Terry Gilliam gets greenlight to restart Don Quixote film
Jack O’Connell and John Hurt to star in long-delayed Cervantes adaptation that was abandoned in 1999 after series of disasters struck shoot
High-Rise review – Tom Hiddleston shines in social-surrealist film of the year
The residents of a state-of-the-art tower block succumb to a collective breakdown in Ben Wheatley’s ingenious adaptation of the JG Ballard novel
Seth Rogen to make live-action Where’s Wally? movie
Star of The Interview is set to produce a film based on the series of children’s books with his creative partner Evan Goldberg
Joseph Gordon-Levitt quits adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman over creative differences
Gordon-Levitt had been in line to direct and star in the big-screen version of Gaiman’s graphic novel fantasy
Bennett Miller and Tom Stoppard team up for A Christmas Carol adaptation
New adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic 1843 novel will be set in 19th century and is expected to be shot in live action
A new chapter in cinema: why books are big at the 2016 Oscars
Film adaptations of Brooklyn, The Martian, The Revenant and Room are among the best picture nominees at this year’s Academy Awards as Hollywood shows its bookish side
Why are so many children’s fantasy books adapted as films?
Fantasy is a genre that has dominated children’s literature over the years, with JRR Tolkien, JK Rowling and Suzanne Collins spearheading the way in the crossover realm of book to film adaptation. So why is cinema recreating their fantastical lands? And what does the future hold?
Andrzej Żuławski obituary
Uncompromising film director with a taste for depicting the extremes of human behaviour
Saoirse Ronan to star in adaptation of Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach
Ronan, who was nominated for an Oscar for her role in the 2007 adaptation of McEwan’s Atonement, is to star in film of author’s Booker-shortlisted novel
Emma Thompson: UK would be ‘mad not to’ stay in EU
Alone in Berlin actor says she ‘feels European’ and that she would definitely vote to remain in Europe in the referendum
Alone in Berlin review – postcard revolution in the heart of Nazi Germany
Brendan Gleeson and Emma Thompson are the married couple who spread wartime subversion in this decently-intended adaptation of Hans Fallada’s novel
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies review – when the undead are dead boring
Wise-cracking Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy slash away at reanimated corpses in a bloody reworking of Jane Austen. But it’s not as much fun as it sounds
Little House on the Prairie movie back in development
Paramount picks up the interrupted project, to be directed by Martha Marcy May Marlene’s Sean Durkin
As The 5th Wave flounders at the global box office, YA sci-fi faces endgame
Search for successor to The Hunger Games continues, with latest YA franchise’s making weak start, while Daddy’s Home hints at global expansion for comedy star Will Ferrell
Guillermo del Toro to bring controversial horror stories for kids to the big screen
Film-maker may direct adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz after his Pacific Rim sequel