{"id":115174,"date":"2019-06-24T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T12:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=115174"},"modified":"2019-06-22T11:07:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-22T16:07:41","slug":"adapting-short-stories-into-feature-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/adapting-short-stories-into-feature-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Industry Insights: Turning Short Stories into Beautiful Feature Films"},"content":{"rendered":"

Adapting short fiction for the big screen can be challenging. These writers and directors shared their ideas on what worked for them.<\/h2>\n

Arrival<\/em> | Story of Your Life<\/em> by Ted Chiang<\/h3>\n

Screenwriter Eric Heisserer<\/a> insisted on a faithful adaptation of Ted Chiang’s understated sci-fi novella, through years of rejection. Studio reps and producers would only get behind the quiet text if Heisserer would spin it into an action film<\/a> driven by alien battles. Enter Dan Cohen and Dan Levine, who linked the screenwriter with director Denis Villeneuve<\/a>. Their collaboration with Heisserer resulted in Arrival. <\/em>The film saw wide release in 2016, with a few important departures from Story of Your Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n