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A great year for books-to-film

The 84th Annual Academy Awards are on Sunday, and since six out of nine of the Best Picture nominees are based on books . . . I thought we’d do a little book-to-film celebrating! Keep scrolling for trailers of all … Continue reading

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Jonathan Safran Foer writing pilot for HBO

Calling all Jonathan Safran Foer fans! Did you love the adaptation of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close? Yes? Then you can take comfort in the fact that the movie got a Best Picture nomination this morning (puzzling many) and a … Continue reading

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Tom Hanks and ‘In the Garden of Beasts’

We told you this morning that Erik Larson’s In the Garden of Beasts is #10 on our Best Books of 2011 list, but now I have another exciting tidbit to share. The Hollywood Reporter has, well, reported that Universal has … Continue reading

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Launch of the literary trailers

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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Famous Titles for $500 please, Alex

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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Extremely far away and with incredibly big stars

What are we talking about with that headline? The film version of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, of course. Rumor has it that the film, which will start production in early 2011, has Tom Hanks and Sandra … Continue reading

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