McG springs for Spring Awakening film adaptation
The Charlie's Angels and Terminator Salvation director is in talks to direct and produce a big-screen version of the Broadway hit musical about adolescent sexuality
Teenagers’ credit note approach to fund £1m film of Clovis Dardentor
Trio raise £105,000 for Jules Verne adaptation by charging members of the public £1 to appear in the credits
Mike Newell to reopen The Box of Delights
The Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director is to make a new film based on John Masefield's 1935 children's fantasy novel, previously adapted as a 1940s radio programme and a 1984 BBC TV miniseries
The view: Wild Things, I think I love you
Danny Leigh: The puppets might be a bit NeverEnding Story, but Spike Jonze's Maurice Sendak adaptation looks to have that crucial magic spark
Witch Mountain wins race and knocks Watchmen off US No 1 perch
Takings for Zack Snyder's comic-book adaptation fell by 67% in its second weekend, despite a plea from one of its screenwriters asking fans of the graphic novel to watch it again
DVD review: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
A confident adaptation of the novel, writes Rob Mackie
It’s coming, as Hollywood plans Stephen King adaptation
Tale of a sadistic creature who appeared as a grinning clown to terrify a small American town was the biggest selling book in the US in 1986
Watchmen captures US box-office crown with year’s highest opening gross
Zack Snyder's hotly-anticipated graphic novel adaptation took $55.7m at the weekend, the third highest March opening of all time
Week in geek special: Watchmen splits the critics
Ben Child: Zack Snyder's Watchmen adaptation is forecast to be a box-office hit, despite polarising the critics in a way not seen since The Lord of the Rings trilogy
Catholic League targets Da Vinci Code prequel
Having campaigned against the original Dan Brown adaptation, The Catholic League will repeat their efforts for its prequel, Angels and Demons
Wise Blood
Philip French's classic DVD: Wise BloodStunning adaptation of Flannery O'Connor's first novel, published in 1952 says Philip French
A fine pickle
With so many screenplays based on books triumphing at the Oscars, Salman Rushdie asks whether there is such a thing as a good adaptation
Watchmen watch: early reviews roundup
It isn't released until next month, but already the critics are dribbling over Zack Snyder's comic book adaptation
20th Century Boys
It's odd how quaint the pre-millennium angst in this wearing adaptation of a popular sci-fi manga feels now, writes Cath Clarke
Ang Lee could set sail on Life of Pi
Oscar-winning director of Brokeback Mountain is in talks to direct an adaptation of Yann Martel's acclaimed novel