Twilight spawns a new film demographic
Lisa Marks: This adaptation of the popular book for young female adults is set to be the year's breakout smash by tapping in to a whole new audience
Black on board for Gulliver’s Travels
School of Rock star Jack Black is to play Lemuel Gulliver in a new live-action adaptation of Swift's classic satire
Film trailer: The Spirit
Frank Miller's adaptation of Will Eisner's comic-book series about a fledgling policeman killed in the line of duty who is resurrected as a masked crime fighter
Film trailer: Choke
UK release date: November 21An adaptation of the Fight Club author's novel that follows a sex addict who pays for his mother's medical care by pulling scams in restaurants
Film trailer: Max Payne
UK release date: November 14The videogame adaptation that follows a DEA agent on his quest for revenge
DVD review: Iron Man
Initially adventurous Marvel comic-strip adaptation
Max Payne isn’t hurt by terrible reviews
The Mark Wahlberg videogame adaptation confounded the critics with a strong opening at the US box office
The dark art of adaptation
Critical condition: The film versions of Tennessee Williams' plays demonstrate the difficulties and the rewards of transplanting literary or theatrical texts to the big screen
Ridley Scott puts off Brave New World for The Forever War
The Alien director has revealed that he will move onto an adaptation of Joe Haldeman's 1974 science fiction novel after finishing Nottingham
Helen Mirren leads the cast of Taymor’s Tempest
Julie Taymor has changed the gender of the central character to accommodate the British actress in her latest Shakespeare adaptation
Cronenberg takes on Ludlum adaptation
David Cronenberg moves closer to the mainstream with a new film adapted from the work of the creator of Jason Bourne
Enchanted director to helm Tom Thumb
Kevin Lima thinks small and stays in fairy land for a new adaptation of the classic British folk tale
Ask Parky: Which British sports stars made it big in Hollywood?
This week David Parkinson answers your questions on sporting screen icons, Graham Greene's missing adaptation and a mystery 60s credit crunch movie
Brideshead Revisited worked as 80s fantasy – today’s students may find it harder to swallow
Peter Bradshaw: The TV adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's novel struck a chord with paid-up members of the student grant generation. Hard up teens today will find it harder to relate
Trailer: Winslet and DiCaprio reunite for Mendes’ Revolutionary Road
Ben Child: Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio have reunited for Revolutionary Road - but can the Richard Yates adaptation refloat the Titanic boat?