Sentence examples for vendetta from from inspiring English sources

The Wachowskis had had a difficult experience adapting "V for Vendetta," from a comic book whose author, Alan Moore, hated the very idea of Hollywood adaptation and berated the project publicly.

Like Blake, Moore — the author of such genre-defining graphic novels as "Watchmen," published in 1987, and "V for Vendetta," from 1989 — is an artist committed to his own invented system of symbols and divinities.

You may only know V for Vendetta from the Wachowskis' adaptation starring Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman, or you may be distantly aware of it thanks to the adoption of the Guy Fawkes mask by Anonymous and various protest groups.

Mr. Moore — whose work has been poorly served by movies like "V for Vendetta," "From Hell" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" — has declared that "Watchmen" is impossible to film.

Mr. Cain has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing or inappropriate conduct, alternately describing the accusations as "a witch hunt" by the news media, a political vendetta from liberals and a plot by operatives for a Republican rival, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.

Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez tried to play down the incident and said there was a vendetta from certain parts of the media towards Suarez.

The cell bars and high walls do not hinder the continuation of feuds and vendettas from the outside knives and even guns are regularly whipped out from under mattresses.

As might be expected from the creator of Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell, the roots of the project lie buried deep in a corner of Alan Moore's surreal world.

He said he was the victim of a prosecutors' vendetta stemming from his having beat federal racketeering charges in 1983, when he was a sheriff.

Moore is Britain's most famous graphic novelist and his stories such as the Watchmen, V for Vendetta and From Hell have been turned into major Hollywood blockbuster films.

Respect is at stake and, over the next 48 hours, a vendetta escalates, from a dog being shot dead via the destruction of a car to a couple of murders.