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Old 01-13-2009, 12:45 PM   #1
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Upcoming book to movie adaptations

January
Defiance
Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schrieber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein
Release Date: January 16th (wide)


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Based on an extraordinary true story, Defiance is an epic tale of family, honor, vengeance and salvation in World War II. The year is 1941 and the Jews of East Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There, they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis, turning a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequential --- a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others.

Hotel for Dogs
Cast: Emma Roberts, Jake T. Austin, Kyla Pratt, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Don Cheadle, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile
Release Date: January 16th (wide)


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When 16-year-old Andi and her younger brother, Bruce, find themselves in a foster home with a strict “no pets” policy, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and begin transforming it into the perfect home for Friday --- as well as all the strays in the city. In no time, the kids have transformed the old hotel into something truly magical: a home for both the dogs and themselves. But they have also aroused the suspicions of the police who want to know --- who let the dogs in?
Inkheart
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Andy Serkis, Eliza Hope Bennett, Rafi Gavron
Release Date: January 23rd (wide)

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Mortimer “Mo” Folchart and his 12-year-old daughter Meggie share a passion for books. What they also share is a unique gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is danger: for every character brought to life from a book, a real person disappears into its pages.

On one of their trips to a secondhand book shop, Mo hears voices he hasn’t heard for years, and when he locates the book they’re coming from, it sends a shiver up his spine. It’s Inkheart, a book filled with illustrations of medieval castles and strange creatures --- a book he’s been searching for since Meggie was three years old, when her mother, Resa, vanished into its mystical world.
Killshot
Cast: Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Mickey Rourke, Rosario Dawson, Johnny Knoxville, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Don McManus
Release Date: January 23rd (wide)

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The beautiful Carmen Colson and her husband Wayne become entangled in a scam with a bumbling, small-time con artist and his over-the-hill hitman partner, the Blackbird. Ultimately, it all comes down to one wife, one husband, two killers…and one lethal killshot.
February
Coraline
Cast: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, John Hodgman, Ian McShane
Release Date: February 6th (wide)

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Based on the beloved bestselling children’s classic by Neil Gaiman, Coraline is a fairy-tale nightmare steeped in classic storytelling, craftsmanship, and the old-fashioned art of moviemaking magic. In Coraline, a young girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life --- a better version. But when this wondrously off-kilter, fantastical adventure turns dangerous and her “Other” parents try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination and bravery to get back home.
He’s Just Not That Into You
Cast: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long
Release Date: February 6th (wide)

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Based on the bestselling book of the same name, which was written by former “Sex and the City” writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, He’s Just Not That Into You is about modern-day relationships and how men and women often misconstrue the intentions of the opposite sex.
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Cast: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Joan Cusack, John Goodman, John Lithgow, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leslie Bibb
Release Date: February 13th (wide)

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In the glamorous world of New York, Rebecca Bloomwood is a fun-loving girl who is really good at shopping --- a little too good, perhaps. She dreams of working for her favorite magazine, but can’t quite get her foot in the door --- until ironically, she snags a job as an advice columnist for a financial magazine published by the same company. As her dreams are finally coming true, she goes to ever more hilarious and extreme efforts to keep her past from ruining her future.
Youth in Revolt
Cast: Michael Cera, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta, Jean Smart, M. Emmet Walsh, Justin Long, Fred Willard
Release Date: February 20th (wide)

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Youth in Revolt is the journal of Nick Twisp, an 18-year-old high school student, who goes on a quest to lose his virginity after his parents’ breakup.
March

Race to Witch Mountain
Cast: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Alexander Ludwig, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Tim Woodruff Jr.

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For years, stories have circulated about a secret place in the middle of the Nevada Desert, known for unexplained phenomena and strange sightings. It is called Witch Mountain, and when a Las Vegas cab driver finds two teens with supernatural powers in his cab, he suddenly finds himself in the middle of an adventure he can’t explain. When they discover that the only chance to save the world lies in unraveling the secrets of Witch Mountain, the race begins, as the government, mobsters and even extraterrestrials try to stop them. Race to Witch Mountain is a fun and thrilling adventure featuring incredible special effects.
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Old 01-13-2009, 03:36 PM   #2
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Hmm, like I pointed out before, I'm reading Inkheart right now, and that synopsis real doesn't follow the book so far.
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Old 01-13-2009, 03:46 PM   #3
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Of course it doesn't. It's probably just "based on" and thus doesn't have to follow the book exactly.
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Old 11-02-2009, 03:15 PM   #4
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Newest sleu of book-to-film:
(List dates subject to change)

1776 (David McCullough) - release 2011

The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus trilogy, Jonathan Stroud) - was supposed to release this year but no further word on release dates

Anita Blake - tentative word on a movie based on the vampire hunter turned porn star but no further information

Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand) - tentative release date sometime in 2011

The Bell Jar (Sylvia Plath) - release date of 2011

Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader (C. S. Lewis) - December 2010

Dragonriders of Pern (Anne McCaffrey) - tentative release date of 2011, but this rumor's been circulating for years

The Eye of the World (Robert Jordan) - tentative release date of 2011

Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury) - tentative date sometime in 2012 (if we survive that year)

Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell (Susannah Clarke) - tentative release in 2010

Life of Pi (Yann Martel) - tentative release date in 2011

Magic Kingdom for Sale (Terry Brooks) - tentative release date sometime in 2010, but once again this one has been rumored for years

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Robert C. O'Brien) - in development with a release date in 2013

The NeverEnding Story (Michael Ende) - in development, tentative release date in 2012. Do we need another one?

Paradise Lost (John Milton) - tentative release date either 2011 or 2012, depending on what source you believe

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith) - tentative release date 2011

The Screwtape Letters
(C.S. Lewis) - tentative release date 2010

The Sword of Shannara (Terry Brooks) - in development, tentative release date sometime in 2010

A Thousand Splendid Suns (Khaled Housseini) - supposedly in development to be released this year

World War Z (Max Brooks) - tentative release date 2010
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Old 11-03-2009, 05:40 AM   #5
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I would so love to see a Dragonriders of Pern movie but... Hollywood always ****s dragons up. You know it would fail.
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:13 AM   #6
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I would, too. It's one of my favorite series (well, until her son started taking over) and I'd love to see it on the big screen. But there's so much story that unless they did a couple of movies, I don't think it would really capture it.
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