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Female Crime Wave: Chloe Moretz Joins Gillian Flynn’s Dark Places and an Agatha Christie Revival
Gillian Flynn’s taste for macabre irony can’t be chalked up to the violently unforgiving times in which we live; consider Agatha Christie.
Charlize Theron to Star in Gillian Flynn’s ‘Dark Places’; List Grows Shorter for Gone Girl’s Leading Role
Now that Theron has committed to ‘Dark Places,’ the mystery surrounding who will star in ‘Gone Girl’ has intensified considerably.
From the Vault: ‘The Cider House Rules’ by John Irving, Starring Michael Caine and Tobey Maguire
We’re looking back at John Irving’s ‘The Cider House Rules’ and the big screen adaptation it inspired.
From the Vault: ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy, Starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron
Word & Film looks back at Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Road, and the Hollywood adaptation it inspired.
Jonah Hill Drastically Alters Appearance for Scorsese’s ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’
Also in our round-up: Brad Pitt’s political leanings, a trailer for the ‘Lincoln’ trailer, and the latest in ‘Star Trek’ news.
From Newsprint to Silver Screen: Charlize Theron to Possibly Star in Marie Colvin Story
A Vanity Fair article is in the infancy stages of its big-screen treatment — and the news inspired Word & Film to look back at five other quintessential news-to-film adaptations.
What The World Needs Now Is Probably Not a Third Bridget Jones's Diary
Won’t this kind of why-can’t-I-do-anything-right? female-driven narrative seem a little dusty next year?
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