Saturday Hot Links

This week’s hot links:

HuffPo: The 10 worst movie adaptations from books.

Get ready for Paranormal Activity 3.

Daniel Day Lewis cast as Lincoln. Phew! I thought for a second it might have been Abe the Vampire Hunter. 

NYT: In the 60s, power in Hollywood shifted to indie filmmakers… or did it?.

Is it possible to remake a documentary?

Howard Shore returns to compose score for The Hobbit. That should please my oldest son, Shore fan and a music composer himself! 

I sure hope Bill Nye the Science Guy is okay.

The single most fun thing in Hollywood is dueling movies. So here you go: Dueling Moses Movies. 

H/T to @MatthewKlekner: Franklin Leonard, the dude who started “The Black List”? He just switched gigs: from Universal Pics to Overbrook (Will Smith’s prod-co). 

Via TheFrisky: 10 celebs who tried screenwriting. 

As far as movie lists go, this one from AVClub is really interesting: 19 movies that double as movie criticism.

Robert Zemeckis may remake The Wizard of Oz?!?! Nevermind.

From FlavorWire: 10 online literary magazines you should be reading.

The economy sucks in Europe — and how it’s affecting each country’s film industry. 

Finally via The Vulture, Jim Henson’s short film “Time Piece” from 1965:

Okay, now I understand “Sesame Street”!

Enjoy your hot links!

UPDATE: Well, the Henson link is gone. I saw it. Really bizarre. Hopefully it will be back on YouTube. In the meantime, check this out:

Dustin Diehl loves the huge expanded universe that has stemmed from the original Star Wars Trilogy. In his Ignite talk, he explains a few hidden subplots that might bring new life to your next viewing experience.

UPDATE #2: Leave it to the GITS community to come to the rescue! BMF found a site online where you can watch the Henson short film. Go here. H/T to BMF!

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