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the store's slow adaption to shoppers' changing tastes spelled its doom
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What’s your thought process when making an adaption?
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
An adaption of The Bell Jar was previously in the works with Kirsten Dunst attached to direct and Dakota Fanning set to star.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
Ryan Gosling headlines Miller and Phil Lord’s film adaption of Andy Weir’s 2021 book of the same name, which centers on a school teacher turned astronaut tasked with stopping a mysterious entity from blacking out the sun.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
The book is also partly an adaption of a thesis paper that Dapier wrote a decade ago as a graduate student of library sciences at University of Illinois.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
An adaption of The Bell Jar was previously in the works with Kirsten Dunst attached to direct and Dakota Fanning set to star.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Mar. 2026
Ryan Gosling headlines Miller and Phil Lord’s film adaption of Andy Weir’s 2021 book of the same name, which centers on a school teacher turned astronaut tasked with stopping a mysterious entity from blacking out the sun.
—Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026
The book is also partly an adaption of a thesis paper that Dapier wrote a decade ago as a graduate student of library sciences at University of Illinois.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Adaption.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adaption. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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