book adaptation
Novel made cinematic
A book adaptation is a work in another medium—film, television, stage, video game—based on a written source.
The term usually implies faithfulness to the original, though adaptations range from literal translations to loose interpretations: The movie is a faithful adaptation of the novel.
Discussions of adaptations often center on what was kept, changed, or lost in translation.
- filmMovie or coating
- movieRecorded visual narrative
- big screenTheater projection surface
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- novelNew and unusual
screen · Hollywood · film rights · faithful · source material · creative liberties · casting · director · bestseller · remake · reimagining · cinematic · rights · optioned · franchise · blockbuster · box office · liberties
- dramatizationsenactment, reenactment, recreation, stage play, theatrical production
- stage productionsplay, musical, dress rehearsal, stage play, stage show
- booksnovel, textbooks, study guides, paperback, hardcover
- Kids Moviesanimated film, cartoon, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Lion King
- merchandisemerchandise, goods, merch, products, items
- rom-comsrom-com, romantic comedy, romcom, Pretty Woman, meet-cute
book adaptationoriginal screenplay
Film story not adapted
original script · spec script · original content · original series · original film
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