24 words a second: Adapting Novels for the Big Screen

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It’s a concept that directors and audiences alike have been battling with since the birth of cinema; how to convert novels to screen? From the 1930’s classic interpretation of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With The Wind, to the release of Tomas Alfredson’s adaptation of John le Carré’s spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy just last week, [...]

Official UK Trailer and Poster for Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre UK Poster

Focus Features International have released the official UK trailer and poster for Jane Eyre. Directed by Cary Fukunaga (Sin Nombre), Jane Eyre is based on the acclaimed novel of the same name by Charlotte Brontë, and stars Mia Wasikowska, Michael Fassbender, Judi Dench, Sally Hawkins, Jamie Bell, Imogen Poots, Sophie Ward and Craig Roberts. After a bleak childhood, Jane [...]

Poster & Synopsis For Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights

A promo poster and synopsis for Wuthering Heights have appeared online, courtesy of ThePlaylist. Directed by Andrea Arnold as her follow-up to the widely acclaimed Fish Tank, Wuthering Heights is an adaptation of Emily Brontë‘s classic novel. Wuthering Heights currently stars Kaya Scodelario (Moon) and Nichola Burley (Donkey Punch). Arnold is actively seeking a male actor to [...]

Fassbender and Wasikowska To Star in Jane Eyre?

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Following his success with Sin Nombre Cary Fukunaga is to adapt Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre from a script by Moira Buffini, and today rumours blossomed that soon-to-be Alice In Wonderland MiaWasikowska is in talks to play the eponymous heroine. Jane Eyre has been adapted many times in recent years with actresses such as Samantha Morton [...]