Ink to Film

After covering 58 different book-to-film adaptations over 3 years and 150 episodes, Luke and James try to answer these questions: “What have you learned about adaptations?” “How has covering adaptat…

Greg Rucka wrote both the comic and the screenplay for its adaptation, helping to ensure a faithful product made it to screen, but how did Gina Prince-Bythewoods’ Netflix original film end up compari…

Rob Reiner directed a cult classic that’s also probably one of the top 3 most quotable films of all time, memorably bringing William Goldman’s magnum opus to life. In episode 149, Luke & James enjoy …

So much of what makes THE PRINCESS BRIDE a cult classic comes straight out of William Goldman’s novel, but is it worth reading for die hard fans? Or if you’re on the fence about the movie, could it h…

What did the original adaptation of Stephen King’s PET SEMATARY get right about the source material? Check out this (former patreon-exclusive) episode to find out! Luke & James have a ton of fun with…

July 2020 Adaptation News

Sources: Neil Gaiman on Sandman (Netflix)

3 New Stephen King Adaptations Are Now In The Works

Junji Ito on Adapting Stephen King

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Author and educator Dr. Michael Arnzen returns to urge everyone to think critically about William Friedkin’s THE EXORCIST, a movie he says tries to discourage you from doing just that. In episode 147…

Pazuzu commands YOU to listen (to this discussion of William Peter Blatty’s infamous book about demon possession). In episode 145, Luke & James discuss whether the source material lives up to the cla…

Academy-award winning director Bong Joon-Ho made a genre-bending adaptation of Jacques Lob & Jean-Marc Rochette’s Le Transperceneige, AKA “Snowpiercer: The Escape,” and the result is really something…

Barry Jenkins, fresh off the success of Moonlight, adapted James Baldwin’s “If Beale Street Could Talk” into an evocative, gorgeous, and emotionally raw film. Black Love takes center stage as Tish an…

James Baldwin puts Black love front and center in a romance set in Harlem and struggling to persist against systematic oppression, false accusations, and personal tragedy. In episode 142, join Luke &…

Look at me. Barry Sonnenfeld managed to adapt Elmore Leonard’s novel “Get Shorty” into a fun gangster crime-thriller comedy that’s also a satire of the entire film industry. John Travolta, Gene Hackm…

The “Dickens of Detroit,” Elmore Leonard, crafts an ambitious crime story about a fish-out-of-water gangster that plays with metafiction and postmodernism. In episode 140, join Luke & James as they f…

Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” was adapted by Paul Verhoeven in 1990 into a full-tilt Arnold Schwarzenegger flick filled with so much social satire and action-mov…

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Widely considered one of the best films of all time, winner of all five major academy awards, and chosen for preservation in the National Film Registry, Miloš Forman’s ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST…

The Magic Trip comes to an end with the second half of Ken Kesey’s novel, ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST—but how the experience hold up? In episode 137, Luke & James unpack the messages behind the n…

Ken Kesey is an author with a far-reaching legacy, but it all began with the publication and immediate success of ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST. In episode 136, Luke & James take a psychedelic trip…

Richard Matheson’s original post-apocalyptic tale I AM LEGEND laid the foundation for the zombie fiction of today in a book that some regard as the “first modern horror novel.” But how does Frances L…

Author Caitlin Starling joins to discuss "The Silence of the Lambs" and cast her vote for which was better: the film directed by Jonathan Demme or Thomas Harris’s novel. In episode 134, Luke, James, …