Adaptation: A Podcast Dedicated to Film Adaptations
The podcast for in-depth discussion on films and the original material they're based on.
Adaptation #45: Star Trek Into the Bluest Blue
The hosts try to hold back the fangirling for as long as possible in this episode on JJ Abrams’ Star Trek Into Darkness. Dorin brings the Original Series knowledge as … Continue reading
Adaptation Mini #2: From Page To Screen Interviews – A Bronte Double Feature
Finally the second part of the interviews that Kendyl did at the 2012 From Page To Screen festival are out! Olivia Hetreed talks about her work on Wuthering Heights (2011), … Continue reading
Adaptation #44: Iron Man Suit Up!
While mooning over Tony Stark and admiring Pepper’s bad-assery, the hosts discuss their favorite moments of Shane Black’s Iron Man 3. Going through the various story arcs, they compare the … Continue reading
A Jane Austen Fan’s Dream Comes True on the Big Screen!
It is a truth universally acknowledged that any post referencing Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice—no matter how minute the reference—should include some adaptation of said novel’s opening sentence. There. Obligation … Continue reading
Adaptation #43: The Evil Dead are Coming for Our Souls
Some of the hosts had a few sleepless nights after seeing Fede Alverez’s Evil Dead, adapted from Sam Raimi’s 1981 film. With a few Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell superfans … Continue reading
Adaptation #42: All About the EL-BEE-DEE!
What?! After a year of Mondays and Thursdays spent in anticipation of a new episode, our Austen-inclined hosts discuss Hank Green and Bernie Su’s The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and its … Continue reading
Adaptation #41: A Host of Issues
Our hosts agree that Andrew Niccol’s The Host was a tough movie to make, with source material that had both too much and too little to fit into two hours. … Continue reading
Adaptation #40: Fee Fi Fo Fum
Jess, Jenn and Kendyl get together to discuss Bryan Singer’s film Jack the Giant Slayer, which is definitely worth watching. Though unsure about Isabella’s character, they agree that the film … Continue reading
The New Catching Fire Trailer Teaser is out!
The new Catching Fire trailer teaser came out finally at the MTV Movie awards to a rapt audience all over the world. Catching Fire, the second installment of The Hunger … Continue reading
Adaptation #39: Nothing to Get Green Over
After seeing Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful, the hosts finally know which witch is which and some now have gloating rights. They also discuss the film from a … Continue reading
Sondheim Returns to the Woods in a Musical Remake with Meryl Streep
With so many twisted fairy tales appearing on television and the big screen, Disney will be returning to one of the earliest fairy tale adaptations with a feature film version … Continue reading
New Trailer for Sea of Monsters Welcomes New Faces and Plot Points
It’s finally happened. Three years after Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief was released in theaters, our wait is nearly over. The next installment of the film series … Continue reading
Adaptation #38: Mind, Host and Soul
Discussing Stephenie Meyer’s The Host gives our hosts plenty to analyze, from the difference between body and mind to the believability of Wanderer’s selflessness and Ian’s understanding. And of course, … Continue reading
Adaptation #37: Hansel and Gretel, So Hot Right Now
The team discusses the Grimm Brothers’ Hansel and Gretel and the recent Tommy Wirkola film Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters. While being semi-divided, they all agree that the Grimm’s were … Continue reading
Adaptation #36: What Beautiful Creatures These Mortals Be
Episode #36 covers Richard LaGravenese’s film Beautiful Creatures and the hosts were less than impressed. After timidly discussing the movie on its own, the book comparisons come out in full … Continue reading
Adaptation #35: I Am a Zombie Pregnant with Importance
After seeing Jonathan Levine’s film Warm Bodies, the hosts discuss its merits as a film as well as its differences from the original novel. They also spend some time debating … Continue reading
Adaptation #34: The Merry Old Land of Manipulation
In this episode of Adaptation, the hosts discuss L. Frank Baum’s book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Victor Fleming’s film The Wizard of Oz. Along the way, some burning … Continue reading
