Adaptation

Cate Blanchett confirmed to star as Lilith in Eli Roth’s big screen adaptation of Borderlands game

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Cate Blanchett confirmed to star as Lilith in Eli Roth’s big screen adaptation of Borderlands video game By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 03:15 BST, 29 May 2020 | Updated: 03:15 BST, 29 May 2020 It had been rumored that she was going to star in Eli Roth’s movie adaptation of the video game Borderlands. … Read more

Percy Jackson TV series adaptation is finally happening at Disney Plus as Logan Lerman reacts

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Ten years after author Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson character debuted on the big screen, played by Logan Lerman, the character is heading to the small screen.  Riordan, 55, took to Twitter on Thursday in a quick video with his wife Becky, to reveal that a Percy Jackson TV series is happening on Disney Plus. Two … Read more

Joaquin Phoenix almost played Batman in 2000s-era Darren Aronofsky adaptation but the studio refused

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Darren Aronofsky’s Batman movie fell apart back in the 2000s because the studio refused to let him cast Joaquin Phoenix in the titular role. The 51-year-old director discussed his ill-fated superhero flick in a new interview with Empire where he recalls how Warner Bros. resisted his vision for the Caped Crusader which ultimately led to … Read more

BBC Adaptation of Noughts + Crosses sees race roles reversed

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A BBC drama series will depict a ‘reverse apartheid’ society where dark-skinned people run a culture that oppresses light-skinned people.  The series is an adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s 2001 book Noughts + Crosses – a drama set in an alternate world where Britain, known as Albion, which has been ruled by the ‘Aprican Empire’ for 700 … Read more