Book and movie about Sherlock Holmes's sister prompt a lawsuit

Posted on 09/22/2020 at 03:26 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The upcoming Netflix adaptation of a YA novel is causing some controversy … and for once, it’s not disgruntled fans...

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Tagged As: Lawsuit, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, Young adult literature

Literary deaths: Winston Groom and Terry Goodkind 

Posted on 09/21/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The literary world lost two members last week. The death of Winston Groom, who wrote the novel Forrest Gump, was...

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Tagged As: Fantasy, Movie adaptation, Obituary

HBO show star will play the lead in "Persuasion" adaptation

Posted on 09/16/2020 at 02:21 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sarah Snook, star of HBO’s Succession, will take the lead in another single-word-titled production. Snook will play heroine Anne Elliot...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Pop culture, Women in literature

Watch "Rebecca" and "Dune" trailers, and learn about the Bard's return to TV

Posted on 09/09/2020 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Our Facebook fans probably aren’t excited about this, but the trailers for the latest adaptations of two beloved novels are...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Science fiction, TV adaptation

Books on screen: Ursula K. Le Guin and “David Copperfield”

Posted on 08/27/2020 at 02:51 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We doubt any bookworms are yearning to stare at a screen (or a different screen, if they’re ebook fans), but...

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Tagged As: Movie adaptation, Science fiction

Check out photos from the set of Netflix's "Rebecca"

Posted on 08/11/2020 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Did we know that Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca was becoming a film, or did we block it out of our...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation

Film rights to the short story "Sinkhole" go for a pretty penny

Posted on 07/30/2020 at 10:52 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The short story “Sinkhole” will become a film produced by Issa Rae and Jordan Peele, reports Deadline. Haven’t heard of...

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Tagged As: Literary Hub, Movie adaptation, Short story

Movie deals for books: "Consent" and "Klara and the Sun"

Posted on 07/28/2020 at 02:02 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

More screen deals for buzzed-about books have recently been announced. Vanessa Springora’s memoir, Consent, and Kazuo Ishiguro's upcoming novel, Klara...

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Tagged As: Memoir, Movie adaptation, Scandal, Science fiction

Netflix acquires rights to "Leave The World Behind" before it's published

Posted on 07/21/2020 at 02:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Netflix has won a bidding war to adapt a novel that hasn’t even been released yet. Leave The World Behind...

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Tagged As: Movie adaptation

2 websites call "Clueless" the best Jane Austen adaptation

Posted on 07/20/2020 at 01:05 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Sunday marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the release of the movie Clueless. You might wonder why this is relevant to...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Movie adaptation, Pop culture