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Liam Burke, “The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre” (UP of Mississippi, 2015)

New Books in American Studies

English - September 26, 2015 20:04 - 1 hour - ★★★★ - 20 ratings
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When Marvel’s X-Men took the movie theaters by storm in the summer of 2000, the studios were both surprised and unprepared for the popularity of a comic book film. Over the last fifteen years, filmmakers have developed new ways to use modern movie techniques to adapt comic book characters into the 21st century culture. Liam Burke, media studies lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, interviewed film and comics professionals as part of his research for The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre (University Press of Mississippi, 2015).
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When Marvel’s X-Men took the movie theaters by storm in the summer of 2000, the studios were both surprised and unprepared for the popularity of a comic book film. Over the last fifteen years, filmmakers have developed new ways to use modern movie techniques to adapt comic book characters into the 21st century culture. Liam Burke, media studies lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, interviewed film and comics professionals as part of his research for The Comic Book Film Adaptation: Exploring Modern Hollywood’s Leading Genre (University Press of Mississippi, 2015).

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