Category Archives: Book to film

Behind the scenes of ‘Hugo’

Posted on 25 October 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Brian Selznick‘s Caldecott Medal-winning book The Invention of Hugo Cabret has become Hugo, a 3-D movie directed by Martin Scorsese. It hits theaters on November 23. The Hugo Movie Companion reveals the magic behind the movie through essays by Brian … Continue reading →

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Launch of the literary trailers

Posted on 29 September 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Some major book-to-film projects have released trailers recently. First up: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer, which we posted about a year ago. This looks like a good one—it even tied the movie-tie-in book cover to the original. … Continue reading →

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Movie alert: ‘The Language of Flowers’

Posted on 14 September 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Even if you haven’t read it yet (the novel only came out on August 23), you’ve probably at least heard of The Language of Flowers. The novel is about 18-year-old Victoria, a young woman who has nowhere to go after … Continue reading →

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Katniss Everdeen in action

Posted on 29 August 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The first clip of The Hunger Games movie was released last night during MTV’s Video Music Awards. Jennifer Lawrence introduces the clip, which I’ll let speak for itself:   Get More: 2011 VMA, Music Sure, it’s a brief preview, but … Continue reading →

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All-star cast, Matrix producers head up film version of ‘Cloud Atlas’

Posted on 24 August 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Susan Sarandon will lead an all-star cast in the film adaptation of David Mitchell‘s 2004 novel, Cloud Atlas. This era-spanning book, a novel told in six voices that our reviewer described as “complex literary origami” would … Continue reading →

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‘The Descendants’ trailer is here

Posted on 15 August 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Before my showing of Midnight in Paris last week, they screened the trailer for the adaptation of Kaui Hart Hemmings’ The Descendants (read our review of the book here), which was filmed last year in Hawaii. It looks about as faithful to the … Continue reading →

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‘Sarah’s Key’ to hit US theaters this month

Posted on 22 July 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Tatiana de Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key was a surprise hit when it was published in 2007. As word spread about this suspenseful novel, set in Vichy France, it became a popular book club selection and eventually sold 5 million copies. Not … Continue reading →

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Tom Cruise is Jack Reacher

Posted on 20 July 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Everyone’s favorite rugged sleuth now has a face: Tom Cruise will play Jack Reacher in a film based on Lee Child’s One Shot. From the actor’s official website: “[We are] excited to confirm that Tom Cruise will play the rugged … Continue reading →

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The end of an era

Posted on 19 July 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I don’t think I’m the only one who fell into a slight funk at a few minutes past 2 a.m. last Friday morning. Along with the 4,800 other people who’d crammed into a sold-out multiplex, I’d just experienced Harry Potter … Continue reading →

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Trailer Tuesday: ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children’ by Ransom Riggs

Posted on 21 June 2011 by Cat, Assistant Editor

Inspired by blogger/travel-writer-turned-novelist Ransom Riggs‘s collection of fantastical and grotesque vintage photographs, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children is already on the way to making it big. The movie rights were recently acquired by Fox after a rather heated auction, … Continue reading →

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Lenny Kravitz = Cinna in ‘The Hunger Games’

Posted on 24 May 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Last week Trisha posted about Jennifer Lawrence’s transformation into Katniss Everdeen, and now I have a bit more Hunger Games-related news: Rocker Lenny Kravitz will be play one of my personal favorite characters in the series, stylist Cinna. In the … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Lawrence IS Katniss

Posted on 18 May 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Still have doubts about Jennifer Lawrence playing the role of Katniss, heroine of The Hunger Games? Well, if her squirrel-skinning skills demonstrated in Winter’s Bone weren’t enough for you, this week’s cover of Entertainment Weekly (on sale May 20) might … Continue reading →

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‘We Need to Talk About Kevin’ premieres at Cannes

Posted on 13 May 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The film version of Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk About Kevin is making waves at the Cannes Film Festival, drawing raves for director Lynne Ramsay and stars Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller (son of Workman’s Bob Miller). Three clips … Continue reading →

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Trailer for ‘The Help’!

Posted on 19 April 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

This post needs little introduction—in fact, you’ve probably already skipped this sentence and hit “play” to watch the trailer for the movie version of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help: Here are my initial thoughts: 1) It’s more upbeat than I expected. … Continue reading →

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Another edgy take on Brontë

Posted on 21 March 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

After a stellar opening weekend for the latest Jane Eyre adaptation, directed by Cary Fukunaga, the Brontës are back (if they ever went away). If Jane whet your appetite, fear not—a new Wuthering Heights adaptation isn’t too far down the … Continue reading →

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