The Adaptation team discusses Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo, the final installment in the Grisha trilogy. Question of the Week: How much do any of these characters (but particularly Alina) owe to Ravka? How much are they required to sacrifice for the people and/or Grisha? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.…

The team discusses Matilda: The Musical (2022). Question of the Week: How do you feel about the addition of the backstory with the escapologist and the acrobat? Breaking the (Autistic) Code: Matilda (1996) (Vocal Media) A Problem Like Matilda (The New Yorker) Tim Minchin Interview (TimeOut) Tim Minchin Interview (The Guardian) Follow us! adaptation…

Watch Matilda (1996) with us! Question of the Week: What is your favorite thing about this version and what would you hope they keep in the musical? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

The team discusses Matilda by Roald Dahl, in all it's nostalgia and darkness. Question of the Week: Do you agree with Miss Honey’s interpretation of Matilda's powers and why she no longer has them at the end? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast threads.net/@adaptationpodcast adaptationpodc…

Jenn and Kendyl discuss Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think the next Black Panther movie will look like? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast threads.net/@adaptationpodcast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Discussing the film The School for Good and Evil (2022) with series fans and non-readers. Question of the Week: Do you think that students have been sorted incorrectly because the school master was in charge? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast threads.net/@adaptationpodcast adaptationpodc…

Adaptation discusses the pros and cons of the film Catherine, Called Birdy (2022). Question of the Week: Did you find the ending satisfying? Would you change anything? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast threads.net/@adaptationpodcast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodc…

Digging into good and evil stereotypes with The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani. Question of the Week: What class would you be most excited to take (in either school)? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast threads.net/@adaptationpodcast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/ada…

A packed episode to discuss Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)! Question of the Week: What should the name of the Billy Butcherson movie be? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Watch Hocus Pocus (1993) with us! Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Jess, Jenn, and Kedyl discuss the middle grade novel Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman. Question of the Week: Did the journal make Birdie less childish/more learned? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpod…

The team talks Persuasion (2022) and finds that they didn't all have negative reactions. Question of the Week: If we were to make a movie in this tone, time period, and style, what story should be told this way? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodca…

The Adaptation team discusses Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). Question of the Week: What are the parameters of Eternity? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

The team talks about Jane Austen's Persuasion. Question of the Week: What’s your favorite interpretation of an Austen heroine? Who has yet to be done well? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss Lightyear (2022). Question of the Week: Knowing Buzz from Toy Story, what was one thing that you expected to see? How did it meet your expectations? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adapt…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk Jurassic World Dominion (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think the core of this movie should have been about? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Adaptation talks Sneakerella (2022). Question of the Week: Is Cinderella too cringe to adapt in the modern-age? What elements just can't translate anymore? Are there an elements that can be modernized? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022). Question of the Week: What do you think happened in the 838? Are we mid-hex? Where is Vision? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationp…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo and complain about Mal. Question of the Week: What came first for Nikolai: the desire for the throne or realizing his family was incompetent? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about season one of One of Us Is Lying (2021-2022). Question of the Week: If you didn't know it was Jake, do you think you'd be able to figure it out with the information the show gives? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpo…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss The Batman (2022), take two! Question of the Week: What lesser-known Batman villain would you like to see next? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus. Question of the Week: Did you figure out who the culprit was while reading? Do you think readers were given enough information to put it all together? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adapt…

Adaptation discusses Cyrano (2021) and the play it's based on. Question of the Week: Do you think it was Cyrano's intention to reveal that he was the letter writer at the end of this movie? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss legacies once again with the film Rumble (2021). Question of the Week: What was your favorite monster design? Do you have any other ideas for monster careers? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl finally cover Death on the Nile (2022)! Question of the Week: Do you think the film gave you enough clues to figure out who the murder was? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk about the graphic novel Monster on the Hill by Rob Harrell. Question of the Week: What are some other defensive uses for Wilkie’s inventions? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodca…

The Adaptation team talks about The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021), how some choices change and enhance the material, and what does (and does not) make a sympathetic antihero. Question of the Week: What was your favorite shot in the film? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/Adaptati…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl discuss Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), fall back in love with all the Peters, and outline some AU fanfiction. Question of the Week: If you could change ONE thing about this movie, what would it be? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adap…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl talk about Shakespeare's Macbeth, indulging in their love of literary prophecy once again. Question(s) of the Week: What Macbeth adaptation would you recommend? Who had the power of kick starting the prophecy? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/Adaptatio…

Dorin, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss the Marvel film, Eternals (2021). Question of the Week: Which of the Eternals powers would you want to have? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

Jess, Jenn, and Kendyl discuss season 2 of The Baby-sitter's Club. Question of the Week: For readers, what plot changes from the books did you agree with or disagree with? For non-readers, what storylines did you connect with or which did you have trouble connecting with? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com…

Kendyl and Dorin are very excited to discuss Dune (2021) with Jenn, who hasn't read the book, and see how it holds up. Question of the Week: Did this interest you enough to get you to the theater for part 2? What aspect are you most interested in seeing more of? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/Adaptatio…

The Adaptation team talks Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021) and try to understand the choices that were made. Question of the Week: What are your theories for Eddie and Venom’s connection to the MCU? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.c…

Jenn, Dorin, and Kendyl talk about the film The Green Knight (2021) and various translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, which it's based on. Question of the Week: What do you think this movie is saying about what it means to be a knight? Do you agree with it? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/Ada…

Kendyl and Dorin discuss the novel Dune by Frank Herbert, though only one of them had a positive experience in the reading of it. Question of the Week: What is your favorite parallel to real life in this novel? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcas…

The Adaptation team talks Cinderella (2021), with wildly different opinions from the mainstream take on it. If you felt like the only one that liked this movie, we're here for you. Question of the Week: Which song/performance fit the moment the best? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twi…

Jenn and Kendyl talk He's All That (2021) and wonder at what point we'll be too far away from high school to be able to "get" these movies. Question of the Week: Is this movie out of touch or are we? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.co…

Watch Ever After (1998) with us! Question of the Week: What happened to Danielle's manor? What happened to Pierre? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

Watch She's All That (1999) with us! Question of the Week: What is your favorite trope in She's All That and what other movies do it too? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

"It's just too little, too late" for the complex Black Widow story that we really wanted, but that doesn't mean we didn't enjoy the 2021 film. We just wish it wasn't the first and last time Natasha got to be our title character. Question of the Week: What do you think Melina’s motivations were for going against Dreykov? Follow us! adaptationpodcast…

The Adaptation team talks Cruella (2021)! Question of the Week: Did you have a different interpretation about how this fits canonically with the 1961 movie? Do you agree with the theories we had? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com yo…

Watch One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) with us! Question of the Week: Do you feel satisfied with Cruella's defeat? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

A little bonus of us talking about season one of Shadow ands Bone, but with Grishaverse spoilers. Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast

A jam-packed episode on the first season of Shadow and Bone! Question of the Week: What was your favorite storyline this season? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…

We thought it would never happen, but the Adaptation team is finally covering Chaos Walking (2021). Question of the Week: What is your takeaway from this movie? What was it trying to say? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.co…

The Adaptation Team covers The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith, published in 1956, and you can tell. Question of the Week: What are your theories about Cruella? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodca…

Coming to you from the distant past of 2019, Dorin and Kendyl talk about The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness. Question of the Week: Given all the complexities in this book, is there anything that you wished we got into more? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/Adaptat…

Dorin and Kendyl discuss the movie Flora & Ulysses (2021) and the differences in family dynamics from the book that it's based on. Question of the Week: How did you feel about the family dynamic and family conflict in the movie? Was it realistic? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter…

Jenn (completely voluntarily) joins Corey and Kendyl to talk about To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021), the finale to the movie series. Question of the Week: What romantic movie moment would you like to recreate in photo shoot? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/Adaptat…

Dorin and Kendyl cover the delightful, layered middle grade book Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo. Question of the Week: What was your favorite moment in the book? Follow us! adaptationpodcast.com instagram.com/adaptationpodcast facebook.com/AdaptationPodcast twitter.com/AdaptationCast adaptationpodcast.tumblr.com youtube.com/adaptationpodcast…