Adapted Screenplay Oscars 2022 Predictions & Contenders

Billy Crystal is returning to Broadway and revisiting one of his most popular film roles: Mr. Saturday Night, a new musical based on the 1992 movie will begin performances at the Nederlander Theatre next spring.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaThirty years ago, Billy Crystal brought the story of Buddy Young Jr., a stand-up comic whose talent can’t outrun his self-destructive tendencies, to the big screen with “Mr. Saturday Night.” The film, which Crystal co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in, was a modest critical success but a box office bomb.

Rebecca Davis editorTencent has released the first trailer for its take on Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin’s epic novel “The Three-Body Problem,” sparking comparisons between the local adaptation and the Netflix version also underway.The book is the first in Liu’s Hugo Award-winning trilogy about humanity’s first contact with an extraterrestrial civilization.Tencent’s adaptation is directed by Leon Yang Lei (“The Red”) and stars Zhang Luyi (“The Red,” “The Devotion of Suspect X”), Yu Hewei

flooded with joyous reactions to the announcement that Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo will star in the film adaptation of the musical “Wicked.”But fans were equally quick to express who they did not want to see anywhere near the Emerald City — “Late Late Show” host and perennial movie musical trouper James Corden.A Change.org petition created the following day titled “Keep James Corden out of Wicked the movie” has gathered 36,000 signatures and counting.The demands of the petition, written by

James Corden in the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked.The big screen version of the long-running stage musical confirmed its major castings last week, with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo set to play its leads.However, Corden’s prevalence for appearing in movie musicals in recent years, including Cinderella, The Prom and Cats, has drawn the ire of many fans.In a new Change.org page created in the wake of the Wicked news, creator Mikel Miller declared: “James Corden in no way shape or form

“Wicked” fans really don’t want James Corden to star in the upcoming movie adaptation.

Netflix have shared a new teaser for the upcoming fourth season of Stranger Things, shining the spotlight on Millie Bobby Brown’s super-powered character Eleven (or Jane, if we’re being formal). The minute-long trailer begins with a rather milquetoast montage of teenage life in the mid-1980s, with shots of Eleven painting a figurine and heading to school (where she’s subsequently bullseyed by a spitball) as we hear Brown narrate a letter to her long-distance boyfriend, Mike Wheeler (Finn

Jon Burlingame editorIt’s impossible to guess, some three months away from the nominations, what might be up for Oscar in the music categories. But we can’t resist trying.The only sure thing seems to be that English composer Jonny Greenwood will be nominated for at least one Oscar and maybe two.

Despite the box office and critical disappointment of “Dear Evan Hansen,” Hollywood is still really excited about the possibilities of bringing famous Broadway musicals to the big screen. This year alone, we’ve had the aforementioned “Dear Evan Hansen,” “In the Heights,” and in December, “West Side Story.” And one of the biggest musicals of all time, “Wicked,” is now bringing in two incredibly talented singers to bring that show to life in film.

We won’t get the official list of submissions from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for a week or two, but there’s enough intel on the International Film race to start categorizing the contenders. The most important thing to realize is that there is no way a great film isn’t going to get snubbed with just five nominees.

Naman Ramachandran Celebrated Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta (“Funny Boy,” “Water”) is attached to write and direct the film adaptation of Avni Doshi’s bestselling novel “Burnt Sugar.”Set in the Indian city of Pune, the novel tells the story of Tara, who after a wild youth, faces challenges when she is older and must rekindle her relationship with her daughter.Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content has acquired audiovisual rights for the novel and will produce.

Ariana Grande is set to defy gravity in the forthcoming Universal film adaptation of the hugely successful Broadway musical Wicked, with the singer revealing she’s been cast as Glinda the Good Witch.In a post on Instagram, Grande revealed her casting by sharing flowers and a message sent by co-star Cynthia Erivo, who is on board to play the musical’s main role of Elphaba.“‘Pink Goes Good With Green’,” the message from Erivo read.

Grammy and Tony winner Cynthia Erivo and pop star Ariana Grande will star in a feature film adaptation of the billion-dollar Broadway smash hit “Wicked,” directed by Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”), Universal Pictures announced Thursday.One of the most successful Broadway musicals of all time, “Wicked” has continuously been in production since debuting in 2003.

Lucy Hale‘s new project is almost here! ET is exclusively debuting the trailer for “The Hating Game”, the film adaptation of Sally Thorne’s 2016 novel of the same name.

Lucy Hale's new project is almost here! ET is exclusively debuting the trailer for , the film adaptation of Sally Thorne's 2016 novel of the same name.Hale stars alongside Austin Stowell in the flick as two co-workers who experience hate at first sight.

Regina King and David E. Kelley are adapting Tom Wolfe’s novel A Man in Full for Netflix.

Regina King and David E. Kelley have set an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s “A Man in Full” at Netflix.

EXCLUSIVE: Playground Entertainment, the company behind Damian Lewis period drama Wolf Hall, is to adapt acclaimed South Korean graphic novel Moms as a television series.

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