Books into film and television

V for vendetta (2005)

Based on the 1990 graphic novel V for vendetta by David Lloyd and Alan Moore

The Vacillations of Poppy Carew

From the novel The Vacillations of Poppy Carew by Mary Wesley

Valentine

From the 1996 novel Valentine by Tom Savage

Valentino

Based on the 1966 book Valentino by Brad Steiger and Chaw Mank

The Van

From the novel The Van by Roddy Doyle

Vanished

Based on the novel Vanished by Danielle Steel

The Vanishing

From the novel The Vanishing by Tim Krabbe

Vanity Fair

Based on the novel Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanya on 42nd Street

A modernised (in setting only) version of the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov

Vertigo

Based on the 1956 novel The Living and the Dead . Original French title D'entre les Morts by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac

A very long engagement

This is a powerful novel, set just after the end of World War II, about a woman’s search for the truth behind her fiance’s disappearance. It is thought that he was one of the five French soldiers taken to their own front line and left for the Germans to shoot in 1917. The film is a real departure for Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou, director and star of the hugely successful Amelie. Jodie Foster and a large French cast are in this expensive production.
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Via Satellite

From a 1993 play Via Satellite by Anthony McCarten

A View to a kill

From a short story From a view to a kill in Ian Fleming’s For your eyes only

Village of the Damned

From the novel The Midwich Cuckoos by John Wyndham

The vintner’s luck

Elizabeth Knox’s 1998 novel, which won two Montana awards back in 1999, has taken a long time to get to the screen but expectations are high with Niki Caro directing. The story, about a 19th century winemaker in France and his lifelong relationship with an angel, is sufficiently unusual to be both a risk and a potential hit. Location filming has been done in France and in New Zealand and the international cast includes Belgian actor Jeremie Renier as the vintner, Keisha Castle-Hughes as his wife, French actor Gaspard Ulliel as the angel, and American actress Vera Farmiga.
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The Virgin suicides

From the 1993 novel The Virgin suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

The Virginian

Based on the 1902 book The Virginian by Owen Wister

Visits to a chief’s son

Based on the 1963 book Visits to a chief’s son by Robert Halmi

Voices

From the 1997 novel Voices by Dacia Maraini

Von Ryan’s Express

From the 1964 novel Von Ryan’s Express by David Westheimer

The Voyage

From the short story Adriana takes a trip by Luigi Pirandello