25 Most Powerful Authors
How Hollywood Is Getting Back in the Agatha Christie Business
Agatha Christie's heirs have inked multiple new movie and TV deals as they vow to protect the "DNA" of her work, not seen on the big screen since 1985.
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‘Girl on the Train’s’ Emily Blunt on Gender Double Standards: “A Woman Is a Drunk, Whereas the Guy’s a Partyer”
"There's just so much judgment with women," says star Emily Blunt in an interview with THR alongside 'The Girl on the Train' author Paula Hawkins.
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Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors 2016
Count authors among the creator groups benefiting from the proliferation of new platforms and outlets in entertainment as 11 new writers (from a millennial to a septuagenarian) make their debut on THR's ranking of the industry's most sought-after word nerds.
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Hollywood’s Power Authors: 6 Up-and-Comers to Watch
From a Jamaican phenom to a seasoned journo, fresh voices are seeing their first Hollywood projects happen.
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‘Girl on the Train’ Author Shoots Down ‘Gone Girl’ Comparisons
Paula Hawkins' 'The Girl on the Train' and Gillian Flynn's 'Gone Girl' do share a zeitgeisty focus on the "unlikable" woman and a dark view of suburbia.
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Robert Kirkman Reveals His Biggest ‘Walking Dead’ Regret
And it has to do with the shocking season-one finale
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Hollywood’s 5 Most Powerful Comics Writers
Of course, 'The Walking Dead's' Robert Kirkman made the list. But who else wields strong influence in the entertainment industry?
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Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors
The real superheroes of the industry right now? These writers — ranked in order of influence — whose books are source material for more than 300 movie and TV projects, have helped rake in billions in box office and revenue, and prove every day that originality, above all else, still matters
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Hollywood’s 25 Most Powerful Authors
The real superheroes of the industry right now? These writers — ranked in order of influence — whose books are source material for more than 300 movie and TV projects, have helped rake in billions in box office and revenue, and prove every day that originality, above all else, still matters
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25 Most Powerful Authors: EL James Opens Up About Her ‘Roller Coaster’ Year Since ‘Fifty Shades’ Hit Big
The writer recounts the moment her world changed, goes inside the pitch meetings for the film and contemplates a sequel.
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Hollywood’s Most Powerful Authors: Gillian Flynn on Adapting ‘Gone Girl,’ Being Too ‘Wimpy’ for Crime Reporting and Her Best Advice to Writers (Q&A)
All three of Flynn's books have been optioned, with Reese Witherspoon producing one adaptation and Amy Adams starring in another.
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Suzanne Collins’ New Book ‘Year of the Jungle’ to Arrive Next Fall
The "Hunger Games" scribe's upcoming autobiographical picture tome will be released Sept. 10, 2013.
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