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‘Cloud Atlas’ Directors Release a Trailer Complete with Commentary

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We reported back in June that the adaptation of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas would be released October 26th. At the time, we really only knew about the book and it’s unique structure consisting of six nested stories. Now we have a bit more information about the upcoming film and an intense trailer to hike up the excitement.

The writers and directors, Tom Twkyer, Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski, released a five-minute long trailer for their new film, including a little intro of them explaining how they decided to make the film in the first place.

And now for the trailer.

The film certainly has an all-star cast which includes Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant and Jim Broadbent. The poster, which was also recently released, highlights the extensive cast:

With all this new content, are you getting excited for the film? Leave your thoughts on the trailer in the comments.

Adaptation will be covering the novel and film in upcoming episodes, so stay tuned!

Adaptation #15: The Perks of Being An Infinite Lorax

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Kendyl, Corey and Dorin finally get to see the film Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax and then discuss the high school experience via Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Discussion of Perks starts at 31:47

Also, check out our episode on the Perks film!

*WARNING*

The Perks of Being a Wallflower contains mentions of child molestation, rape, suicide, teen pregnancy, abortion, drugs, sex, and mental health issues. As such, they are all a part of our discussion. If any of this offends you or could be a trigger for you, please proceed with caution.

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Adaptation #14: Joseph Gordon Levitt Rises (Literally)

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Kendyl, Jess and Ryan get together to discuss their reactions to The Dark Knight Rises: the surprises, the predictions and the debatable satisfaction received from THAT ENDING. Also, they get a little too distracted by the logistics of that bomb and how much can actually be accomplished in 11 minutes.

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Adaptation #13: M. Night, You Used Your Power Irresponsibly

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In episode #13, the hosts gush over The Amazing Spider-man, verbally flog M. Knight Shyamalamadingdong’s The Last Airbender and then profess their love to the television version.

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Simon Says ‘I’m Here’ in the cast of The Mortal Instruments

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In a twist that surprised even Cassandra Clare herself, the casting for Simon Lewis has been determined for the upcoming Mortal Instruments film!  Though originally this news was not supposed to be released until July, our favorite author/blogger posted the whole story just yesterday—and made no secret of the fact that she is absolutely thrilled with the casting (no sarcasm whatsoever).

For those of you who haven’t read the books (yet), Simon serves as the ever-loyal Duckie to Clary’s Andie.  He’s the endearing best friend, sidekick—and happens to hold an unrequited love for the main character.  And, per usual, Clary is completely blind to it all.  To top it all off, Simon also spends a good portion of the first book as a rat—and I’m not speaking figuratively.

Can I get a sympathetic ‘aw’?

So who’s the lucky guy playing the unlucky-in-love Simon?  None other than Robert Sheehan from Cassandra Clare’s beloved TV show, Misfits.

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Isn’t he cute?  And while I haven’t really seen him act in anything, he looks like he might be able to pull off the requisite endearing qualities, but what do you think?  Are you as happy about this casting as Cassandra Clare seems to be?

Oh, and as an added bonus…check out the sneak peek movie posters for City of Bones!  They have a certain minimalist appeal, don’t you think?

Adaptation #12: AL: Vamp Hunt (dig)?

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Episode #12 brings to you the host’s opinions on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the film and comes to the conclusion that we should write all the scripts in Hollywood from now on.

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Adaptation #11: Things Disney Taught Us

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In episode #11 discussion of Snow White and the Huntsman and the novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter leads to talk of awkward accents, hot archers, and history lessons from fiction novels. Plus some lessons that Disney probably shouldn’t have taught us.

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Adaptation #10: Joss Whedon is a God… Among Men

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In the 10th episode of Adaptation (hurray for double digits!), the hosts gather to discuss Joss Whedon’s The Avengers based on the Marvel comics and Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows based on the 1966 cult soap opera.

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For more comic adaptation discussion, check out our episodes on The Amazing Spider-man, The Dark Knight Rises, and Iron Man 3!

Adaptation #9: Snow White and the Stranger Danger

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Everyone is back to talk about the Grimm Brothers’ Little Snow White and Tarsem Singh’s Mirror, Mirror (2012) plus many other interesting and occasionally disturbing adaptations of the classic fairytale.

Adaptation #8: From Page to Screen – The Committee

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On the last morning of Bridport’s From Page to Screen festival, host Kendyl Bryant sits down with festival committee members Maisie Glazebrook, Polly Gifford, Paul Marshall and Nic Jeune as well as this year’s guest curator Francine Stock to discuss From Page to Screen‘s origins, objectives and favorites moments from this year.

ANNOUNCEMENT: From Page to Screen

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Adaptation has some exciting news!

In a fated cataclysm of events, Adaptation is being allowed to attend and cover Bridport’s From Page to Screen film festival. This year, the festival will be curated by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock and host a long list of exciting guests such as The Woman in Black‘s director James Watkins, screenwriter Miora Buffini and Salmon Fishing in the Yemen‘s screenwriter Simon Beaufoy.

See the full brochure here.

Host Kendyl Bryant will be journeying to Bridport for the festival this coming week to get the scoop from the planning committee and guests on the festival itself and the ups and downs of adapting the written word for film.

Stay tuned for episodes to come!

Episode #7 Download Fixed

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MEGA apologies to anyone who downloaded Adaptation #7: Seneca Crane’s Beard Invalidates Your Argument on the first day that it came out and found that it was missing the last 6 minutes.

The problem has been fixed, as have all the links and a quick re-download will get you the complete episode.

Sorry for the trouble,

The Adaptation Crew

Adaptation #7: Seneca Crane’s Beard Invalidates Your Argument

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First time host Dorin joins the rest of the crew to discuss the movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, how it compares to the book, what the filmmakers did brilliantly and what opportunities they missed.

Our other HG episodes: The Hunger Games (book), Catching Fire (book) (movie), and Mockingjay (book) (first movie).

Adaptation #6: Hunger Games, Y U So Brilliant?

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Our hosts are joined by friend and fellow Hunger Games fan Chase Pifer to discuss Suzanne Collins’s brilliant young adult dystopian novel and make predictions for the March 23rd movie release.

Our other HG episodes: The Hunger Games (movie), Catching Fire (book) (movie), and Mockingjay (book) (first movie).

The Hosts Attended the Hunger Games Red Carpet Premiere in London!

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and dressed up as Katniss’s prep team!

Plus, we saw (and got autographs from) Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth and Jennifer Lawrence! Josh Hucherson was there, but kinda missed our section. Oh well!

For more awesome pictures, head over to our newly added Photos section!

Adaptation #5: One for the Lorax

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In the fifth episode of Adaptation, our hosts discuss the movie One for the Money (and Corey vents her frustration). This is followed up by gushing over the brilliance that is Dr. Seuss, analyzing The Lorax and predicting where the film will go right.

Adaptation #4: Where We Feel Worse When Animals Die

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In episode #4, Kendyl, Jess and Corey discuss the American and Swedish film adaptations of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and the film adaptation of The Woman in Black.

Adaptation #3: Heavy, Light, Scary

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In this jam-packed episode, Kendyl, Jess and Corey discuss Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Janet Evanovich’s One for the Money and Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black.

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Back from the holidays!

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Hello Adaptations listeners!

I hope everyone had a great holiday season. We’re quite far into the new year now, I know, and it’s been a long time since we’ve had an episode or an update.

I have to admit, this is my fault. I kept meaning to read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and I just never did. Jess, on the other hand, ever the responsible one, has read it and will be our authority on it for the upcoming episode.

Speaking of which, it’s going to be a crazy one. Since we’ve been gone for so long, and I feel like we’ve missed a lot, we’re going to be jamming three books into a single Adaptation.

As I mentioned, Jess will be heading up Stieg Larsson’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo discussion, Corey will be back again to talk about Janet Evanovich’s One For the Money and I will have read Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black. It’s a lot to fit in one episode, but we’ll try to keep it brief and do each novel justice.

Until then, happy reading!

Other Current Book-to-Movie Projects:

Big Miracle (Book) (Movie)
The Vow (Book) (Movie)
The Secret World of Arrietty (Book) (Movie)

Adaptation #2: Hugo Has a Sexy Dad

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On episode #2, Kendyl and Jess are joined by coursemate Corey to discuss Martin Scorsese’s movie adaptation Hugo and how well the book translated to screen… and talk about Jude Law’s ability to play a sexy father.

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