Film adaptations
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John Hurt, who died on Friday, was a brilliant and versatile actor who made memorable film appearances over five decades. Here we look at ten of the best
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Choose a follow-up? What did you think of the soundtrack, the transformations and the exploits of the re-formed cast of characters, 20 years after the original?
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The author on her ‘regime’, research and adapting her work for the screen
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The actors are to play as-yet-unspecified canonical roles in the comedy, which features Ferrell and John C Reilly in the leads
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From pro-Brexit bookworms to Björk, test your knowledge of this year’s literary landmarks
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In the latest in our 10-part series, we run through the films we are most looking forward to next year (in alphabetical order!). Today: adaptations
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In Rachel Perkins’ new adaptation of Craig Silvey’s award-winning novel, a girl goes missing in an isolated and racially divided Australian town
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Film based on Ellen Feldman’s novel about birth control pioneer to be masterminded by Jennifer Lawrence’s production partner
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Nagy has taken on writing duties for the movie, which will be the first big-screen outing for the forensics specialist and hero of 24 crime novels
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Scorsese’s study of Jesuit missionaries in 17th century Japan stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver alongside Liam Neeson
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This long-awaited film adaptation of the August Wilson play remains stagy, but as a showcase for two towering performances it could hardly be improved
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High-Rise actor and director to collaborate on big-screen version of Miller and Geof Darrow’s comic Hard Boiled
US cinemas to show Nineteen Eighty-Four in anti-Trump protest