Category Archives: Book to film

Gotta love that Wimpy Kid

Posted on 5 January 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

The movie version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules comes out on March 25, and the trailer just became available. Will all the potty humor and middle school escapades, how could it not become a hit?! In … Continue reading →

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Thanks to Hillenbrand, will Zamperini finally see his story on the big screen?

Posted on 5 January 2011 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken has been out for nearly two months now, and is garnering rave reviews everywhere. Louis Zamperini’s story is the type of sweeping saga that practically begs for a film adaptation—as Hillenbrand told us herself in an interview, … Continue reading →

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Don’t let your Portis interest end with ‘True Grit’

Posted on 4 January 2011 by Eliza, Associate Editor

It’s been almost a week since I saw True Grit and my family and I are still speaking to each other in Mattie Ross’s deadpan, contraction-less style of dialogue. The movie is wonderful—Jeff Bridges was made to play Rooster Cogburn … Continue reading →

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Natalie Portman as ‘The Other Woman’

Posted on 30 December 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Everyone’s talking about Natalie Portman’s wonderful performance in Black Swan—but she’s playing a more conventional role in February’s The Other Woman,  based on Ayelet Waldman’s 2006 novel Love and Other Impossible Pursuits. Though Waldman is better known for her controversial writings … Continue reading →

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Famous Titles for $500 please, Alex

Posted on 17 December 2010 by Lynn, Editor

The critical reaction to Jonathan Safran Foer’s second novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, was decidedly mixed (Michiko was scathing), but I loved the book. I think it remains one of the best fictional treatments of September 11, as seen … Continue reading →

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‘Water for Elephants’ hits the big screen

Posted on 16 December 2010 by Abby, Fiction Editor

Fans of Sara Gruen’s blockbuster 2006 novel, Water for Elephants, are a rabid bunch, and we think it’s safe to say that Gruen’s fan base is going to increase exponentially come April 15, 2011. That’s the theatrical release date for … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare, on screen once again

Posted on 9 December 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

The Tempest has always been one of my least favorite Shakespeare plays, mostly due to a lackluster Alabama Shakespeare adaptation circa 1994 that starred one of the most annoying Ariels ever. Will that change with the release of Julie Taymore’s adaptation, … Continue reading →

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On the edge of my seat at ‘Deathly Hallows’

Posted on 19 November 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

If I’m a bit sluggish at my desk this morning, it’s for good reason—I was out until 3 a.m. at the midnight screening of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I! I’m a veteran of HP midnight screenings, and … Continue reading →

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What we’re reading Wednesday: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Posted on 17 November 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling Scholastic • $34.99 • Originally published July 21, 2007 It feels like yesterday that I was waiting in line at a bookstore in New York City—at midnight—about to explode with excitement … Continue reading →

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Casting set for ‘The Great Gatsby’

Posted on 16 November 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Over recent weeks, celebrity gossip sites and lit blogs have been buzzing about Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. With DiCaprio in the title role, who would Luhrmann choose to play the flighty, maniuplative Daisy Buchanan? … Continue reading →

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New Jane Eyre trailer is Gothic, gripping

Posted on 10 November 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Yesterday, a long trailer for the new adaptation of Jane Eyre was released. It promises plenty of Gothic chills and thrills to offset the legendary practicality of its heroine, played by Mia Wasikowska (aka Alice in Wonderland). Love that she … Continue reading →

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Gary Ross to direct ‘The Hunger Games’

Posted on 5 November 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Variety reported yesterday that Gary Ross‘s deal to direct the movie adaptation of The Hunger Games is “all but done.” Ross’s other directing credits include Pleasantville and Seabiscuit (based on the book by Laura Hillenbrand)—which just might be my family’s … Continue reading →

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Stockett’s ‘The Help’ comes alive on the screen

Posted on 5 November 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

This week, IMDb released nine images from the set of The Help, which hits theaters August 12, 2011. Kathryn Stockett’s The Help was BookPage readers’ favorite book of 2009. If you haven’t read it and you need another reason to … Continue reading →

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YA debut from a romance star

Posted on 4 November 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Roxanne St. Claire, author of 25 books—including category romance; romantic suspense; chick lit; and Edge of Sight, one of BookPage’s romance picks for November—has signed a deal to write her first YA novel. It’s called Don’t You Wish and will … Continue reading →

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Advice book-to-movie

Posted on 27 October 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

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 … Continue reading →

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