#filmadaptations — Public Fediverse posts

Film producer Jeremy Thomas was a cross between a kindly Cambridge don and the movie world’s cool uncle
By Peter Bradshaw

The man behind The Last Emperor had the confidence of an old-fashioned studio boss along with the soul of a cineaste

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/jeremy-thomas-film-producer-kindly-cambridge-don-cool-uncle

#Film #Culture #BernardoBertolucci #Oscars #NicolasRoeg #MatteoGarrone #Filmadaptations #JGBallard #Awardsandprizes #Books #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77
By Andrew Pulver

Thomas was noted for collaborations with directors including Bernardo Bertolucci and David Cronenberg

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/jeremy-thomas-producer-the-last-emperor-sexy-beast-dies

#Film #Filmindustry #UKnews #BFI #KenLoach #BernardoBertolucci #Filmadaptations #DavidCronenberg #Books #Business #Culture #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

Jeremy Thomas, British producer of The Last Emperor and Sexy Beast, dies aged 77 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/12/jeremy-thomas-producer-the-last-emperor-sexy-beast-dies #Film #FilmIndustry #UkNews #Bfi #KenLoach #BernardoBertolucci #FilmAdaptations #DavidCronenberg #Books #Business #Culture

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film #Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #FilmAdaptations #Television #TelevisionRadio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett

Tim Curry, star of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Stephen King’s It, dies aged 80
By Andrew Pulver

A prolific performer across stage, screen and TV, the actor starred in Legend, Clue and It, but will always be associated with the flamboyantly camp rock’n’roll musical in which he made his breakthrough

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/26/tim-curry-dies-rocky-horror-show-stephen-king-it-legend-film

#Film #RockyHorrorShow #Culture #Legend #StephenKing #Books #Filmadaptations #Television #Televisionradio #TomStoppard #Stage #MontyPython #TerryPratchett #TheGuardian #AndrewPulver

The Sheep Detectives review – Hugh Jackman gives a flock in baa-rking mad cosy crime caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/27/the-sheep-detectives-review-hugh-jackman #Film #ComedyFilms #FilmAdaptations #HughJackman #CrimeFilms #EmmaThompson #ChrisOdowd #JuliaLouisdreyfus #PatrickStewart #BryanCranston #Books #Comedy #Culture #TelevisionRadio

Yesterday, I wrote about how some movies are better than the books they were sourced from, but sometimes a book and a film are synergistic – better together.

https://ridleypark.blog/2025/08/28/when-books-and-films-complete-each-other/

#FilmAdaptations #Cinema #MoviesBetterThanBooks #Storytelling #AmReading #AmWatching #Reading #Movies #Film #Books #Classics #booksuggestions #Blog #BlogPost #WritingLife

Anyone else #bookbloggers #bookfans #filmfans #moviefans obsessed with comparing #filmadaptations to the #books ?

I started a #filmofthebook feature on my #blog a couple of years ago and am surprised to find I have done over 40 of these comparisons!

Just a few of these for example:
#TheExorcist
#NeverLetMeGo
#MaryPoppins
#TheManWhoFelltoEarth
#AMonsterCalls
#TheBlackCauldron
#TheShining

You can find my #filmadaptation comparisons here (underneath the book reviews):

https://nsfordwriter.com/reading/