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I hope everybody had a great holiday season and is getting a good start to this new year of 2020! While the 21st century has shown a rise in the acceptance of fantasy and science fiction into mainstream culture, the past decade has particularly shown a rise in TV and movie adaptations of books in these genres. I’m not really big on TV adaptations of books and so can’t say a lot at this time about any that may be coming during this year of 2020. However, since I’m much more into watching big screen movies and reading, I can say that the new year has lined up five sci fi and fantasy book-to-film adaptations which all look really awesome! Okay, I’m speaking a bit hypocritically. I haven’t actually read any of the books these five films are based on. Still, the plots look super and worthy of the big screen. So, that gives me at least three new year’s resolutions to put on my list: 1) read the book to each of these movies; 2) see the movies; 3) do a Book-To-Movie review for each.
The 5 Book-To-Film Adaptations
“The Color Out of Space”: Directed by Richard Stanley; releases 24 January. This movie is adapted from H.P. Lovecraft’s horror sci fi story of the same name and stars Nicolas Cage (“Ghost Rider”). The story concerns a meteor that lands in a rural region of Massachusetts causing strange and terrifying occurrences.“The Turning”: Directed by Floria Sigismodi; releases 24 January. This is adapted from Henry James’s novella, “The Turn of the Screw”, about a governess who takes a job at an estate that turns out to be haunted.
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“The Invisible Man”: Directed by Leigh Whannell; releases 28 February. It’s high time that they make a remake of the original 1933 classic book-to-film adaptation. It’s supposed to be part of a project to remake several Universal monster films. The movie is based on H.G. Wells’ sci fi horror novel of the same name. The story is that a scientist discovers a way to make himself invisible but then goes mad and on a killing spree while experimenting for a serum that will bring back his visibility.
“Dune”: Directed by Denis Villeneuve; expected to release 18 December. This is also a remake, the original being from 1984 that co-starred rock star Sting. Based on Frank Herbert’s novel, the story is set on a planet where a war is being fought for a spice that expands consciousness and lengthens life.
“Chaos Walking”: Directed by Doug Liman; no confirmed release date. Based on Patrick Ness’s trilogy of novels of the same name, the story is set on a far-off dystopian planet called New World. There are apparently no women on this planet and a virus is infecting male population driving them mad with realistic visions of their thoughts. The two main characters try to escape the insanity.
Are you planning to see any of these sci fi and fantasy book-to-film adaptations, read the books or both during this year of 2020?
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Have a Happy New Fear!
Until next time . . .
I'm interested in the Lovecraft adaptation. The movie The Curse was loosely based on it but I'd like to see a truer adaptation.
ReplyDeleteEveryone keeps trying to do Dune. We'll see if someone does it really well.
I've really been enjoying The Witcher series. I think it's actually better than the books.
It seems like the few Lovecraft adaptations they've had have all been loosely based on the stories, even though some of the movies may be good in their own right. I've heard of The Curse but have never seen it. I'll have to check that one out. I actually didn't mind the original Dune movie, even though it wasn't my favourite of space opera films. But because it was such a long movie (which is expected, since the book I believe is over 500 pages) I've only seen it once. I'd like to try to watch it again one more time before the remake comes out.
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