I Served the King of England
Philip French: There is a good deal of gross Central European humour in this adaptation
Amis ventures back to London Fields after 19 years for film adaptation
Martin Amis's darkly comic novel London Fields is being made into a film
Iron Man makers hope for blockbusting weekend
Summer is here, at least at the multiplexes as Marvel Studios launches 55-country opening blitz for comic book adaptation in hopes of recouping hefty production costs
McKellen and Serkis set for Del Toro’s Hobbit
Sir Ian McKellen and Andy Serkis are set to return as Gandalf and Gollum in Guillermo del Toro's 'less CGI' adaptation of the Tolkien story
Blindness set for first sight at Cannes
Fernando Meirelles' adaptation of Jose Saramago's bestselling mystery looks set to open the Cannes international film festival on May 14.
Del Toro gets Hobbit helm
Guillermo del Toro was last night confirmed as the director of the long-awaited film adaptation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit
Hard Hobbit to break: McKellen set for return as Gandalf
Actor confirms his role as the wizard in Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited Tolkien adaptation
On the trail of Mma Ramotswe
The TV adaptation of the No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series hits our screens tonight. Bob Maddams, a film-maker working in Africa, follows in Precious Ramotswe's footsteps around Gaborone before heading off to investigate the real Botswana
Love in the Time of Cholera
Peter Bradshaw: Javier Bardem stars in a smug and pompous literary adaptation
In brief: Coen brothers’ final Oscars boost
Plus: Michael Clarke Duncan signs for new Street Fighter adaptation; film planned on The Master and Margarita
‘This land of hope’
The Oscar contender There Will Be Blood, based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!, has great resonance in the shadow of the Iraq war. Mark Lawson finds another connection - with the race for the White House
Atonement leads the pack at Bafta nominations
Fresh from its success at Sunday's Golden Globes, Atonement appears to be the film to beat at next month's Baftas. Joe Wright's adaptation of the Ian McEwan bestseller racked up an astonishing 14 nominations, including best film, director, actor and actress. The Coen brothers' acclaimed No Country For Old Men and Paul Thomas Anderson's oil saga There Will Be Blood were in joint second place with nine nominations apiece
Theron and Mortensen take on McCarthy’s cannibals
Charlize Theron will co-star alongside Viggo Mortensen in The Road, an adaptation of the apocalyptic 2006 novel by current Hollywood favourite Cormac McCarthy
In cyberspace, no one can hear the Neuromancer fans scream
Even if the rumours that mini-Darth is being tapped for an adaptation of the William Gibson classic prove false, a live action version is not going to work