Beyond the Book
‘The Cat in the Hat’ Is Back: How the Seuss Icon’s First Animated Feature Will Kick Off a New Era
Ahead of the book’s 70th anniversary celebration in 2027, Susan Brandt, CEO of Dr. Seuss Enterprises, and creatives behind the new film from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation talk about bringing the author's colorful, hatch marked universe to the animated feature space.
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Free IP and Fresh Eyes: How Hollywood Is Reinventing the Classics
The writers behind 'East of Eden,' 'Sense and Sensibility' and 'A Tale of Two Cities' on why built-in audiences get these books greenlit and why they kept the worlds intact while rewriting the people inside them.
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“Respect Rather Than Reverence”: Inside the Making of a Grittier ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Screenwriter Diana Reid, costume designer Grace Snell, cinematographer Arnaud Potier and production designer Francesca Di Mottola explain how they made the Dashwood sisters’ world grounded, moody and lived-in.
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Inside Tubi’s Plan to Build an R.L. Stine Cinematic Universe
The children’s horror author, along with filmmaker Jem Garrard and Tubi’s VP of Original Scripted Content Josh Van Houdt on bringing 'Pumpkinhead' and its sequel to the screen, and the streamer's future with 'Afraid of Clowns' and 'The Babysitter.'
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Veronica Roth Revives ‘Divergent’ in ‘The Sixth Faction’ (and Talks the Movie That Never Happened)
The author talks carrying “anxiety baggage” about the book series, revisiting the story in an alternate-universe retelling and reflects on the film adaptations never getting an ending: "Everyone had moved forward."
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Inside the ‘Verity’ House: Designing a “Fever Dream” You Can’t Escape
Director Michael Showalter, author Colleen Hoover and production designer Amy Williams discuss building the claustrophobic setting for the film adaptation starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.
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Inside the ‘Verity’ Adaptation: Director Michael Showalter and Colleen Hoover on Crafting a Mystery Where Nothing Is Certain
Showalter and author Hoover on the choices that keep viewers guessing, from an unreliable manuscript to a letter and an ending open to interpretation.
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Zoe Kazan on Honoring Steinbeck’s ‘East of Eden’ for Netflix Series While Rethinking Its Characters
The series creator explains her decision to build the adaptation around a love story, between brothers, rereading Cathy Ames and how she updated Steinbeck's novel for television.
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‘Other Mommy,’ ‘Whalefall’ and ‘Victorian Psycho’: The Authors Behind the Page-to-Screen Nightmares Compare Notes
Ahead of their film adaptations releasing this fall, authors Josh Malerman, Daniel Kraus and Virginia Feito discuss their starry casts, why none of them writes with Hollywood in mind and their early adaptation buzz from a Cannes premiere to a viral trailer.
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Why Sisterhood and Science Are the Heart of ‘The Love Hypothesis’
Star and EP Lili Reinhart, actress Rachel Marsh, director Claire Scanlon and producer Elizabeth Cantillon open up about putting a friendship and STEM center stage in the film adaptation of Ali Hazelwood's hit novel.
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Inside ‘The Love Hypothesis’: How Director Claire Scanlon, Star Lili Reinhart and More Adapted BookTok’s Biggest Obsession
Producer Elizabeth Cantillon and Ali Hazelwood’s agent Mirabel Michelson also reflect on the viral bestseller, falling in love with the material and bringing key moments to the screen.
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What ‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Gets Right — and Where It Takes Liberties
THR goes inside the first three episodes of the TNT series inspired by former CIA Analyst John Nixon’s 2016 memoir ‘Debriefing the President: The Interrogation of Saddam Hussein,' unpacking how his story made it to the screen.
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