May 12th, 2012
Books to Movies and TV — Released in 2012
Below are the movies that have been released in 2012, by most recent release date.
Upcoming movies are listed here
May 4, 2012
Movie Title: The Avengers
Director: Josh Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr.; Chris Evans; Edward Norton; Samuel L. Jackson
Based on: Marvel comic series by Stan Lee
Official Movie Site: Marvel.com/Avengers_Movie
Tie-ins:
Marvel is releasing a three-issue limited series titled Marvel’s The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes (more info here)
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MAY 4, 2012
Movie Title: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Director: John Madden
Starring:
Bill Nighy
Maggie Smith
Tom Wilkinson
Judi Dench
Dev Patel
Official Web Site: Fox Searchlight (shows UK release date)
Based on: These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach (2004; Chatto & Windus, London)
The first U.S. publication is the tie-in:
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APRIL 27, 2012 (NYC and LA; expands through May; check movie site for locations)
Movie Title: Headhunters – Norwegian-language
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring:
Aksel Hennie … Roger Brown
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau … Clas Greve
Synnøve Macody Lund … Diana Brown
Official Movie Site: MagPictures.com/Headhunters
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APRIL 20, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: The Eye of the Storm
Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Geoffrey Rush …Basil Hunter
Dustin Clare …Col
Charlotte Rampling …Elizabeth Hunter
Judy Davis …Dorothy de Lascabanes
Official Movie Site (Australia): TheEyeOfTheStorm.com.au
Based on: Novel by Patrick White (1973)
Tie-in:
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APRIL 20, 2012
Movie Title: The Lucky One
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring:
Zac Efron … Logan Thibault
Blythe Danner
Taylor Schilling … Beth Clayton
Jay R. Ferguson … Keith Clayton
Riley Thomas Stewart … Ben Clayton
Official Movie Site: TheLuckyOneMovie.com
Based on: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, 2008)
Tie-in:
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APRIL 20, 2012 (Possibly NYC only)
Movie Title: The Moth Diaries
Director: Mary Harron
Starring:
Scott Speedman … Mr. Davies
Sarah Bolger … Rebecca
Sarah Gadon … Lucie
Lily Cole … Ernessa
Based on: YA novel by Rachel Klein
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April 20, 2012
Movie Title: Think Like a Man
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Chris Brown (hip-hop star, on probation for assaulting his former girlfriend, singer Rihanna. Anderson Cooper blasted him for taking the part).
Official Web Site: ThinkLikeAMan-Movie.com
Based on: Self-help book by Steve Harvey, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man
Tie-in:
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April 22 & 29, 2012 — PBS
Series title: Birdsong
An adaptation of Sebastian Faulk’s novel about lovers torn apart by World War I. Eddie Redmayne (The Pillars of the Earth) plays Stephen Wrayford, whose pre-war affair with Isabelle Azaire (Clemence Poesy, Harry Potter films) has an enduring effect on him as he fights in the trenches.
Based on: book by Sebastian Faulks
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APRIL 27, 2012
Movie Title: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Director: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt
Voices of :Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven
Official Web site: ThePirates-Movie.com
Based on: The first two books from a series by Gideon Defoe
Tie-in:
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab |
| Gideon Defoe |
| Retail Price: | $14.95 |
| Paperback: | 240 pages |
| Publisher: | Vintage – (2012-02-28) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0345802489 / 9780345802484 |
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APRIL 27, 2012
Movie Title: The Raven
Director: James McTeigue
Starring: John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe
Official Web Site: TheRavenMovie.com
Story: A serial killer bases his methods of killing on Poe’s stories (beginning with The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Pit and Pendulum and working his way through other stories). Poe is called in to help solve the crime.
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April 15, 2012 — PBS premiere
Movie Title: Mystery of Edwin Drood
Director: Diarmuid Hughes
Starring: Matthew Rhys, Tamzin Merchant, Freddie Fox
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April 1 & 8, 2012
Great Expectations – PBS Premiere — two-part series
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone
Official Web Site: PBS
Trailer: YouTube
April 1, 2012 — HBO Series Begins
TV Series: Game of Thrones, Season Two
Official Web Site: HBO/Game of Thrones
Based on: A Clash of Kings, vol 2 in A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
Tie-in
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Also available’ mass market (9780345535429) and audio (9780449011102)
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April 6, 2012, limited (available On Demand beginning Feb. 8)
Movie Title: The Hunter
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Starring: Willem Dafoe
Official site: TheHunterMovie.com
Based on: novel by Julia Leigh
Tie-in:
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Mar 30, 2012 (theatrical release; On Demand on 2/24)
Movie Title: Goon
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber
Official Web Site: MagnetReleasing.com/Goon
Based on: Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, by Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith, PublishAmerica, 2002, 9781591293026
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Mar. 30, 2012
Movie Title: Mirror, Mirror
Director: Tarsem Singh
Starring:
Julia Roberts …Evil Queen
Lily Collins …Snow White
Armie Hammer …Prince Andrew Alcott
Sean Bean …The King
Nathan Lane …Brighton
Official Web Site: MirrorMirrorFilm.com
Based on: Brothers Grimm tale
Ages 4 to 8:
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Ages 7 to 10:
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Mar. 23, 2012
Movie Title: The Hunger Games
Based on: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Director: Gary Ross
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence … Katniss Everdeen
Liam Hemsworth … Gale Hawthorne
Elizabeth Banks … Effie Trinket
Josh Hutcherson … Peeta Mellark
Stanley Tucci … Caesar Flickerman
Woody Harrelson … Haymitch
Willow Shields … Primrose Everdeen
Amandla Stenberg … Rue
Leven Rambin … Glimmer
Wes Bentley … Seneca Crane
Paula Malcomson … Mrs. Everdeen
Dayo Okeniyi … Thresh
Note: The second title in the series, Catching Fire, is scheduled for Nov. 22, 2013
Status: The first full-length trailer debuted on Good Morning America, 11/14/11
Tie-ins: an Official Illustrated Movie Companion as well as a regular tie-in edition. Both will be released by Scholastic on Feb. 7.
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Mar. 23, 2012 (NYC Only)
Title: The Trouble with Bliss (formerly East Fifth Bliss)
Director: Michael Knowles
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Brie Larson, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu, Brad William Henke, Sarah Shahi, and Chris Messina
Web Site: TheTroubleWithBliss.com
Based on: East Fifth Bliss, Douglas Light, Behler Publ., 2006
Tie-in:
The Trouble with Bliss, Dreamscape Audio and downloadable via OverDrive
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Movie Title: John Carter of Mars
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring:
Taylor Kitsch … John Carter
Mark Strong … Matai Shang
Willem Dafoe … Tars Tarkas
Polly Walker … Sarkoja
Dominic West … Sab Than
Official Web Site: Disney.com/JohnCarter
Based on: A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (first published as a book in 1917).
Tie-ins:
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic pulp fiction John Carter series, also referred to as the Barsoom series, predates his Tarzan series, and was the basis of several graphic novels.
There are numerous movie tie-ins (including coloring and activity books, indicating the movie is expected to attract kids).
The Library of America is publishing a “deluxe, Illustrated collector’s edition,” with an intro by Junot Diaz (he writes, “A Princess of Mars is singularly important, in that it innovated the grammar for the American version of the lost world romance.”)
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The Disney Book Group is releasing a novelization, which also includes original text of A Princess of Mars, for ages 13 and up.
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Marvel is releasing a “prequel” (ages “13 to 99″ — if you’re 100 or over, you’re out of luck)
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Plus a new graphic novel based on the original book (also ages “13 to 99″),
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Aimed at collectors, Marvel is also releasing a pricey omnibus of various classic 1970′s graphic novels based on the series, (ages “13 to 99″),
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The Disney Book Group is releasing collections of the original novels (the series is in the public domain, so there are several other editions as well as audio versions available. Ebook versions are available from OverDrive.)
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Other volumes in the series are:
Collected John Carter of Mars, The (Swords of Mars, Synthetic Men of Mars, Llana
Collected John Carter of Mars, The (Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars
Disney is also realeasing an “art of the movie” tie-in,
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Mar. 2, 2012
Movie Title: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring:
Ewan McGregor as a scientist who helps introduce salmon to the Highland waters in Yeman and falls in love with one of the sheik’s aides (Emily Blunt). Also starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Rachael Sterling
Based on: Satiric novel by Paul Torday (HMH, 2007), a best-seller in the U.K. Published here, to more modest sales.
Trailer: YouTube
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Mar 10, 2012
HBO Film: Game Change
Producer: Playtone (Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman)
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Julianne Moore (Sarah Palin), Ed Haris (John McCain), Woody Harrelson (Steve Schmidt, McCain’s campaign strategist)
Based on: Book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign (Harper, 2010).
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March 2, 2012
Movie Title: The Lorax, 2012
3-D animated feature
Studio: Universal Pictures
Directors: Chris Renaud, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
Voices:
Zac Efron … Ted
Ed Helms … Once-ler
Taylor Swift … Audrey
Betty White …
Danny DeVito … The Lorax
Official Movie Site: TheLoraxMovie.com
Based on: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (RH, 1971)
Tie-ins:
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Step into Reading Titles:
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Mar. 2, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: Being Flynn
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor
Based on: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, memoir, by Nick Flynn (Norton, 2004)
Official Web Site: FocusFeatures
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FEB 17, 2012
Movie title: Arrietty
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Starring:
Mirai Shida … Arietty (voice)
Ryûnosuke Kamiki … Shô (voice)
Shinobu Ohtake … Homily (voice) (as Shinobu Ôtake)
Keiko Takeshita … Sadoko (voice)
Tatsuya Fujiwara … Spiller (voice)
Tomokazu Miura … Pod (voice)
Kirin Kiki … Haru (voice)
Inspired By: The Borrowers by Mary Norton
UK reviews are strong
Official Web Site: Disney.go.com/official-sites/arrietty/index
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FEB 10, 2012
Movie title: The Vow
Director: Michael Sucsy
Starring:
Rachel McAdams … Paige
Channing Tatum … Leo
Jessica Lange
Based on: a true story, re-released as a tie-in with a new chapter.
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FEB 3, 2012
Movie title: The Woman in Black
Director: James Watkins
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe … Arthur Kipps
Ciarán Hinds … Mr. Daily
Janet McTeer … Mrs Daily
Based on: The Woman in Black, Susan Hill, 1986; it was also adapted as a long-running stage play and a TV movie
Tie-in:
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FEB 3, 2012
Movie title: Big Miracle
Director: Ken Kwapis
Starring:
Kristen Bell
Drew Barrymore … Rachel Kramer
John Krasinski … Adam Carlson
Dermot Mulroney
Official Movie Site: EverybodyLovesWhales.com
Based on: Freeing the Whales, by Thomas Rose
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JAN 27, 2012
Movie Title: One for the Money
Director: Julie Ann Robinson
Starring:
Katherine Heigl … Stephanie Plum
Daniel Sunjata … Ranger
Jason O’Mara … Joe Morelli
Patrick Fischler … Vinnie Plum
Cristina Aloe … Connie
Based on: One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
Official Movie Site: OneForTheMoneyFilm.com
Tie-in:
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JAN 27, 2012 (after a limited Oscar-qualifying run in Dec)
Movie Title: Albert Nobbs
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer
Based on: The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, by the Irish wirter, George Moore
Official Web Site: AlbertNobbs-TheMovie.com
Tie-in:
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Jan 27, 2011 (limited release in NYC, Dec. 9)
Movie Title: We Need to Talk about Kevin
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring:
George John C. Reilly … Franklin
Tilda Swinton … Eva
Ezra Miller … Kevin
Based on: The novel, We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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JAN 20, 2012
Movie Title: Coriolanus
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerald Butler, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave
Official Movie Site: WeinsteinCo.com
Based on: play by William Shakespeare
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JAN 20, Wide (premiered on DEC 25 in a limited Oscar-qualifying run)
Movie Title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Director: Stephen Daldry
Status: Scheduled for limited Christmas release to qualify for the Oscars; to open wide Jan 20. Director Daldry and producer Scott Rudin have been working on this project for years. As the movie news site, Deadline, nicely understates, the book is “not the easiest film adaptation.”
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, with John Goodman, Viola Davis and Max von Sydow. Thirteen-year-old Jeopardy winner, Thomas Horn plays Oskar, the nine-year old lead.
Based on: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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JAN 8, 2012
Showtime Series, House of Lies begins
Starring: Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson, and Dawn Oliveri
Based on: House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn, (Business Pluss/Warner Books, 2005)
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JAN 6, 2012, NYC Only
Movie Title: Norwegian Wood
Director: Anh Hung Trang
Starring: Rinko Kikuchi (nominated for an Oscar for Babel)
Based on: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. The author’s first major hit in Japan. The movie was released in that country in 2010. It is scored by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
Official Trailer: SodaPictures.com/NorwegianWood
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