Happy Birthday, Alan Moore. One of the greatest comic book writers ever, his works include the iconic V for Vendetta, the deeply esoteric work Promethea, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, the Jack The Ripper themed From Hell, Watchmen, Swamp Thing and others. Many of his comics have, much to his great disdain, become big-budget Hollywood films. If you like … [Read more…]
Per the Guardian: Charlie Kaufman is set to write a big-screen adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five, to be directed by Guillermo del Toro. The screenwriter behind Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich is Del Toro’s preferred writer to work on his film of the 1969 Kurt Vonnegut novel. I like the pairing. Kaufman … [Read more…]
Oftentimes, behind an Academy Award-winning film is a magnificent — and, occasionally, better than the film itself — novel that inspired it Here is a lengthy list of some novels-turned-movies that received Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar nominations (or, in some cases, wins), including the 2013 nominees: