The Oscars

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

So, what about films based on books? Is that any different/better/worse?

I addressed that up above:

Originally Posted by by me up above

but one big difference, I think, is that with a filmed remake of another film you are provided not just with story or specific dialog but also camera angles, editing decisions, pacing, staging, etc. You can pick what has already worked on film once while tweaking what has already been shown to not. In other words, while those other sources help with story they don't necessary help with the cinematic parts.

Who gets more creative credit? The director who is brought it by a producer to make an already cast movie based on a screenplay adapted from a successful stage production or the guy who writes a script, casts it, fights off studio interference and directs it exactly the way he envisioned it in his head?

The latter. That doesn't mean he made a better movie, though.