The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Huston's 1941 directorial debut. The film that established American film noir as a coherent style.
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2020sArtemis Fowl (2020)
Kenneth Branagh's 2020 Disney+ Eoin Colfer adaptation. Substantial production failure where multiple compounding decisions destroyed the source material.
2020sHe’s All That (2021)
Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework. He's All That is the 2021 Mark Waters-directed Netflix teen romantic comedy starring Addison Rae as Padgett Sawyer, a high school influencer whose specific social media career suffers public collapse following…
2010sParker (2013)
Taylor Hackford's 2013 Jason Statham Donald Westlake adaptation. Acceptable but not substantial.
AdaptationThe Punisher (1989, 2004, 2008)
Three theatrical Punisher films: 1989 Lundgren, 2004 Jane, 2008 Stevenson. The Punisher has been adapted as theatrical film three times across two decades: The Punisher (1989) starring Dolph Lundgren, The Punisher (2004) starring Thomas Jane, and Punisher: War Zone (2008)…
2000sFlatland: The Movie (2007)
Johnson and Travis's 2007 animated adaptation of Edwin Abbott's 1884 novella. Source long thought unfilmable.
2010sPlanet Earth II (2016)
Marine iguana versus racer snake sequence broke the internet. Planet Earth II is the BBC natural history television series narrated by David Attenborough.
2010sThe Hustle (2019)
Stanley Shapiro, Paul Henning, Dale Launer, and Jac Schaeffer wrote across the various adaptations. The film made approximately ninety-six million dollars worldwide on a twenty-one million dollar budget.
2010sWhat Men Want (2019)
Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, and Alex Gregory wrote. The film made approximately seventy-three million dollars worldwide on a twenty million dollar budget.
2020sBirds of Prey (2020)
Birds of Prey, formally titled Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), is the Harley Quinn solo film between Suicide Squad. Cathy Yan directed in her major studio debut.
2010sTomb Raider (2018)
Tomb Raider (2018) is the reboot of the Lara Croft film franchise built on the 2013 Crystal Dynamics video game continuity. Geneva Robertson-Dworet and Alastair Siddons wrote.
2000sLara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
Patrick Massett and John Zinman wrote. The film made approximately two hundred and seventy-five million dollars worldwide on a one hundred and fifteen million dollar budget.