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![]() The adaptation went through three major phases of planning: with J. Development experienced starts and stops with various filmmakers and studios at different times, including Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. The project was then shelved before the rights were transitioned to a different production company. Efforts to adapt The Dark Tower series for the screen started in 2007, with periodic reports and official announcements. The production of the film was complex and difficult, as production began ten years before the release of the film. ![]() ![]() The film also serves as a sequel to the novels. ![]() Intended as the first installment in a multimedia franchise, the film combines various elements from the eight-novel series, and takes place in both modern-day New York City and in Mid-World, Roland's Old West-style parallel universe. Based on Stephen King's novel series of the same name, the film stars Idris Elba as Roland Deschain, a gunslinger on a quest to protect the Dark Tower-a mythical structure which supports all realities-while Matthew McConaughey plays his nemesis, Walter Padick (The Man in Black) and Tom Taylor stars as Jake Chambers, a boy who becomes Roland's apprentice. The Dark Tower is a 2017 American science fantasy Western action film directed and co-written by Nikolaj Arcel. ![]() ![]() ![]() Sherlock maintains his fantastic ability to observe and deduce, but rather than solving crimes, he applies that knowledge to the craft of acting, creating performances that are flawless in their studied perfection but lacking in real emotion. They are Sherlock and John from the BBC Sherlock series, as they would be if they were actors rather than a detective and an ex-Army doctor. Sherlock is not Benedict Cumberbatch, and John is not Martin Freeman. I want to make it clear that this is not RPF. The setting here is the film industry, specifically Hollywood. Rec: Performance in a Leading Role is a complete AU, in which the only connection to the canon is the characterisations. This rec was originally posted on 221b_recs. When they are cast as a gay couple in a new independent drama, will they surprise each other? Will their on-screen romance make its way into the real world? John Watson is an Everyman actor trapped in the rom-com ghetto. Sherlock Holmes is an Oscar winner in the midst of a career slump. ![]() Relationships: Sherlock Holmes/John WatsonĬharacters: Sherlock Holmes, John Watson, Irene Adler, Harry Watson, Greg Lestrade, Sally Donovan, Molly HooperĪdditional Tags: AU, Meta, Hollywood, Real Person Cameos, Romance, Show Business, Coming Out, Secret Relationship, Behind the Scenes Word count: 223,707 for the 9-part series Performance In a Leading Role by Mad_Lori ![]() ![]() ![]() Beth also doesn’t approve of how much time Addy spends with their coach and wants her back - after all, Addy was hers first.Īs Beth wages a silent, manipulative war against Coach French, Addy is caught in the middle. Only Beth stands apart from Coach French - she believes she sees right through Colette and decides that she is going to regain her position as the top cheerleader, especially after Coach French takes away her status as team captain. The girls are seduced by Coach French’s confidence and desire to trust them, and they are dazzled by her. Coach French invites the girls to her house and into her life, sharing with them the most intimate details. Since she’s a young mother with an absent husband, Addy and her fellow cheerleaders can relate to Coach French because she isn’t that far removed from them. But when their cheerleading coach leaves, and a new one steps up to the plate, Beth and Addy are mystified by this new, young woman who deigns to lead their squad.Ĭoach Colette French presents a mystery to the girls on the squad. Beth is talented and beautiful - the high school girl that all the others envy and want to be, and Addy feels lucky to be her closest friend. ![]() ![]() Together, they keep the rest of the cheerleaders in line while Beth plays the role of Queen Bee. Beth is captain of the squad, and Addy, her lifelong best friend, is her first lieutenant. ![]() Beth and Addy are highschoolers who love being a part of the cheerleading squad. ![]() ![]() To our literature its first symbolic novel a year before theĪppearance of Melville’s Moby-Dick” (Bradley). Ten days and “made Hawthorne’s fame, changed his fortune and gave A young woman, Hester Prynne, is led from the town prison with her infant daughter. The first edition of The Scarlet Letter sold out in The story begins in seventeenth-century Boston, then a Puritan settlement. Printed sold out in days, and the mass-production of books opened upĬonversation about books and authors to a wider-audience on a Printing of books generally done by hand. One of the first mass-produced novels in the United States, prior ![]() Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The Scarlet Letter: A Romance (1850) is considered the American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'masterwork.' A work of historical fiction set in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the Puritan settlement of 1642-1949 itells the story of Hester Prynne, who after having a child as a result of an extra-marital affair attempts to live a life of repentance and dignity although she is marked by having to wear a Scarlett A on her person. The Scarlet Letter is the story of three New England settlers at odds with the Puritan society in which they live. ![]() |