The phrase "action adaptation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to film, literature, or any medium where a story or concept is adapted into a more action-oriented format.
Example: "The action adaptation of the novel brought a new level of excitement to the story, attracting a wider audience."
Alternatives: "action reinterpretation" or "action transformation".
The first look at Steven Spielberg's live action adaptation, due out this summer, is enough to send streams of both excitement and uncertainty through those for whom the story was an essential part of childhood.
He already took a starring role as the iconic literary detective in this year's Mr. Holmes, and will play Cogsworth in the upcoming live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast.
The 2003 live action adaptation starred Mike Myers and earned an abysmal 11percentt rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Mewtwo also appears in the musical Pokémon Live!, a live action adaptation of the anime set after Pokémon: The First Movie, and is portrayed by Marton Fulop.
The show has earned a similar reverence to Mamoru Oshii's 1995 anime Ghost in the Shell, a live action adaptation of which was widely panned by audiences and critics alike despite innovative CGI earlier this year.
Deadline.com reports that the beloved actor is in talks to join a live action adaptation of the famed children's book "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day," which Lisa Cholodenko ("The Kids Are All Right") will direct.
July 7. X-MEN -- The comic book outcast superheroes in a live-action adaptation.
The film is the latest live-action adaptation of an animated classic from the Disney stable.
Steven Spielberg has signed on to direct a live-action adaptation of Roald Dahl's The BFG.
Chloe Moretz is to play scaly heroine Ariel in Universal's live-action adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale.
Patrick Warburton captured the Tick perfectly in a 2001 live-action adaptation on Fox, but the show didn't last.
