classic fiction

Secret Garden  Heads Back to Big Screen

June 7, 2016 admin 1

Long-time fans of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s children’s classic, The Secret Garden, can look forward to a new feature-length film adaptation. From Deadline Hollywood: [David] Heyman will produce with Rosie Alison through his Heyday Films banner. They have tapped Jack Thorne, arguably the UK’s most in-demand writer, to adapt Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved story about Mary Lennox, a troubled, sickly, orphaned 10-year-old girl sent to live with an uncle after her parents have died in a […]

New Alice Film Doesn’t Deliver

June 1, 2016 admin 0

After a disappointing Memorial Day weekend opening, Deadline Hollywood’s Anthony D’Alessandro looks at why the movie adaptation of Alice Through the Looking Glass opened far, far below expectation. Among other things, D’Alessandro writes: Moviegoers hike to films like Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book and Snow White and the Huntsman for uniqueness. Can sequels promise anything better than the first go-round? Which is a good thing for filmmakers to remember. They might do very well […]

Lovecraft Gets Animated

May 26, 2016 admin 0

A new project will introduce a new generation to the work of master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. Created with family viewers in mind, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom is meant to be both spooky and entertaining. From Deadline Hollywood: Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer have been cast in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom from filmmaker (and Arcana Studios CEO) Sean Patrick O’Reilly. The film, based on Bruce Brown’s popular […]

Paramount Dumps The Little Prince

March 24, 2016 admin 0

It was never called “The Little Lost Prince,” but that’s how things were looking last week when Paramount dropped its distribution deal for the animated version of Antoine Saint-Exupery’s The Little Prince, mere days before the animated film’s scheduled US theatrical release. Fortunately, a knight in shining armor was on the way to save the day in the shape of global home television content provider, Netflix. From Deadline Hollywood: The move at least assures U.S. [audiences] […]