Sarah Gailey

The honeymoon’s over, and Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins Maggie &amp; Red one last time to wait out the 72 hours between giving birth and heading to the most sensual Thomas Kinkade inspired love shack. There was of course, only one way this could ever end: with a teenager betrothed to an infant and a supernatural battle for the ages (or not). They’re (finally!) talking the final half of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2012 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 2. PRE-ORDER SARAH GAILEY’S  JUST LIKE HOME 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

The honeymoon’s over, and Hugo Award Winning Author <a href="https://sarahgailey.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Gailey</a> (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> one last time to wait out the 72 hours between giving birth and heading to the most sensual Thomas Kinkade inspired love shack. There was of course, only one way this could ever end: with a teenager betrothed to an infant and a supernatural battle for the ages (or not). They’re (finally!) talking the final half of Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2012 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 2. PRE-ORDER SARAH GAILEY’S <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/just-like-home-9781250174727/9781250174727" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> JUST LIKE HOME</a> Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2, with Sarah Gailey

Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins this shotgun podcast with Maggie &amp; Red to witness Edward &amp; 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 Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2011 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 1. PRE-ORDER SARAH GAILEY’S  JUST LIKE HOME !! 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

Hugo award winning author <a href="https://sarahgailey.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Gailey</a> (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins this shotgun podcast with <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> to witness Edward &amp; 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 Breaking Dawn (2008) and its adaptation into the 2011 Bill Condon film, Breaking Dawn: Part 1. PRE-ORDER SARAH GAILEY’S <a href="https://bookshop.org/books/just-like-home-9781250174727/9781250174727" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> JUST LIKE HOME</a> !! Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1, with Sarah Gailey

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 &amp; 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 in the New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Vox, Food and Wine Magazine, and Catapult. He co-hosts/co-produces "Happy Endings", a live, literary mixtape every 2nd Tuesday at the Make Out Room in San Francisco. As the drag queen, Jubilee, Joe is the reigning "Miss Cowgirl." Joe is currently writing a Young Adult novel about teen witches in the Appalachian Mountains. 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

Author and Drag Artist <a href="https://twitter.com/joewadlington" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joe Wadlington</a> 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, <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> discuss Alice Oseman’s graphic novel Heartstopper (2016) as well as the Euros Lyn Directed Netflix series, Heartstopper (2022). Joe Wadlington has been published in the New Yorker, Architectural Digest, Vox, Food and Wine Magazine, and Catapult. He co-hosts/co-produces "Happy Endings", a live, literary mixtape every 2nd Tuesday at the Make Out Room in San Francisco. As the drag queen, Jubilee, Joe is the reigning "Miss Cowgirl." Joe is currently writing a Young Adult novel about teen witches in the Appalachian Mountains. Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Heartstopper, with Joe Wadlington

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 &amp; 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

Whether you love a Tom Cruise movie or would rather he die repeatedly on a distant beach, this adaptation’s got something for you. <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> discuss Hiroshi Sakurazaka’s All You Need is Kill (2004) and the Doug Liman Directed Edge of Tomorrow (2014). Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Edge of Tomorrow

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 &amp; 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 enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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. <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> discuss Louis Sachar’s Holes (1998) and it's cinema counterpart, the Shia LaBeouf vehicle Holes (2003). Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Holes

Chuck Wendig

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 &amp; 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 (terribleminds.com, @ChuckWendig on twitter) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, Zer0es/Invasive, Wanderers, as well as his most recent books Dust &amp; Grim and Book of Accidents. Wayward, the sequel to Wanderers is scheduled for publication November 15th. 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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? <a href="http://terribleminds.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chuck Wendig</a> joins <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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 (<a href="http://terribleminds.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">terribleminds.com</a>, @ChuckWendig <a href="https://twitter.com/chuckwendig" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on twitter</a>) is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Star Wars: Aftermath, as well as the Miriam Black thrillers, the Atlanta Burns books, Zer0es/Invasive, Wanderers, as well as his most recent books Dust &amp; Grim and Book of Accidents. Wayward, the sequel to Wanderers is scheduled for publication November 15th. Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Black Cauldron, with Chuck Wendig

A story that starts as Crime &amp; Punishment for teens morphs into four Teen Beat Cover Models with an impossibly convoluted slasher angle, but which version is best? Maggie &amp; 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:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

A story that starts as Crime &amp; Punishment for teens morphs into four Teen Beat Cover Models with an impossibly convoluted slasher angle, but which version is best? <a href="http://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

I Know What You Did Last Summer

Molly Sanchez

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 Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).  Molly is the former co-host of the podcast  The Hold Up, as well as  Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast, along with being an accomplished writer and comic. 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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* <a href="http://www.mollysanchez.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Molly Sanchez</a> returns to three versions of the folk tale including Charles Perrault’s <a href="https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/perrault06.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Little Glass Slipper</a> (1697), <a href="https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aschenputtel</a> (1819) by The Brothers Grimm, and of course the Andy Tennant film Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998).  Molly is the former co-host of the podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hold-up/id1531355208" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Hold Up</a>, as well as <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-all-over-a-handmaids-tale-podcast/id1224850781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast</a>, along with being an accomplished writer and comic. Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Cinderella & Ever After, with Molly Sanchez

The only rule of Podcast Club is podcasts will go on as long as they have to. Maggie &amp; 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

The only rule of Podcast Club is podcasts will go on as long as they have to. <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Fight Club

Chris Sarandon

Who better to discuss “love, true love” than the heir to the throne of Florin himself, Prince Humperdinck. Chris Sarandon joins Maggie &amp; 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 performance in Dog Day Afternoon, played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, voiced Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas, among dozens of other roles. 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/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

Who better to discuss “love, true love” than the heir to the throne of Florin himself, Prince Humperdinck. <a href="https://linktr.ee/theofficialchrissarandon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chris Sarandon</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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 performance in Dog Day Afternoon, played Prince Humperdinck in The Princess Bride, voiced Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas, among <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001697/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dozens of other roles</a>. Buy Maggie’s newest book, <a href="https://www.mrsdalloways.com/book/9781536204308" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Love in the Library</a> !!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Princess Bride, with Chris Sarandon

Is the book always better? Are they better off as Movies?? Finally, an answer. Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Comic Red Scott talk 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 form.

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 &amp; Werewolves. They join Maggie &amp; Red to discuss the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse (2007) into the David Slade Directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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 <a href="https://sarahgailey.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sarah Gailey</a> (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) returns with their Harley Sprint in the trunk of a Volvo S60R to talk Wampyres &amp; Werewolves. They join <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> to discuss the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Eclipse (2007) into the David Slade Directed The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010). If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Twilight: Eclipse, with Sarah Gailey

Amy Schneider

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 &amp; 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 Champions, winner of the 2022 Queerty BADASS award, and a genuinely delightful person. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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, <a href="https://twitter.com/Jeopardamy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Schneider</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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 Champions, winner of the 2022 Queerty BADASS award, and a genuinely delightful person. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Hunger Games, with Amy Schneider

Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. Molly Sanchez joins Maggie &amp; 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 well as being an accomplished writer and comic. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

Finally a film that follows the #1 rule of adaptations: Replace as many characters as possible with Muppets. <a href="http://www.mollysanchez.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Molly Sanchez</a> joins <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red</a> 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 <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hold-up/id1531355208" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Hold Up</a> with Sam DiSalvo, as well as <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/red-all-over-a-handmaids-tale-podcast/id1224850781" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Red All Over: A Handmaid's Tale Podcast</a>, as well as being an accomplished writer and comic. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

A Christmas Carol, with Molly Sanchez

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 you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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 you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Bourne Identity

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’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Starship Troopers

Lisa Sterle

Squad, The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall &amp; Lisa Sterle is available now at bookstores everywhere! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie &amp; 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 bestselling Modern Witch Tarot Deck, Witchblood, Long Lost, and Submerged, along with the graphic novel Squad. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

<a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Squad</a>, The Graphic Novel created by Maggie Tokuda-Hall &amp; <a href="https://www.lisasterle.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lisa Sterle</a> is available now at bookstores <a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">everywhere</a>! To celebrate, Red interviews Maggie &amp; 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 bestselling Modern Witch Tarot Deck, Witchblood, Long Lost, and Submerged, along with the graphic novel Squad. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

Squad, with Lisa Sterle

Mallory O'Meara

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 the LA Times Bestseller The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick. She also hosts the literary podcast Reading Glasses with filmmaker and writer Brea Grant. IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

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 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/His_Dark_Materials" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">His Dark Materials</a>, and that’s where author and podcaster <a href="http://www.malloryomeara.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mallory O’Meara</a> comes in. Mallory O’Meara is most recently the author of <a href="http://www.malloryomeara.com/girly-drinks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Girly Drinks: A World History of Women and Alcohol</a>, as well as the LA Times Bestseller <a href="http://www.malloryomeara.com/theladyfromtheblacklagoon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lady From The Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick</a>. She also hosts the literary podcast <a href="https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/reading-glasses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reading Glasses</a> with filmmaker and writer Brea Grant. IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, <a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQUAD</a> !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Golden Compass, with Mallory O'Meara

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 &amp; Red Scott negotiated a straightforward contract with an ambitious business woman that allowed them to dive in and investigate.  IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

The 1989 animated Disney film The Little Mermaid is known the world over as the beginning of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Renaissance" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Disney Renaissance</a>, 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??? <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie Tokuda-Hall</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Scott</a> negotiated a straightforward contract with an ambitious business woman that allowed them to dive in and investigate.  IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, <a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQUAD</a> !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Little Mermaid

Annalee Newitz

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  &amp; 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 Secret History of the Urban Age, as well as being an incredible Science Fiction Author, Lambda Literary Award Winner, and a writer for most publications you’ve heard of, including the NY Times. Fans of Failure to Adapt will also appreciate Annalee’s podcast Our Opinions Are Correct with co-host Charlie Jane Anders. IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

As Dev Patel is a snack and genius author <a href="https://www.techsploitation.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Annalee Newitz</a> just happened to have done their senior thesis on courtly love in the 14th century poem “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”, <a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie Tokuda-Hall</a>  &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Scott</a> 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 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Four-Lost-Cities-Secret-History/dp/0393652661/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age</a>, as well as being an incredible Science Fiction Author, Lambda Literary Award Winner, and a writer for most publications you’ve heard of, including the NY Times. Fans of Failure to Adapt will also appreciate Annalee’s podcast <a href="https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Opinions Are Correct</a> with co-host Charlie Jane Anders. IT’S OUT!!! Order Maggie’s Graphic Novel, <a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQUAD</a> !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Green Knight, with Annalee Newitz

Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s  &amp; 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 &amp; Maggie have Big Feelings about this one. Pre-order Maggie’s upcoming Graphic Novel, SQUAD !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy:  Following the pod on twitter: https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast 

<a href="https://twitter.com/emteehall" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maggie Tokuda-Hall</a>’s  &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/red_scott" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Red Scott</a> 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 &amp; Maggie have Big Feelings about this one. Pre-order Maggie’s upcoming Graphic Novel, <a href="https://www.ebbooksellers.com/book/9780062943149" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SQUAD</a> !!!! If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: <ul> <li>Following the pod on twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/FailureAdapt</a></li> <li>Supporting Failure to Adapt on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/FailureToAdaptPodcast</a></li> </ul>

The Martian

Failure to Adapt

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