adaptation

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Netflix also has a film adaptation of the acclaimed play “Felicidades” in the works.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

“There is a possibility that AI deployment will move faster than workforce adaptation to new job creation,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

Lawrence, who worked with him on his adaptation of Hiaasen’s “Bad Monkey,” describes him as surprisingly modest, entirely unlike his swaggering creations.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

The movie, the latest adaptation of a novel by Colleen Hoover, stars Maika Monroe and Tyriq Withers.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

They are certainly an urban adaptation of the fundamental Karhidish institution of the Hearth, though lacking, of course, the topical and genealogical stability of the Hearth.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin