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Page to Screen July & August 2024
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The Search for WondLa
by Tony DiTerlizzi
Wondla is an animated series adaptation of The Search for Wondla. While celebrating her birthday with her robot caretaker, Muthr, teenage Eva's bunker is destroyed and she is left the only human on an alien planet. The adaptation stars the voice talents of Jeanine Mason, Teri Hatcher, and Brad Garrett.
Where to watch: Wondla can now be streamed on Apple TV+.
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The Beast in the Jungle
by Henry James
Sci-fi romance The Beast is loosely based on the thematic explorations of loneliness, fatalism, and unconventional love prominent in Henry James’s 1903 novella The Beast in the Jungle, featured in the collection The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels.
In the near future, Gabrielle has purified her DNA to revisit her past lives. But then she meets Louis and feels as if she knows him from a former life. As the past clashes with the present, the couple must navigate what their relationship means across a grand timeline.
Where to watch: The Beast, starring Léa Seydoux, George MacKay, and Guslagie Malanda, is now playing in select theaters.
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Mickey7
by Edward Ashton
This quirky sci-fi tale — retitled Mickey 17 in the movie version — focuses on a disposable clone named Mickey7 who goes missing while scouting a new planet during a colonization mission and is given up for dead and replaced by a new clone, Mickey8. But it turns out Mickey7 is still alive, and the fate of the colony rests with him — but now that he's officially redundant, he'll be killed by his own people if they found out he's alive.
This big-screen adaptation, from Parasite director Bong-joon Ho, stars Robert Pattinson (Twilight) as Mickey.
Where to watch: Mickey17 is playing in select theaters.
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| Fire & Blood by George R. R. MartinGame of Thrones spin-off House of the Dragon returns for a 2nd season set 300 years before the events of the popular HBO series and adapted from Fire & Blood, George R.R. Martin's history of the Targaryen dynasty.
Where to watch: Catch new episodes of House of the Dragon weekly on HBO and streaming on Max. |
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| Lady in the Lake by Laura LippmanNatalie Portman and Moses Ingram co-star in the miniseries adaptation of Laura Lippman's novel about a journalist investigating the murder of a Black cocktail waitress in 1966 Baltimore.
Where to watch: Lady in the Lake premieres on Apple TV+ on July 19th. |
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| The Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioItalian poet Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century short story collection set during the Black Plague gets a new series adaptation starring an ensemble cast led by Zosia Mamet.
Where to watch: The Decameron premieres on Netflix on July 25th. |
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Harold and the purple crayon
by Crockett Johnson
In the original book, Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.
In the movie adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon, Harold leaves his book along with his friends Moose and Porcupine, and enters the real world as an adult. What sort of trouble will Harold get into now?
With an all-star cast including Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel and Lil Rel Howery, you can expect big things.
Where to Watch: This film will be in theaters beginning August 2, 2024.
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