Paramount to Option Laini Taylor's Daughter Of Smoke and Bone

By K. Alexander Smith at 3:48 PM on December 2, 2011

Paramount Pictures is in talks with young-adult fiction author Laini Taylor to acquire the rights to Taylor's Daughter of Smoke and Bone, the first book of a planned trilogy that was released just this passed September. Taylor has written a few successful young adult novels before, particularly the Dreamdark series (two so far) and 2009's Lips Touch: Three Times for which she was a National Book Award finalist.  read more

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Martin Scorsese To Direct The Snowman

By K. Alexander Smith at 3:44 PM on November 21, 2011

According to The Hollywood Reporter, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese has officially signed on to film the adaptation of Norwegian author Jo Nesbø's The Snowman (Snømannen), the seventh entry in his Harry Hole series of novels.  read more

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Toy Story Writers Could Pen Farmville Movie

By Luke Larsen at 4:03 PM on October 7, 2011

Just when you were starting to think the Facebook gaming trend was starting to die off, news like this reminds us that we are only on the cusp of its wave. Although Zynga has yet to confirm the project, the respectable Toy Story writers Alec Sokolow and Joel Cohen let it out in an interview with IGN that they might be writing the script for a new Farmville movie, saying "We're in conversations with Zynga to do something with one of their brands. Can't really say too much on that front yet, but 'Old MacDonald' didn't have a factory, if you get our drift."   read more

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DreamWorks Making Live Action Version of The BFG

By Ross Bonaime at 4:15 PM on September 28, 2011

The BFG, the book about a giant who becomes friends with a orphan girl, has been picked up by DreamWorks to be turned into a live action film.  read more

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Update: Ron Howard confirms Arrested Development movie

By Henry Freedland at 10:16 AM on November 20, 2008

During a press junket for Universal's upcoming Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard told Maxim that the much-ballyhooed Arrested Development movie was, in fact, on its way to the silver screen. ...  read more

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Murakami's Norweigan Wood to see screen adaptation

By Henry Freedland at 1:30 PM on August 1, 2008

Japanese author Haruki Murakami crafts his books in playful, winding prose less conducive to cinematic adaptation than, say, your average dialogue-driven whodunnit. ...  read more

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