘s bestselling novel. Director Noah Baumbach shot the pilot and Franzen produced alongside Scott Rudin. Franzen discussed the project...

New Trailer Released for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

Legendary Pictures has released the third trailer for its upcoming Batman comic book adaptation, The Dark Knight Rises. We’ve embedded the trailer above–what do you think? According to Comic Book Resources, Titan Books will publish the off...

Charlie Kaufman to Adapt Dystopian YA Novel

In the wake of Hunger Games success, Lionsgate Entertainment acquired the film rights to the young-adult fantasy series, Patrick Ness‘ Chaos Walking trilogy. Academy Award-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman will adapt the first book, The Knife ...

Clive Owen & Nicole Kidman Star in Hemingway & Gelhorn Trailer

HBO has released its first trailer for Hemingway & Gelhorn, a film starring Clive Owen as Ernest Hemingway and Nicole Kidman as the journalist Martha Gellhorn. The film captures the relationship between great novelist and a great war correspondent...

Game of Thrones Renewed for Third Season

HBO has ordered a third season of its adaptation of Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin. Above, we’ve embedded a trailer for the second season. The cable network broke the news on Twitter: “Game of Thrones has been renewed for a third s...

‘The Hunger Games’ Trilogy Has More Than 36.5 Million Copies In Print

Scholastic has printed more than 36.5 million copies of books in The Hunger Games trilogy in the United States alone. This includes more than 17.5 million copies of The Hunger Games, more than ten million copies of Catching Fire and more than nine mill...

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