In Episode 170 of Adapt or Perish, we’re celebrating the release of a new Superman movie with a look back at every major screen adaptation of the Man of Steel released since 1941!

We’re also releasing this as a video, so feel free to enjoy a rare visual episode!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The Mad Scientist, the 1941 animated short directed by Dave Fleischer, written by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber, and starring Bud Collyer and Joan Alexander
• Superman, the 1948 movie serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Thomas Carr, written by Lewis Clay, Royal K. Cole, Arthur Hoerl, George H. Plympton, and Joseph F. Poland, and starring Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, and Carol Forman
• Superman and the Mole Men, the 1951 movie directed by Lee Sholem, written by Robert Maxwell and Whitney Ellsworth, and starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates
• Adventures of Superman, the 1952–1958 TV series also developed by Whitney Ellsworth and Robert J. Maxwell, and also starring George Reeves and Phyllis Coates
• The New Adventures of Superman, the 1966–1970 animated series developed by Lou Scheimer, and starring Bud Collyer and Joan Alexandar
• Super Friends, the 1973 animated series created by E. Nelson Bridwell, Carmine Infantino, and Julius Schwartz, and starring Danny Dark and Frank Welker
• It’s a Bird... It’s a Plane... It’s Superman, the 1966 musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, and book by David Newman and Robert Benton, and the 1975 TV special directed by Jack Regas, written by Romeo Muller, and starring David Wilson, Lesley Ann Warren, Loretta Swit, and Kenneth Mars
• Superman, the 1978 movie directed by Richard Donner, written by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman, and Robert Benton, and starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman, and Marlon Brando
• Superboy, the 1988–1992 TV series developed by Ilya and Alexander Salkind, and starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk
• Superman, the 1988 animated series developed by Ruby-Spears Enterprises and Marv Wolfman, and starring Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain.
• Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, the 1993–1997 TV series developed by Deborah Joy LeVine, and starring Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, Lane Smith, K Callan, Eddie Jones, and John Shea
• Superman: The Animated Series, the 1996–2000 animated series developed by Alan Burnett and Bruce Timm, and starring Tim Daly, Dana Delany, and Clancy Brown
• Smallville, the 2001–2011 TV series developed by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, and starring Tom Welling, Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, Annette O’Toole, John Schneider, and John Glover
• Superman Returns, the 2006 movie directed by Bryan Singer, written by Singer, Michael Dougherty, and Dan Harris, and starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, and Kevin Spacey
• Superman: Doomsday, the 2007 animated movie directed by Bruce Timm, Lauren Montgomery, and Brandon Vietti, written by Duane Capizzi, and starring Adam Baldwin, Anne Heche, and James Marsters
• Man of Steel, the 2013 movie directed by Zack Snyder, written by David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan, and starring Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Laurence Fishburne, and Russell Crowe
• Superman & Lois, the 2021–2024 TV series developed by Greg Berlanti and Todd Helbing, and starring Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch
• My Adventures with Superman, the 2023–present animated series developed by Jake Wyatt, Brendan Clougher, and Josie Campbell, and starring Jack Quaid, Alice Lee, and Ishmel Sahid
• Superman, the 2025 movie written and Directed by James Gunn, starring David Corenswet, Rachel Brosnahan, and Nicholas Hoult

Footnotes:

• Superman: Birthright, the 2003–2004 comic series written by Mark Waid and illustrated by Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan
• Superman: Secret Identity, the 2004 comic series written by Kurt Busiek and illustrated by Stuart Immonen
• Peggy Lee singing “You’ve Got Possibilities”

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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at The Wedding Banquet, the delightful story of a green card marriage and the deception that goes along with it.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1993 movie directed by Ang Lee, written by Lee, Neil Peng, and James Schamus, and starring Winston Chao, Mitchell Lichtenstein, May Chin, Gua Ah-leh, and Lung Sihung
• The 2025 remake directed by Andrew Ahn, written by Ahn and James Schamus, and starring Han Gi-chan, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran, Lily Gladstone, Youn Yuh-jung, and Joan Chen

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We’re keeping the haunted house theme going in Episode 168 of Adapt or Perish with a look at Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Oscar Wilde’s original 1887 short story, published in Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime and Other Stories in 1891
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray (Ep. 131)
  • Standard Ebooks
  • Wilde (1997)
• The 1944 theatrical movie directed by Jules Dassin and written by Edwin Blum, and starring Charles Laughton, Robert Young, and Margaret O’Brien
• The 1966 musical TV special directed by John Robins, written by Burt Shevelove, music and lyrics by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, and starring Michael Redgrave, Peter Noone, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Natalie Schafer
• The 1974 TV movie written and directed by Robin Miller, and starring David Niven and James Whitmore
• The 1985 TV movie directed by William F. Claxton, written by B.W. Sandefur, Joseph Maurer, and Bradley Wigor, and starring Richard Kiley, Barry Van Dyke, Brian Austin Green, and Mary Wickes
  • Greystone Mansion’s extensive use as a filming location
• The 1986 TV movie directed by Paul Bogart, written by George Zateslo, and starring John Gielgud, Alyssa Milano, and Ted Wass
• The 1996 TV movie directed by Sydney Macartney, written by Robert Benedetti, and starring Patrick Stewart, Neve Campbell, Edward Wiley, and Daniel Betts
  • Playing Shakespeare (1982)
• The 1997 TV movie directed by Crispin Reece, written by Olivia Hetreed, and starring Ian Richardson, Celia Imrie, James D’Arcy, Sarah-Jane Potts, and Ian McNeice
• The 2021 miniseries directed by Paul Gibson and Suri Krishnamma, written by Jude Tindall, and starring Anthony Head, James Lance, Caroline Catz, and Laurel Waghorn
• The 2023 animated movie directed by Kim Burdon, written by Giles New and Keiron Self, and starring Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Freddie Highmore, Imelda Staunton, Toby Jones, and Miranda Hart

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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at Lilo & Stitch, the story of everyone’s favorite alien koala-dog and the Earth girl who adopts him.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The 2002 animated movie written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois, and starring Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere, Jason Scott Lee, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, and Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Lilo & Stitch 20 Years Later: How The Disney Film Authentically Captured Hawaiian Culture With Tia Carrere’s Help
• The 2025 live action movie directed by Dean Fleischer Camp, written by Chris Kekaniokalani Bright and Mike Van Waes, and starring Maia Kealoha, Chris Sanders, Sydney Elizebeth Agudong, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Magnussen, Courtney B. Vance, Hannah Waddingham, Kaipo Dudoit, Tia Carrere, Amy Hill, and Jason Scott Lee
  • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)

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In Episode 166 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the many screen adaptations of The Turn of the Screw, the gothic horror classic by Henry James!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Henry James’ original 1898 novella
• The Turn of the Screw, the 1959 episode of Ford’s Startime directed by John Frankenheimer, written by James Costigan, and starring Ingrid Bergman
• The Innocents, the 1961 theatrical movie directed by Jack Clayton, written by William Archibald and Truman Capote, and starring Deborah Kerr, Megs Jenkins, and Michael Redgrave
  • Nerdwriter’s “How to Adapt a Classic Horror Story”
• The Turn of the Screw, the 1974 TV movie directed by Dan Curtis, written by William F. Nolan, and starring Lynn Redgrave and Megs Jenkins
• The Turn of the Screw, the 1989 episode of Shelley Duvall’s Nightmare Classics directed by Graeme Clifford, written by James M. Miller and Robert Hutchison, and starring Amy Irving, Micole Mercurio, Balthazar Getty, and David Hemmings
• The Turn of the Screw, the 1992 theatrical movie written and directed by Rusty Lemorande, and starring Patsy Kensit, Stéphane Audran, Julian Sands, and Marianne Faithfull
  • Captain Eo (1986)
• The Haunting of Helen Walker, the 1995 TV movie directed by Tom McLoughlin, written by Hugh Whitemore, and starring Valerie Bertinelli and Diana Rigg
• The Turn of the Screw, the 1999 TV movie directed by Ben Bolt, written by Nick Dear, and starring Jodhi May, Pam Ferris, and Colin Firth
• Presence of Mind, the 1999 theatrical movie directed by Antoni Aloy, written by Aloy, Barbara Gogny, and Mitch Brian, and starring Sadie Frost, Lauren Bacall, and Harvey Keitel
• In a Dark Place, the 2006 theatrical movie directed by Donato Rotunno, written by Peter Waddington, and starring Leelee Sobieski and Tara Fitzgerald
• The Turn of the Screw, the 2009 TV movie directed by Tim Fywell, written by Sandy Welch, and starring Michelle Dockery, Sue Johnston, Dan Stevens, and Corin Redgrave
• The Turning, the 2020 theatrical movie directed by Floria Sigismondi, written by Carey W. Hayes and Chad Hayes, and starring Mackenzie Davis, Finn Wolfhard, Barbara Marten, and Joely Richardson
• The Haunting of Bly Manor, the 2020 miniseries created by Mike Flanagan, and starring Victoria Pedretti, T’Nia Miller, Henry Thomas, Amelia Eve, and Carla Gugino

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In Episode 165 of Adapt or Perish, Jeremy and Ian are celebrating their home state with a look at Lost on a Mountain in Maine!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1978 book by Donn Fendler as told to Joseph B. Egan
• Lost Trail: Nine Days Alone in the Wilderness, the 2011 graphic novel by Fendler, Lynn Plourde, and Ben Bishop
• The 2024 theatrical movie directed by Andrew Boodhoo Kightlinger, written by Luke Paradise, and starring Luke David Blumm, Paul Sparks, and Caitlin FitzGerald

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In Episode 164 of Adapt or Perish, Ari’s back for a discussion of Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton’s poetic look at South Africa in the years before institutionalized apartheid.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Alan Paton’s original 1948 novel
• Cry, the Beloved Country, the 1951 theatrical movie directed by Zoltán Korda, written by Alan Paton and John Howard Lawson, and starring Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, and Charles Carson
• Lost in the Stars, the 1949 musical with book and lyrics by Maxwell Anderson and music by Kurt Weill, and the 1974 movie directed by Daniel Mann, written by Alfred Hayes, and starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, and Clifton Davis
• Cry, the Beloved Country, the 1995 theatrical movie directed by Darrell Roodt, written by Ronald Harwood and Joshua Sinclair, and starring James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Vusi Kunene, and Charles S. Dutton

Footnotes:

• “Voodoo Macbeth” and Native Son
• Bicycle Thieves (1948)

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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at two very different but completely identical versions of Death at a Funeral, the chaotic look at a family in mourning.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The 2007 version of Death at a Funeral, directed by Frank Oz, written by Dean Craig, and starring Matthew Macfadyen, Keeley Hawes, Rupert Graves, Andy Nyman, Ewen Bremner, Daisy Donovan, Alan Tudyk, Peter Vaughan, and Peter Dinklage
• The 2010 version of Death at a Funeral, directed by Neil LaBute, written by Dean Craig, and starring Chris Rock, Regina Hall, Loretta Devine, Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, Luke Wilson, Zoe Saldaña, James Marsden, Danny Glover, Keith David, and Peter Dinklage

Footnotes:

• Project Greenlight

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In Episode 162 of Adapt or Perish, we’re taking a look at the story of the boxer/quarterback/stand-up comedian taken too soon and given a second chance in a new body, (usually called) Heaven Can Wait!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Heaven Can Wait, Harry Segall’s original 1938 play
• Here Comes Mr. Jordan, the 1941 theatrical movie directed by Alexander Hall, written by Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller, and starring Robert Montgomery, Claude Rains, Evelyn Keyes, and James Gleason
• Heaven Can Wait, the 1960 episode of DuPont Show of the Month directed by Alex Segal, written by Jacqueline Babbin and Audrey Maas, and starring Anthony Franciosa, Joey Bishop, Wally Cox, Robert Morley, and Elizabeth Ashely
• Heaven Can Wait, the 1978 theatrical movie directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, written by Beatty and Elaine May, and starring Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, and Dyan Cannon
• Down to Earth, the 2001 theatrical movie directed by Chris Weitz and Paul Weitz, written by Chris Rock, Lance Crouther, Ali LeRoi, and Louis C.K., and starring Rock, Regina King, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison, Jennifer Coolidge, Chazz Palminteri, and Wanda Sykes
• Ice Angel/On Thin Ice, the 2000 TV movie directed by George Erschbamer, written by Phil Valentine, Rob Kerchner, and Scott Sandin, and starring Nicholle Tom, Tara Lipinski, Nancy Kerrigan, Aaron Smolinski, and Alan Thicke

Footnotes:

• Dead Like Me (2003–2004)
• Quantum Leap (1989–1993)
• Pootie Tang (2001)

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In this mini-episode of Adapt or Perish, we’re going back to Roald Dahl for a look at his short story Poison, screen adaptations from Alfred Hitchcock and Wes Anderson, and more!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Roald Dahl’s original 1950 short story
• The 1958 episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Casey Robinson, and starring James Donald, Wendell Corey, and Arnold Moss
• The 1980 episode of Tales of the Unexpected directed by Graham Evans, written by Robin Chapman, and starring Andrew Ray, Anthony Steel, Saeed Jaffrey, Judy Geeson, and Roald Dahl
• The 2023 short film written and directed by Wes Anderson, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes

Footnotes:

• The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Ep. 135)

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