Showing posts with label Movies Based on Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies Based on Books. Show all posts

January 15, 2010

The Lovely Bones One of Many
Film Adaptations This Year


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2010 is proving to be another big year for book-to-film adaptations. The film version of C. D. Payne's Youth in Revolt hit theaters last week, and director Peter Jackson's version of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones comes to theaters today.

Other book-to-film adaptations you can expect to catch in theaters this year include:

Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
An army sergeant falls in love shortly before 9/11.
Movie Release Date: February 2010

Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Classic children's book reworked Tim Burton-style.
Movie Release Date: March 2010

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
The trials and triumphs of a wise-cracking junior high school student.
Movie Release Date: April 2010

The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
Another Nicholas Spark book hits the big screen. Stars Miley Cyrus.
Movie Release Date: April 2010

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Third movie in the Twilight vampire saga.
Movie Release Date: June 2010

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Chronicles a divorcee as she travels the globe in search of happiness.
Movie Release Date: August 2010

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Part One)
First part of final book in Harry Potter series.
Movie Release Date: November 2010

October 16, 2009

Classic Book Comes to the Big Screen



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The movie version of Where the Wild Things Are opens in theaters today. The beloved children's book was written by author and illustrator Maurice Sendak and published in 1963.

Is it possible for filmmaker Spike Jonze to interpret the book without some diehard fans being disappointed? Probably not. But that's okay. It's his vision and if Sendak can give him his blessing, then so can I. One thing we know for sure -- anything (art, movies, music) that inspires children (and adults, for that matter) to read is good for all of us.

Here's a list of some of the 2009 films that were based on books:

Angels & Demons by Dan Brown
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling
Hotel for Dogs by Lois Duncan
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, by John Godey
Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger