Failure to Adapt

Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins this shotgun podcast with Maggie & Red to witness Edward & Bella enter the holy state of Batrimony, before heading to Isle Esme (formerly: The Island of No Innocents Were Murdered Here ) and then back to the Cullen homestead for some moderate body horror. They're talking the first half of Stephenie Meyer's B...

Author and Drag Artist Joe Wadlington joins to discuss a graphic novel showed the world a present and future of gay love that a previous generation could only dream of and the show based on it which became a sensation. Joe, Maggie & Red discuss Alice Oseman's graphic novel Heartstopper (2016) as well as the Euros Lyn Directed Netflix series, Heartstopper (2022) . Joe Wadlington has been published...

Whether you love a Tom Cruise movie or would rather he die repeatedly on a distant beach, this adaptation's got something for you. Maggie & Red discuss Hiroshi Sakurazaka's All You Need is Kill (2004) and the Doug Liman Directed Edge of Tomorrow (2014). Buy Maggie's newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you'll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdap...

A beloved young adult novel is turned into a beloved young adult film, but only one can break the centuries old curse, while the other will meet its end in the dirt surrounded by Yellow-Spotted Lizards. Maggie & Red discuss Louis Sachar's Holes (1998)  and it's cinema counterpart, the Shia LaBeouf vehicle Holes (2003). Buy Maggie's newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you'll also e...

Disney sends Assistant Pig Keeper Jeffrey Katzenberg back to the Well with the task of adapting beloved fantasy novels into an animated film, what could possibly go wrong? Chuck Wendig joins Maggie & Red to talk Lloyd Alexander's The Book of Three (1964) and The Black Cauldron (1965) as well as the film that almost killed Disney, 1985's Animated Feature, The Black Cauldron. Chuck Wendig ( terrible...

A story that starts as Crime & Punishment for teens morphs into four Teen Beat Cover Models with an impossibly convoluted slasher angle, but which version is best? Maggie & Red talk Lois Duncan's I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973) and the Jim Gillespie Directed film I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). Buy Maggie's newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you'll also enjoy: Foll...

Today we learn the importance of forgiveness, OR the satisfaction of gruesome retribution, OR something more modern and complex, depending on which adaptation fits. FTA favorite and Cinderella scholar* Molly Sanchez returns to three versions of the folk tale including Charles Perrault's The Little Glass Slipper (1697), Aschenputtel (1819) by The Brothers Grimm, and of course the Andy Tennant film...

The only rule of Podcast Club is podcasts will go on as long as they have to. Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club (1996) into the David Fincher Directed Fight Club (1999). You haven't heard a podcast like this since grade school. Buy Maggie's newest book, Love in the Library !!! If you like us, you'll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/Failur...

Who better to discuss "love, true love" than the heir to the throne of Florin himself, Prince Humperdinck. Chris Sarandon joins Maggie & Red talk the adaptation of William Goldman's The Princess Bride (1973) into the Rob Reiner Directed The Princess Bride (1987). Chris Sarandon's career on stage and screen dates back to 1965. He was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performa...

A movie franchise so grueling it chewed through three Directors in each of its first three films only needs one guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) returns with their Harley Sprint in the trunk of a Volvo S60R to talk Wampyres & Werewolves. They join Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's Eclipse (2007) into the David Sla...

You don't need the odds to be ever in your favor when you've got a guest with a 40-game win streak on Jeopardy. That's right, Amy Schneider joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games (2008) into the Gary Ross Directed The Hunger Games (2012). Amy Schneider is the winningest woman in Jeopardy history, the first transgender contestant to reach the Tournament of...

Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. Molly Sanchez joins Maggie & Red to discuss the adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843) into the Brian Henson Directed The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992). Molly is co-host of the podcast The Hold Up with Sam DiSalvo, as well as Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast , as wel...

When Director and pilot Doug Liman almost ran out of fuel taking his first solo flight to visit Robert Ludlum to acquire the rights to his novel The Bourne Identity (1980) , nobody could have imagined how the 2002 film The Bourne Identity (2002) would turn out. The movie has since produced 4 sequels and billions of dollars in box office returns, but is it better than the book that inspired it? If...

If you've never read Robert A. Heinlein's 1959 book Starship Troopers , don't worry! Paul Verhoeven, director of the 1997 film, Starship Troopers , didn't either. The film is one of Maggie's favorites and the book was foundational for Red, and only one can be the best. The Irish animated movie featuring Selkies that Maggie couldn't remember the name of is Song of the Sea (2014) If you like us, you...

Squad , The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall &  Lisa Sterle is available now at bookstores everywhere ! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie & Lisa about the process of creating a story about teen girls eating sex pests, and   the experience of it being optioned for a possible television series! Lisa Sterle is an extremely accomplished Illustrator Creator, whose works include the bestsel...

When it's time to talk about the Phillip Pullman novel The Golden Compass (1995) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Golden Compass (2007) , you find a guest with more than one tattoo inspired by His Dark Materials , and that's where author and podcaster Mallory O'Meara comes in. Mallory O'Meara is most recently the author of Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol , as well as t...

The 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid is known the world over as the beginning of The Disney Renaissance , but how many of us have read the Hans Christian Anderson The Little Mermaid (1837) on which it's based? And more importantly, which one is superior??? Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott negotiated a straightforward contract with an ambitious business woman that allowed them to dive in...

As Dev Patel is a snack and genius author Annalee Newitz just happened to have done their senior thesis on courtly love in the 14th century poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", Maggie Tokuda-Hall   & Red Scott were ecstatic to have them on to discuss the poem's adaptation into The Green Knight (2021), directed by David Lowery. Annalee Newitz is most recently the author of Four Lost Cities: A Se...

Maggie Tokuda-Hall 's   & Red Scott have been stranded and are completely unable to communicate with NASA, so they're covering their first blog-to-book-to-Movie adaptation with Andy Weir's The Martian (2011) and the Ridley Scott / Matt Damon vehicle The Martian (2015). Unlike Andy Weir'd protagonist, Red & Maggie have Big Feelings about this one. Pre-order Maggie's upcoming Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!...

Twilight, Again. Failure to Adapt's first return guest, Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) wore her finest Jorts to ask "Who let the dogs out?". Maggie Tokuda-Hall 's   & Red Scott 's follow Sarah's lead into the world of the Stephenie Meyer novel New Moon (2006) and the corresponding Chris Weitz film The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009). Pre-order M...

One of Maggie Tokuda-Hall 's favorite and most formative books is Neil Gaiman's 1999 fantasy novel Stardust , and one of Red Scott 's absolute favorite films is the Matthew Vaughn directed 2007 romantic fantasy adventure film, Stardust . This podcast contains evaluation, dissection, and ultimately the definitive and conclusive judgement as to which one is the superior work. Pre-order Maggie's upco...

The Locus Award Winning, Perfect and Prolific Author & Essayist Meg Elison ( Find Layla, Big Girl, The Book of The Unnamed Midwife, etc…) agreed to join Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to discuss absolutely any adaptation, as long as it was the Thomas Harris novel The Silence of the Lambs (1988) and the Jonathan Demme film, The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Keep up with Meg on twitter at @ megelison...

When someone suggests the book is always better than the movie, there is one exception that's near universal: Jurassic Park . Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott talk the adaptation of the movie that taught most of us what lawyers are actually good for (Dino protein!). Specifically, they discuss the Michael Chrichton novel Jurassic Park (1990) and its transformation into the Steven Spielberg film Juras...

Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (EAT THE RICH, The Echo Wife, River of Teeth) joins hosts Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Red Scott to talk the adaptation of the ultimate May (1901) – December romance. Specifically, they discuss the Stephenie Meyer novel Twilight (2005) and the corresponding Catherine Hardwicke film Twilight (2008). How did they come to pass? Which one is better? Why are they doing th...

Welcome to Failure to Adapt! Hosted by author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and comedian Red Scott , Failure to Adapt discusses media that moves from one form to another! Whether it's Stephen King books becoming Steven Spielberg movies, Fairy Tales loosely inspiring animated Disney musicals, or People transmuting into Wolves, this is the podcast with the conviction and insight to determine a story's correct...