Netflix to remake Pride and Prejudice – why Jane Austen novels make perfect period adaptations: Announcing its new six-part adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Netflix quoted screenwriter Dolly Alderton as saying: “Once in a generation, a group of people get to retell this wonderful story.” In the 250th anniversary of her birth, it would seem …
The Legend of Zelda film: past adaptations have gotten Link’s character wrong: The Legend of Zelda (first produced in 1986) is one of the most beloved videogames around the world, so when Nintendo announced the development of a live-action movie a couple of weeks ago, it inspired a lot of speculation (and fear) about how …
Heatwaves and hot temperatures are hard on the body – but a series of in-built adaptations make it easier to cope: The body is well-equipped to cope with the heat. tommaso79/ Shutterstock Record-breaking temperatures have been recorded in many countries in 2023. In some parts of Europe, summer temperatures even exceeded 45?. While this kind …
The Haunting of Bly Manor: why Henry James’ eerie tale still inspires so many adaptations: The Haunting of Bly Manor. Netflix New on Netflix, The Haunting of Bly Manor is the latest in a long line of adaptations of Henry James’s The Turn of the Screw (1898) that began in 1954 with Benjamin Britten’s opera. …