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Bookshelf to Screen: Seven Old Favorites Getting the Film Treatment This Fall (And Beyond)

By Rachael Maddux on 7:00 AM on September 13, 2009

Adapting literature into movies is nothing new, of course, but it sure feels like there's a lot of that going on this fall, doesn't it? Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers' Where The Wild Things Are is generating most of the buzz (check out Paste's September issue for more on that), but a slew of other much-beloved stories are getting the silver screen treatment, too—some for the first time, others not so much. Here's a look at the classics coming soon to a cinema near you, and check back soon for more peeps at upcoming book-to-film adaptations....  read more

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Trailer Stash: Sherlock Holmes, The Road, more

By Jeffrey Bloomer on 2:26 PM on May 21, 2009

And now, a look at some notable trailers lighting up blogs and message boards:...  read more

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The 29 Most Anticipated Movies of 2009

By Jeremy Medina on 6:00 AM on January 21, 2009

The new year is upon us and moviegoers are finally getting around to seeing some of 2008's big-name films (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road, Gran Torino, Defiance, The Wrestler). But what about the rest of the year? Austin listed his five to watch a while back, but I will see his five and raise him 24. Here are the 29 movies due in 2009 that have caught my eye. What's missing? Let me know in the comments section....  read more

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Robert Downey Jr. officially named Ritchie's Sherlock

By Rachel Webster on 2:40 PM on July 10, 2008

Drum roll please, dear Watson. The newest actor to take on the Sherlock Holmes role is none other than the Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., in Guy Ritchie’s new Sherlock Holmes flick. ...  read more

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Baron-Cohen, Ferrell to star in another Sherlock movie?

By Michael Saba on 4:27 PM on July 2, 2008

"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."And here we thought that House was going to be the best treatment of Sherlock Holmes that we would ever see. If it were somehow possible to harvest the kinetic energy of a Victorian author turning in their grave because their work was being adapted into modern media, then we could stick a conduit into Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's coffin and tell Al Gore to quit campaigning for renewable energy. Columbia Pictures just announced an untitled comedy film starring Sascha Baron-Cohen as Sherlock Holmes and Will Ferrell...  read more

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Robert Downey Jr. to portray Sherlock Holmes?

By Elizabeth Hendley on 11:32 AM on June 23, 2008

Nothing has been confirmed as of yet, but EW.com reports that Robert Downey Jr. is in the running to play the famed sleuth Sherlock Holmes in Guy Ritchie's Warner Brothers' film. ...  read more

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Guy Ritchie to give Sherlock Holmes a go

By Nikki King on 11:45 AM on June 6, 2008

Now that Neil Marshall is off the project, Guy Ritchie is on board to write and direct Warner Bros’ reincarnation of the story of Sherlock Holmes. Attempting the same kind of cinematic realism as other Warner blockbusters such as Batman Begins, Ritchie intends on tapping into the more nuanced qualities of Holmes’ character, highlighting his adventurousness and impeccable fighting abilities....  read more

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