February 24th, 2010
Upcoming Movies — With Tie-ins
Movies are in order by release date. Links to movie trailers available on right-hand nav bar.
March 16 through May 16
HBO Series: The Pacific
Official Web Site: HBO.com/The-Pacific
Based on: Robert Leckie’s Helmet for My Pillow and Eugene B. Sledge’s With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa.
Tie-ins:
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Trade; 9781400110506; 9 Audio CD; $34.99Library; 9781400140503; 9 Audio CD; $69.99MP3; 9781400160501; 1 MP3-CD; $24.99
eBook available from OverDrive
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eBook available from OverDrive
An earlier paperback edition notes in a burst on the cover that it was “used by Ken Burns for The War on PBS.”
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The following is a companion book to the series:
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The following are not official tie-ins, but are being released to coincide with the movie.
Two are biographies of John Basilone. He is one of the three main characters portrayed in the series.
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Oasis Audio; UNABR; 9781598595970; $29.99
Audio and ebook available from OverDrive
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Two other titles about the Pacific war by Robert Leckie are also being released:
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Newmarket is re-releasing a book about one of the final battles in the Pacific, the sinking of the Japanese battleship, the Yamamato, told from both the American and the Japanese points of view
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A new memoir by a Marine who is featured in an episode of the series, was recently released.
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March 19, 2010
Movie Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Starring:
Wimpy Kid (Greg) — Zachary Gordon
Parents — Steve Zahn, Rachel Harris
Official Web Site: diaryofawimpykidmovie.com
Based on: Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
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March 19, 2010
Movie Title: Män som hatar kvinnor, 2009
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Based On: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson
Official UK Web site: TheGirl.co.uk
Swedish trailer (with subtitles): on YouTube
Two other Swedish-language films based on the series have been produced; the distributor is waiting to see how the first one does before deciding on releasing the other three.
Separately, Sony Pictures and Scott Rudin are negotiating for rights to do English-language versions of the entire Millenium series.
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March 19, 2010
Movie Title: Repo Men
Director: Miguel Sapochnik
Starring: Jude Law, Forest Whitaker, Liev Schreiber, RZA, Alice Braga, Carice van Houten
Based on: The Reposession Mambo, Eric Garcia,
Tie-in:
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MAR 26, 2010
Movie Title: How to Train Your Dragon
Directors: Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
Voices of: Gerard Butler, Johan Hill, America Ferrera
Based on: How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell
Tie-ins:
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March 31, 2010
Movie Title: The Last Song
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: Miley Cyrus, Kelly Preston, Greg Kinnear
Based on: The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks
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April 9, 2010
Movie Title: The Losers
Director: Sylvain White
Starring: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba,Columbus Short, Holt McCallany, Oscar Jaenada, Jason Patric, Peter Macdissi
Based on: Comic book series by Andy Diggle
Official Web site: the-losers.com
Tie-in:
| The Losers Vol. 1 & 2 |
| Andy Diggle |
| Retail Price: | $19.99 |
| Paperback: | 304 pages |
| Publisher: | DC Comics – (2010-02-02) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 1401227333 / 9781401227333 |
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April 16, 2010
Movie Title: Kick-Ass
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mark Strong, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloe Moretz
Based on: Comic books by Mark Millar
Tie-ins:
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MAY 7, 2010
Movie Title: Iron Man 2
Director: Michael Patrick King
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Jon Favreau,Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson, Garry Shandling, John Slattery, Kate Mara, Clark Gregg, Olivia Munn
Based on: Iron Man comic series
Tie-in:
| Iron Man 2 M/TV |
| Alexander Irvine |
| Retail Price: | $7.99 |
| Mass Market Paperback: | 0 pages |
| Publisher: | Grand Central Publishing – (2010-04) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0446564583 / 9780446564588 |
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MAY 14, 2010
Movie Title: Robin Hood
Director: Ridley Scott
Starring: Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Lea Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Danny Huston, Max von Sydow
Based on: The Robin Hood legend
Official Website: RobinHoodthemovie.com
Tie-ins:
None listed yet
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MAY 28, 2010
Movie Title: Sex and the City 2
Director: Michael Patrick King
Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kin Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth, Cynthia Nixon
Based on: Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell
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JUN 4, 2010
Movie Title: Marmaduke
Director: Tom Dey
Starring: Owen Wilson, Emma Stone, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ron Perlman, Judy Greer, Anjelah Johnson, Lee Pace, Steve Coogan, William H. Macy, George Lopez, Stacy Ferguson, Damon Wayans Jr., David Walliams,Amanda Seyfried, Jeremy Piven
Based on: Marmaduke comic strips by Brad Anderson
Official Website: TheMarmadukemovie.com
| Marmaduke: Meet Marmaduke (I Can Read Book 1) |
| Kirsten Mayer |
| Retail Price: | $3.99 |
| Paperback: | 32 pages |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins – (2010-05-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0061995053 / 9780061995057 |
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| Marmaduke: The Junior Novel |
| J. E. Bright |
| Retail Price: | $4.99 |
| Paperback: | 144 pages |
| Publisher: | HarperFestival – (2010-05-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0061995061 / 9780061995064 |
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JUN 30, 2010
Movie Title: Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Director: David Slade
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart
Based on: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Official Move Site: World of Twilight
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AUG 13, 2010
Movie Title: Eat, Pray, Love
Director: Ryan Murphy
Starring: Julia Roberts, Richard Jenkins, Javier Bardem, Viola Davis, Billy Crudup
Based on: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Official Website: EatPrayLove-themovie.com
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AUG 13, 2010
Movie Title: Romana and Beezus
Director: Elizabeth Allen
Starring: Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Ginnifer Goodwin, Hutch Dano
Based on: Ramona novels by Beverly Cleary
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Fall, 2010
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
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TBA, 2010
Movie Title: Cracks
Director: Jordan Scott
Starring: Eva Green, Juno Temple, Maria Valverde
Based on: Cracks by Sheila Kohler
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SEPT 10, 2010
Movie Title: The Town
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Blake Lively, Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Jon Hamm
Studio: Warner Bros.
Based on: Prince of Thieves, Chuck Hogan (Scribner, 2004)
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NOV 19, 2010
Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
Based on: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
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NOV 24, 2010
Movie Title: Rapunzel
Director: Byron Howard, Nathan Greno
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
Based on: Grimm fairy tale
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Dec. 10, 2010
Movie Title: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Director: Michael Apted
Based on: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia) by C.S. Lewis
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Dec. 22, 2010
Movie Title: The Green Hornet
Director: Michael Gondry
Starring: Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson,Christoph Waltz
Based on: Comic book series
Official Website: SonyPictures.com
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Dec. 22, 2010
Movie Title: Gulliver’s Travels
Director: Rob Letterman
Starring: Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Jason Segel, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, James Gorden, Catherine Tate, Chris O’Dowd
Based on: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
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Dec. TBA, 2010
Movie Title: The Hobbit
Director: Guillermo del Toro
Starring: Andy Serkis, Ian McKellen, Hugo Weaving
Official Website: TheHobbitBlog.com
Being shot simultaneously as two films; the second will be released in 2011
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JUN 17, 2011
Movie Title: Green Lantern
Status: Originally announced for Fall, 2009, Warner pulled production from Australia because of the falling U.S. dollar
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Ryan Reynolds
Based on: DC Comics series, Green Lantern
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JUL 15, 2011
Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman
Based on: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
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Dec. 23, 2011
Movie Title: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Jamie Bell, Cary Elwes
Planned as the first of three movies based on the Tintin series
Based on: Hergé Le secret de la licorne and Le trésor de Rackham Le Rouge]






















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