Nothing could keep FTA favorite and Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey * away from their Christian Grey. Sarah pilots Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall away in their helicopter to talk E.L. James’ 2012 novel Fifty Shades Darker and the 2017 film of the same name Directed by James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross). * Sarah Gailey is a Hugo Award Winning and Bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, and essays. Their nonfiction has been published by dozens of venues internationally. T...
Feb 21, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Christina Hobbs! Lauren Billings!! The writing juggernaut known as Christina Lauren* joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall in Hawaii to discuss the 1998 Outside Magazine article Life’s Swell by Susan Orlean and its adaptation into the 2002 classic, Blue Crush. *Christina Lauren is the combined pen name of long-time writing partners and best friends Christina Hobbs and Lauren Billings. The #1 international bestselling coauthor duo writes both Young Adult and Adult Fiction, and together has produ...
Feb 07, 2024•47 min•Season 4Ep. 12
How do you perfect the premise of NYC street racers who are all in it together? You add Ja Rule and the world’s least charismatic white cop. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall slide into a black Honda S2000 to talk Kenneth Li’s 1998 Vibe Article, Racer X , and the 2001 Rob Cohen film, The Fast and the Furious. You can read Racer X, by Kenneth Li, here . Order Maggie’s newest book, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on instagram: https://www.instag...
Dec 06, 2023•59 min•Season 4Ep. 11
Colin Winnette* joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about the Susan Orlean article, Orchid Fever , and the 2002 Spike Jonze film Adaptation. written by Charlie & Donald Kaufman. * Colin Winnette is the author of Haints Stay and The Job of the Wasp . His new novel Users is one of the New Yorker's "Best Books of 2023" and was called "a timeless and moving story about fatherhood and one man's yearning for a more meaningful life” by the NY Times. His writing has appeared in McSweeney'...
Nov 29, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 10
After the 2008 financial collapse a lot of people said something had to be done about Wall Street, but some of the women at Scores were the only ones with enough guts to take action. Stand-Up Comic and Writer Natasha Muse joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk the Jessica Pressler article, The Hustlers at Scores , and 2019’s Hustlers Directed by Lorene Scafaria. You can read the 2015 Jessica Pressler article, The Hustlers at Scores , here . Natasha Muse is a Stand Up Comic and Writer who...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Is there an interview subject so humble even God can’t get them to talk about themself? Mister Rodgers is as close as it gets, and yet Tom Junod’s 1998 profile is a masterclass turned into an equally ambitious film. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall are back to talk the Tom Junod Esquire profile, Can You Say...“Hero”? , and 2019’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Directed by Marielle Heller. You can read the 1998 Tom Junod profile of Mister Rodgers, Can You Say.. “Hero”? , here . Order Maggie’...
Nov 01, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Precogs can predict crime, but did they anticipate the seminal science fiction novella would become a Steven Spielberg blockbuster? You’d need a specialist to pick apart the causality, and thankfully Meg Elison , a Philip K. Dick Award winning novelist, joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss The Minority Report , a 1956 novella, and Minority Report , the 2002 film. You can find the full issue of Fantastic Universe , where The Minority Report first appeared, here . Meg Elison is a Broo...
Oct 25, 2023•49 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Is it possible a movie that helped define Horror in cinema for generations is exceeded by the Novelette from whence it came? Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall step inside a phone booth besieged by corvids to investigate Dame Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novelette The Birds and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 classic adaptation, The Birds. Order Maggie’s newest book, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/failuretoadaptpodc...
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 6
Victoria Schwab , bestselling author of Shades of Magic series, the Villains series, and the international bestseller The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk about the 1973 Rolling Stone article by Cameron Crowe, “The Allman Brothers Story: How Gregg Allman Keeps Band Going After Duane’s Death” , and its adaptation into the 2001 Cameron Crowe film, Almost Famous. Order V.E. Schwab’s latest novel in the Shades of Magic series, The Fragile Threads of Power ...
Oct 11, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 5
The most famous Volleyball scene in cinema was adapted from a magazine article with NO volleyball at all?! Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall step into the Danger Zone and talk Top Guns[1] , Ehud Yonay’s 1983 article published in California magazine, and the little known film it was adapted in to, Tony Scott’s 1986 action film, Top Gun. Pre-order Maggie’s newest book, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy [1] Yes, plural. If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on instagram: https://www.in...
Oct 06, 2023•50 min•Season 4Ep. 4
One of the GOATs of children’s literature has their disgusting green monster licensed by Steven Spielberg and somehow after a decade of development hell we get a generation defining comedy. All Star Comic, Writer and best friend of the pod Molly Sanchez joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to talk the 1990 William Steig picture book Shrek! and the 2001 Dreamworks film Shrek . Pre-order Maggie’s newest book, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod o...
Sep 20, 2023•45 min•Season 4Ep. 3
What happens when an article that is technically a prequel to Eat, Pray, Love is made into an ode to midriff and low cut jeans? Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall have a meltdown as they discuss Elizabeth Gilbert’s March 1997 GQ Article The Muse of the Coyote Ugly Saloon and its adaptation into the 2000 David McNally film, Coyote Ugly. Pre-order Maggie’s newest book, The Siren, the Song, and the Spy If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/failur...
Sep 13, 2023•57 min•Season 4Ep. 2
We’re kicking off Season 4 of Failure to Adapt with bestselling romance novelist and FRIEND OF THE SHOW, Sarah MacLean !!! Sarah shows some leg and secures a ride with Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall as they discuss the August 1933 short story Night Bus published in Cosmopolitan magazine, and the 1934 winner of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay: It Happened One Night . Sarah MacLean is a New York Times, Washington Post, AND USA Today bestselling ...
Sep 06, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 1
What’s a better digestif to a season of Austen than bringing in Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) to talk Twilight fan fiction. Sarah whisks Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall away to sunny Seattle to talk E.L. James’s 2011 novel Fifty Shades of Grey and the 2015 film of the same name Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. BUY 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 ...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 3Ep. 11
Netflix’s Bridgerton , based on the Julia Quinn novels, is the most successful regency romance in years, and based on the setting of 1813 England, is begging to be compared to Jane Austen. After a season of covering slow burns it’s time for Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to put on a Vitamin String Quartet cover of thank u , next and clutch some pearls. 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...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 10
After spending a season of Failure to Adapt discussing Jane Austen adaptations, it’s time to take a look at her significant influence on modern films that aren't quite adaptations. Red Scott couldn’t think of a better example of a modern movie with deep connections to Pride and Prejudice than When Harry Met Sally (1989) . Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’s feelings are a bit more complicated! Buy Maggie’s newest book, Love in the Library If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following the pod on twitter: https:...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 9
When genius writer and critic Alex Brown was spotted gnashing their teeth at the release of Netflix’s Persuasion , the crew knew they had to ask them on to discuss it, and they’re so glad they agreed! Alex joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the Carrie Cracknell Directed Persuasion (2022) and the book it was kind of adapted from, Jane Austen’s Persuasion (1817) . Alex Brown is a librarian, local historian, author and writer, and an Ignyte Award winning critic. Their work can be fou...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 8
When there are two famous regency Emma adaptations, you have to ask yourself: Do you want Bill Nighy to be in it or one of the all time great VHS covers featuring Gwyneth Paltrow. Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the 1996 Douglas McGrath film Emma and the Anya Talyor-Joy lead, Autumn de Wilde directed, 2020 movie Emma. 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 Ad...
Jan 04, 2023•54 min•Season 3Ep. 7
We brought in an expert to talk Jane Austen’s impetuous matchmaker Emma and her transformation into Cher, a virgin who can’t drive. Best-Selling Romance novelist Sarah MacLean joins Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall to discuss the 1815 Jane Austen Novel Emma and the 1995 film directed by Amy Heckerling, Clueless. Sarah MacLean is a New York Times, Washington Post, AND USA Today bestselling romance novelist and god of the MacLeaniverse. Her sexy historical novels have been translated into over 25 ...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Season 3Ep. 6
After covering enough Pride and Prejudice adaptations to fill Mr & Mrs. Bennet’s dining room table, Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall are here to decide once and for all the best and brightest of all of them. We decide the best characters, the best chemistry, and ultimately, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE. 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.pa...
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 3Ep. 5
From the most faithful PnP adaptations to the most treacherous and fickle, Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall dice up the 2004 Bollywood inspired Bride and Prejudice Directed by Gurinder Chadha along with the Burr Steers Zombie thriller Pride + Prejudice + Zombies . These adaptations take the most chances yet with Jane Austen’s source material, did it pay off? 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/FailureA...
Dec 07, 2022•57 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Fresh off her win at the 2022 Jeopardy Tournament of Champions, Amy Schneider stormed into the Failure to Adapt podcast studio and demanded to talk Jane Austen, and Red Scott and Maggie Tokuda-Hall were happy to oblige her. When it comes to Pride & Prejudice adaptations, two works sit atop the regency class system: Pride and Prejudice , the 1995 BBC series, and Pride & Prejudice , the 2005 film directed by Joe Wright. But which one is canonically the best??? Listen and find out. Amy Schn...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Jane Austen Adaptation CONTINUES as Molly Sanchez returns to discuss two Pride & Prejudice adaptions: The Sharon Maguire Directed Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) and the Bernie Su & Margaret Dunlap directed vlog, The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012) . 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: Follo...
Nov 23, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 2
Walt Hickey (creator & writer of numlock.com & Senior Editor for Data at Insider) is not only an insightful and hilarious guest, he is Failure to Adapt’s first Pulitzer Prize winning guest. Who better to kick of our SEASON of Jane Austen adaptations? Walt joins Maggie & Red to discuss Jane Austen’s 1813 novel, Pride and Prejudice , and it’s adaptation into the 2022 Andrew Ahn film, Fire Island. Buy Maggie’s newest book, Love in the Library If you like us, you’ll also enjoy: Following...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 3Ep. 1
The honeymoon’s over, and Hugo Award Winning Author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins Maggie & 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 ada...
Jun 28, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Hugo award winning author Sarah Gailey (Just Like Home, The Echo Wife, EAT THE RICH) joins this shotgun podcast with Maggie & Red to witness Edward & 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...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Season 2Ep. 11
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 & 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/...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 10
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 & 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...
Jun 07, 2022•56 min•Season 2Ep. 9
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 & 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 ...
Apr 26, 2022•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
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 & 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 ...
Apr 19, 2022•54 min•Season 2Ep. 7
