adaptation

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Her best performance likely came in Jean-Luc Godard’s acclaimed 1963 melancholy adaptation “Contempt,” as a wife who falls out of love with her husband.

From Los Angeles Times

Two sequels have also been published, meaning further film adaptations could be on the cards.

From BBC

Twenty-five years ago this month, VH1 released an extremely loose TV movie adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, “A Christmas Carol,” aptly titled, “A Diva’s Christmas Carol.”

From Salon

This series, which predates “Bly Manor” and shares many cast members, is a modern-day adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s classic of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite his owner being the “Peanuts” strip’s main character and the namesake for most of the franchise’s adaptations, Snoopy was inarguably its breakout star.

From Los Angeles Times