Posts under ‘Film Adaptations’

When Martin Scorsese makes a movie, it’s usually worth watching– especially if Leonardo DiCaprio is in it (think: “Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator” and “The Departed”). The latest Scorsese/DiCaprio flick, “Shutter Island,” is an interesting breed: It’s a book adaptation. But the story’s original author, Dennis Lehane, is no stranger to books-turned-movies; the novelist [...]

Owen Wilson is the latest Hollywood star to sign on for the movie version of the comic strip Marmaduke– and Wilson will be voicing the big dog himself. Stars previously signed on to the project include Judy Greer and William H. Macy as humans Debbie Winslow and Don Twombly (although we’re not quite sure who they [...]

This week, The Take Three has been loving NPR’s movie reviews. Here’s what they had to say about kids-book-turned-happening-flick, “Where the Wild Things Are”: Spike Jonze: Check. Dave Eggers: Check. Yeah Yeah Yeahs: Check. Where the Wild Things Are has all the ingredients to become the hipster equivalent of Star Wars. The movie may be hipster, but [...]

If this isn’t 2009′s best news yet, we don’t know what is. According to the Hollywood Reporter, cancelled Fox series “Arrested Development” has finally overcome hurdles and a script is in the works: “Arrested Development” creator Mitchell Hurwitz and his co-executive producer James Vallely are working on a screenplay for the long-debated feature version of [...]

That’s right– the newest skit-turned-flick coming out of Saturday Night Live is MacGruber, scheduled for release in theaters April 16, 2010. According to JustJared.com this week: Ryan Phillippe and his costars, SNL actors Will Forte and Kristen Wiig shoot scenes for the MacGruber movie in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday (August 31). If you’re not familiar, MacGruber is the recurring Saturday [...]