He’s Just Not That Into You (the film adaptation) may have inspired a few gag reflexes in this blogger—but the movie was no doubt successful, opening at #1 at the box office.
Can a movie version of another sort of advice book be just as big a hit? EW reports that Lionsgate is adapting mega-bestseller What To Expect When You’re Expecting.
Like He’s Just Not That Into You (and Valentine’s Day and Love Actually), the story will be presented as a series of related vignettes.
I would not have predicted this adaptation, but movies about pregnant women—from Father of the Bride Part II to Knocked Up to Juno—are perennially popular.
What advice book will be next?
Gag!! Hollywood must be bone dry of ideas. I keep waiting for them to make a movie on some fast food icon like Jack or the Burger King king or the iconic Ronald.
As for books… gosh, they make movies out of anything these days. What about The Gift of Fear? It could be a horror movie or a comedy depending how you work it.