June 25th, 2009
Upcoming Movies — with tie-ins
Movies are in order by release date. Links to movie trailers available on right-hand nav bar.
JULY 4, 2009
Movie Title: Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
Directed by: Carlos Saldanha, Mike Thurmeier
Featuring the voices of:
Simon Pegg
Seann William Scott
John Leguizamo
Denis Leary
Queen Latifah
Movie tie-ins:
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JULY 10, 2009
Movie Title: I Love You, Beth Cooper
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring: Hayden Panettiere, Samm Levine, Cynthia Stevenson, Alan Ruck
Based on: I Love You, Beth Cooper, by Larry Doyle
Tie-in:
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JULY 17, 2009
Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Director: David Yates
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson
Based on: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K Rowling
Note: The last book in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows is being filmed as two movies, scheduled for November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011.
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AUG 7, 2009
Movie Title: Julie & Julia
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Maryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Based on: Julie and Julia by Julie Powell and My Life in France, by Julia Child.
- Publisher: Back Bay Books (July 1, 2009)
- Trade Paperback: $14.99
- ISBN-10: 031604427X
- ISBN-13: 978-0316044271
- Mass Market Paperback: $7.99
- ISBN-10: 031604251X
- ISBN-13: 978-0316042512
My Life in France is currently available in trade paperback; a movie tie-in will be available later.
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And, of course, Mastering the Art of French Cooking plays a central role in the movie.
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AUG 7, 2009
Movie Title: G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Tie-ins:
Novelization:
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Junior Novelization:
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Graphic Novel:
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Movie Story Book
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AUG 14, 2009 (limited)
Movie Title: Taking Woodstock
Director: Ang Lee
Starring: Demetri Martin, Kevin Chamberlin, Emile Hirsch, Imelda Staunton, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Paul Dano
Based on: Taking Woodstock by Elliot Tiber and Tom Monte
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AUG 14, 2009
Movie Title: The Time Traveler’s Wife
Director: Robert Schwentke
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana
Based on: The Time Traveler’s Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, McAdam Cage, 2003
Tie-in:
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SEPT 11, 2009
Movie Title: Whiteout
Director: Dominic Sena
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Alex O’Loughlin
Based on the graphic novel, Whiteout by Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber
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SEPT 18, 2009
Movie Title: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Directors: Chris Miller, Phil Lord
Starring: Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan
Based on: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Junior Novelization:
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Sept 18, 2009
Movie Title: The Informant
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Melanie Lynskey
Based on: The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald
Movie Tie-In:
| The Informant (Movie Tie-in Edition): A True Story (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) |
| Kurt Eichenwald |
| Retail Price: | $17.00 |
| Paperback: | 656 pages |
| Publisher: | Broadway – (2009-08-11) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0767931254 / 9780767931250 |
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SEPT 25, 2009
Movie Title: The Surrogates
Director: Jonathan Moston
Starring: Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames
Based on: Graphic novel from Top Shelf Comix
Top Shelf is releasing vol 2 of The Surrogates (even though it is vol. 2, it is a “prequel” set 15 years before the events in vol. 1):
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And a hardcover edition of the original comics.
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which is also available in the original paperback edition:
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OCT 2, 2009
Movie Title: Shutter Island
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kindsley, Emily Mortimer
Based On: Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
Tie-in:
| Shutter Island: A Novel |
| Dennis Lehane |
| Retail Price: | $14.99 |
| Paperback: | 400 pages |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial – (2009-09-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0061898813 / 9780061898815 |
Also in mass market:
| Shutter Island |
| Dennis Lehane |
| Retail Price: | $7.99 |
| Mass Market Paperback: | 400 pages |
| Publisher: | Harper – (2009-09-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0061703257 / 9780061703256 |
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OCT 16, 2009
Movie Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forrest Whitaker, Lauren Ambrose
Based on: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Tie-ins:
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OCT. 23
Movie title: Amelia
Director: Mira Nair
Starring: Ewan McGegor — Gene Vidal
Hilary Swank — Amelia Earhart
Richard Gere — George Putnam
Based on:
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East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart Susan Butler Retail Price: $15.95 Paperback: 528 pages Publisher: Da Capo Press – (2009-08-10) ISBN / EAN: 030681837X / 9780306818370 -
The Sound of Wings: The Life of Amelia Earhart Mary S. Lovell Retail Price: $17.99 Paperback: 464 pages Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin – (2009-09-01) ISBN / EAN: 0312587333 / 9780312587338 -
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved Elgen M. Long, Marie K. Long Retail Price: $25.00 Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Simon & Schuster – (1999-11-04) ISBN / EAN: 0684860058 / 9780684860053
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OCT 23, 2009
Movie title: Astro Boy
Director: David Bowers
Starring: Nicholas Cage, Kristen Bell, Donald Sutherland, Nathan Lance
Based on: The Manga series Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
Tie-ins:
Graphic Novels:
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OCT. 30
Movie Title: Youth in Revolt
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Michael Cera, Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta
Based on: Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne
Tie-in:
[Cover not available]
Youth in Revolt (Movie Tie-in Edition): Now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael Cera (Random House Movie Tie-In Books) C.D. Payne
Retail Price: $17.99 Paperback: 544 pages Publisher: Broadway – (2009-09-15) ISBN / EAN: 0767931246 / 9780767931243
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NOV 6, 2009 (limited) Nov 13 (Wide)
Movie Title: Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Gabourey “Gabby” Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mo’Nique, Mariah Carey, Sherri Shepherd, Lenny Kravitz
Based on: Push by Sapphire (Knopf, 1996) — title changed because there is also a movie called Push, an action film starring Dakota Fanning and Chris Evans
Won Grand Jury and Audience Drama prizes at Sundance, January ‘09
Tie-in edition:
[no cover yet]
Push (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries)
Sapphire
Retail Price: $13.00
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2009-09-15)
ISBN / EAN: 0307474844 / 9780307474841
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NOV 6, 2009
Movie Title: A Christmas Carol
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Jim Carrey, Cary Elwes, Bob Hoskins, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn
Based on: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
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Nov 6, 2009
Movie Title: The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring the voices of: George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Meryl Streep
Based on: The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Tie-ins:
Fantastic Mr. Fox: The Making of the Motion Picture
Twentieth Century Fox
Retail Price: $35.00
Hardcover: 156 pages
Publisher: Rizzoli – (2009-10-27)
ISBN / EAN: 0847833542 / 9780847833542
Fantastic Mr. Fox: Movie Picture Book
Roald Dahl
Retail Price: $7.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Puffin – (2009-10-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0142414549 / 9780142414545
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NOV 20, 2009
Movie Title: New Moon
Director: Chris Weitz
Starring: Robert Pattinson (Edward), Kristen Stewart (Bella)
Based on: New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Tie-ins:
Trade paperback, with poster:
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Mass market paperback (sorry, no poster!):
| New Moon (The Twilight Saga) |
| Stephenie Meyer |
| Retail Price: | $7.99 |
| Mass Market Paperback: | 576 pages |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Young Readers – (2009-11-01) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0316075655 / 9780316075657 |
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And, as we mentioned earlier, Little Brown YR will also publish a movie companion (the art shown here is still TK):
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Dec 11, 2009
Movie Title: The Lovely Bones
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg (Jack Salmon), Rachel Weisz (Abigail Salmon), Susan Sarandon (Grandma Lynn), Saoirse Ronan (Susie Salmon)
Based on: The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
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Dec. 11, 2009
Movie Title: Invictus
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
Based on: Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Tie-in:
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Dec 11, 2009
Movie Title: Green Lantern
Director: Martin Campbell
Starring: Not announced
Based on: DC Comics series, Green Lantern
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Dec 25, 2009
Movie Title: Sherlock Holmes
Director: Guy Richie
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr. (Holmes), Rachel MacAdams, Jude Law (Watson)
Based on: Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Arthur Conan Doyle
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FEB 5, 2010
Movie Title: Dear John
Director: Lasse Hallström
Starring:
Channing Tatum … John Tyree
Amanda Seyfried … Savannah Lynn Curtis
Richard Jenkins
Scott Porter … Randy
Based On: Dear John, by Nicholas Sparks (Warner Books, 2006)
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FEB 12, 2010
Movie Title: Percy Jackson
Director: Chris Columbus
Starring:
Kevin McKidd — Poseidon
Pierce Brosnan — Chiron
Uma Thurman — Medusa
Sean Bean — Zeus
Logan Lerman — Percy Jackson
Melina Kanakaredes — Athena
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MAR 5, 2010
Movie Title: Alice in Wonderland
Director: Tim Burton
Starring:
Alice – Mia Wasikowska
Mad Hatter – Johnny Depp
The Red Queen – Helena Bonham Carter
The White Queen – Anne Hathaway
Based On: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
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