This Week’s Movie Tie-ins

Several tie-ins to upcoming movies, and a heavily-promoted HBO series, are being released this week (See below, in order by movie release date). For more upcoming movies with tie-ins, check out Upcoming — with Tie-ins listings.

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SEPT 15, 2010, Limited

Movie Title: Never Let Me Go

Director: Mark Romanek

Starring: Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins

Official Web Site: FoxSearchlight

Based on: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro, (Knopf)

Tie-in:

Never Let Me Go (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Kazuo Ishiguro
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2010-08-31)
ISBN / EAN: 0307740994 / 9780307740991

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Sept 19, 2010; series begins on HBO

Movie Title: Boardwalk Empire

Studio: HBO

Producer: Martin Scorsese

Official Web site: HBO.com/Boardwalk-Empire

Based on: Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, Nelson Johnson

Tie-in:

Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
Nelson Johnson
Retail Price: $17.95
Paperback: 296 pages
Publisher: Plexus Publishing, Inc. – (2009-09-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0966674855 / 9780966674859

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SEPT 24, 2010

Movie Title: HOWL

Directors: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman

Cast:

James Franco … Allen Ginsberg
Mary-Louise Parker … Gail Potter
Jon Hamm … Jake Ehrlich
Jeff Daniels … Professor David Kirk
David Strathairn … Ralph McIntosh

Official Web Site: HOWLTheMovie

Based on: Allen Ginsberg’s obscenity trial for the publication of the poem, HOWL

Tie-in:

Harper Perennial is releasing Howl in graphic novel format, including art from the film.

Howl: A Graphic Novel
Allen Ginsberg, Eric Drooker
Retail Price: $19.99
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial – (2010-09-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0062015176 / 9780062015174

Related Titles:

Howl on Trial: The Battle for Free Expression
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: City Lights Publishers – (2006-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0872864790 / 9780872864795

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Howl and Other Poems (City Lights Pocket Poets Series)
Allen Ginsberg
Retail Price: $7.95
Paperback: 57 pages
Publisher: City Lights Publishers – (2001-01-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0872860175 / 9780872860179

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OCT 1, 2010

Movie Title: Let Me In

Director: Matt Reeves

Cast:

Chloe Moretz … Abby
Kodi Smit-McPhee … Owen
Richard Jenkins … The Father

Based on: Swedish horror debut by John Ajvide Lindqvist

Offcial Web Site: LetMeIn-Movie

Tie-in:

Let Me In
John Ajvide Lindqvist
Retail Price: $15.99
Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin – (2010-08-31)
ISBN / EAN: 0312656491 / 9780312656492

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OCT 8, 2010

Movie Title: It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Directors: Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck

Starring: Zach Galifianakis, Emma Roberts, and Keir Gilchrist

Official Web Site: ItsKindOfaFunnyStoryMovie

Based on: YA novel It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini

Tie-in:

It’s Kind of a Funny Story (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Ned Vizzini
Retail Price: $9.99
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH – (2010-08-31)
ISBN / EAN: 1423141911 / 9781423141914

One Response to “This Week’s Movie Tie-ins”

  1. Dave Says:

    Don’t forget “My Dog Tulip”! ‘Twas covered today in the Times, with the book coming out from NYRB. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/29/movies/29tulip.html?partner=rss&emc=rss