For those of you who have read my work the past five years, “Page to Screen” might seem like a familiar concept. I offered something similar at Oscar Central during the 2002 Oscar race.

In this series, I will be analyzing the source materials for a number of the year’s cinematic offerings – some already in release, but the majority of them still to come as awards season approaches. I will offer up my interpretations of the material as it pertains to potential success at the Academy Awards, perspective on various category disputes that might be more easily discerned from a reading of the material, as well as various observations that may or may not relate to the adaptations’ Oscar hopes. The ultimate idea behind “Page to Screen” is to familiarize the reader with this year’s adapted screenplay race, and peripherally, the choices made, the directions taken, by adaptations this year – from the page, to the screen.

You will notice that one entry in the series has already been published, examining Alan Moore and David Lloyd's V For Vendetta. Next week the series will continue, settling into its normal Monday slot, with another already-in-release title, Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.