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Some stories refuse to stay on the page. The Hollywood Reporter’s Beyond the Book column explores what happens when books make the leap to screen and beyond — unpacking what changed, how it was done and why it matters with the creatives who made it.
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The similarities between the upcoming family western Little House on the Prairie and The Boys, a dark and violent satirical take on superheroes, may not be immediately obvious. But for showrunner Rebecca Sonnenshine, who is leading the Netflix adaptation of the Laura Ingalls Wilder classic and was a writer, producer and executive producer on the Prime Video hit, the distinct ways they cross over couldn’t be more apparent.
“I really think of them as very similar,” she tells The Hollywood Reporter. “It’s about the myth of America and the stories we tell ourselves.”
