Ten years after it first hit shelves and sent tidal waves across Christendom, William P. Young's novel The Shack is finally getting a film adaptation this spring. The movies stars Sam Worthington and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer, names that instantly lend credibility to the production.
The first question when it comes to movie adaptations tends to be about how closely the movie follows the book. The mediums of written word and film are distinctly different communication formats, and as a result, viewers shouldn't expect a direct one-to-one interpretation for the screen; the story gets tweaked in places to better[…]
