Tag Archives: Book to film

Are Meyer’s adult projects eclipsed by Twilight?

Posted on 30 March 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

On April 13, Stephenie Meyer‘s first adult novel, The Host, will be released in paperback. Little, Brown has big plans for the new edition, which includes a bonus chapter and a telling “author of the Twilight saga” stamp on the … Continue reading →

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Casting call for ‘The Help’

Posted on 25 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In recent weeks there have been tidbits of information about the movie version of Kathryn Stockett’s The Help—the BookPage reader favorite book of 2009. Stockett herself mentioned the movie in an interview with Katie Couric, and yesterday the Huffington Post … Continue reading →

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Black Heels to Tractor Wheels to Hollywood

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In December, I braved the crowd to see Ree Drummond—a.k.a. The Pioneer Woman—speak at Davis Kidd Booksellers in Nashville. When I posted about it on this blog, commenters shared stories of driving hours to see Ree on her book tour … Continue reading →

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From book, to musical

Posted on 23 March 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Arthur Phillips, author of Prague, The Egyptologist and Angelica, had another hit last year with his fourth novel, The Song Is You (read our review here). Out in paperback today, the book was one of our April picks for reading … Continue reading →

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“Now we will tesser, we will wrinkle again”

Posted on 22 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

In past months, I’ve blogged about Madeleine L’Engle’s birthday and her granddaughter’s debut novel. This morning, I was pleasantly surprised to hear another item of L’Engle news: A Wrinkle in Time is coming to the big screen! (Read more in … Continue reading →

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The return of a beloved nuisance

Posted on 19 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

GalleyCat posted the Ramona and Beezus trailer this morning, and it was the first I’d heard of a movie adaptation of Beverly Cleary’s classic. My first question is: Why is it called Ramona and Beezus? (The names are reversed in … Continue reading →

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Missed a favorite period drama?

Posted on 18 March 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Never fear, Dimsy’s Top Period Dramas is here! (Well, there. At the link.) This site is a must-visit for people like me who never remember to watch Masterpiece Theater (or any other program) when it actually airs. Dimsy scours the … Continue reading →

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Now showing: The Wimpy Kid

Posted on 16 March 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Coming to theaters near you this weekend: Diary of a Wimpy Kid, based on Jeff Kinney’s best-selling middle-grade series. The movie hits theaters Friday, and the companion book, Movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid, is in libraries and bookstores today. … Continue reading →

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Coming soon: two-and-a-half hours of Larsson

Posted on 10 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

Stieg Larsson fans have something to look forward to until the release of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest on May 25. I knew that there had been Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium Trilogy, and that a Hollywood … Continue reading →

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Katie Couric chats with Kathryn Stockett

Posted on 4 March 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

We’ve noticed that books (with the exception of political books) get little coverage on network TV, so we were happy to see that Katie Couric covers many authors on her web show @katiecouric. Just Tuesday, her conversation with Kathryn Stockett, … Continue reading →

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The new Mattie Ross

Posted on 24 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

When I went home to Arkansas in December, conversation on more than one occasion drifted toward the Coen Brothers’ new movie adaptation of Charles Portis’ 1968 novel True Grit, which opens on Christmas Day 2010. Why are they re-making the … Continue reading →

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Can Avatar work as a book?

Posted on 18 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

I have a confession that will probably embarrass my co-workers: I loved Avatar. Yes, there were holes in the plot. And yes, I thought it was predictably annoying that a white guy had to swoop in and save the natives … Continue reading →

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Uma and Robert Pattinson: a match made in Paris

Posted on 16 February 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Actress Uma Thurman is in the news for her roles in two upcoming book-to-film adaptations. First up, she plays Medusa in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which hits theaters next month (director Chris Columbus says of the … Continue reading →

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Heist Society in stores (and maybe on the big screen)

Posted on 9 February 2010 by Eliza, Associate Editor

It’s a big week for Ally Carter! Her YA art caper novel, Heist Society, hits stores today, and you can read all about it in an interview on BookPage.com. I talked to Carter (also the author of the bestselling Gallagher … Continue reading →

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What we're reading Wednesday

Posted on 20 January 2010 by Trisha, Managing Editor

Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane Morrow, 2005 With a movie adaptation set to hit theaters in just a month, now felt like the right time to finally read Dennis Lehane’s best-selling suspense novel, Shutter Island. Nothing creeps me out more … Continue reading →

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