Brian Selznick: how Scorsese’s Hugo drew inspiration from his magical book
In an exclusive interview the American artist talks to Ed Vulliamy about working with Scorsese his love of cross-hatching – and why he always keeps a mirror on his desk
Rebecca remake in the works
DreamWorks and Working Title plan new adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's 1938 novel, made famous by Hitchcock's 1940 film
In conversation: Nathan Englander and Jonathan Safran Foer
The two writers discuss the art of fiction, Jewishness and their new collaboration
Who would want to be an author in film?
John Dugdale: Jason Reitman's Young Adult is only the latest in a long line of films which portray authors as helpless, or vindictive, or both
WG Sebald film takes journey to cliff’s edge
David Newnham: The author's The Rings of Saturn starts as travelogue and ends in melancholy and horror – a new film, Patience (After Sebald) captures its mood admirably
Harrison Ford ‘in talks’ for Blade Runner sequel
Actor set to reprise role as Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's forthcoming follow-up to his 1982 sci-fi classic, reports say
Bridget Jones’s Baby due date pushed back
Working Title still expected to deliver third instalment in series despite concerns over the script
The Reader author sues the Weinstein Company over film payments
Bernhard Schlink, whose 1995 novel was turned into a film starring Kate Winslet, claims he has not received a penny from the studio
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo cancelled in India
Oscar-nominated thriller withdrawn from release in India after director David Fincher refuses to cut 'unsuitable' sex scenes
Elmore Leonard: the great American novelist
Elmore Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genre, argues Philip Hensher
Patience (After Sebald) – review
Grant Gee's likably loquacious documentary elegantly re-traces WG Sebald's steps through the Suffolk countryside, writes Xan Brooks
Saturn calling: the sounds of Leyland James Kirby
WG Sebald's sprawling novel The Rings of Saturn has inspired a movie. The composer of its soundtrack tells Ben Beaumont-Thomas why only mashed-up Schubert would do
Diane Kruger set to star in Stephenie Meyer’s The Host
German actor in talks to join cast of forthcoming science-fiction film based on novel by Twilight author
Dartmoor Zoo gets Hollywood’s animal magic
We Bought A Zoo, Benjamin Mee's striking memoir of his life as a bereaved single father in charge of lions, tigers and bears, is now a major film starring Matt Damon
Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh to team up for literary adaptation
Branagh will direct Titanic star for the first time since 1996 in version of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society