Lost in La Mancha review
This compelling fly-on-the-wall study, hilarious and heartbreaking at once, shows poor Mr Gilliam’s visionary project disintegrating like a slow-motion car crash
Casting news: Owen Wilson to star in new Elmore Leonard adaptation
Plus: New roles for Kirsten Dunst, Chloe Sevigny and Tommy Lee Jones
Scooby-Doo 2 announced
Studio wants cast and director of successful cartoon adaptation to make a sequel
Scooby Doo cleans up at US box office
Cartoon adaptation is biggest June opener ever
HG Wells
As his great-grandson's adaptation of The Time Machine arrives in Britain's cinemas, Patrick Barkham tracks down the best sites on the Victorian sci-fi Fabian
Old father time
HG Wells's novel The Time Machine introduced a new concept to the English language and a new genre to storytelling. Now the author's great-grandson, Simon Wells, has completed his tribute: a film adaptation. Here he describes the reduced circumstances that led HG to publish the work - and explains why film-makers find it irresistible.
In brief: Cannes plans digital screenings
Plus: Kingsley in talks for Bradbury adaptation, Vin Diesel pic put back, and Russell Crowe makes directing debut filming his girlfriend
In brief: Naomi Watts signs for Booker adaptation
Plus: Beckinsale plays a vampire, Tim Burton replaces Spielberg on Big Fish, and Indie faces his old girlfriends
About a Boy third biggest opener of 2002
Hugh Grant dad-lit adaptation storms to the top of the UK box office on opening weekend
In brief: Frasier’s Niles joins hotly-tipped romcom
Plus: Blake will not face death penalty, and Robert Downey Jr in talks for Dostoevsky adaptation
Connolly signed for time travel role
Scottish comic among several Brits in new Crichton adaptation
In brief: Bend it Like Beckham stays box office champ
Plus: Hellboy joins comic book adaptation hall of fame
Cusack lined up for next Grisham film
Latest legal thriller adaptation to star John Cusack as a rogue juror
Water torture
Peter Bradshaw on a sugary adaptation of E Annie Proulx's novel, plus the rest of the movies.
Potter is second highest grosser ever
JK Rowling adaptation overtakes Star Wars Episode I at the box office