November 9th, 2008
Upcoming Movies — with tie-ins
Movies are in order by release date. Links to movie trailers available on right-hand nav bar.
NOV 21
Movie Title: Twilight
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Starring:
Kirsten Stewart - Bella
Robert Pattinson - Edward
Taylor Lautner - Jacob
Based on: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz
- Paperback: $16.99; 144 pages
- Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (October 28, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0316043133
- ISBN-13: 978-0316043137
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DEC 19
Movie Title: The Tale of Despereaux
Director: Sam Fell, Rob Stevenhagen
Animated, with the voices of:
Matthew Broderick, Robbie Coltrane, Frances Conroy, Tony Hale, Ciaran Hinds, Dustin Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Kevin Kline, Frank Langella, Christopher Lloyd, William H. Macy, James Nesbitt, Stanley Tucci, Tracey Ullman, Emma Watson, Sigourney Weaver
Based on: The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-in: The Deluxe Storybook
- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Hardcover: $18.00
- Publisher: Candlewick; Mti edition (October 14, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0763640743
- ISBN-13: 978-0763640743
The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-in: The Graphic Novel
Matt Smith and David Tilton
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: $9.99
- Publisher: Candlewick; Mti edition (October 14, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0763640751
- ISBN-13: 978-0763640750
The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-in: Junior Novelization
Jamie Michalak
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Candlewick; Mti edition (October 14, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 076364076X
- ISBN-13: 978-0763640767
The Tale of Despereaux Movie Tie-in Storybook: The Mouse and the Princess
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: $3.99; 32 pages
- Publisher: Candlewick; Mti edition (October 14, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0763640778
- ISBN-13: 978-0763640774
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DEC 19
Movie title: Yes Man
Director: Peyton Reed
Starring: Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel
Based on: Yes Man by Danny Wallace, 2005
Movie tie-in:
Yes Man
Danny Wallace
- Paperback: $12.99
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment; Mti edition (December 9, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 1416595538
- ISBN-13: 978-1416595533
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DEC 25
Movie title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Director: David Fincher
Based on: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Starring: Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond
Many editions are available. Below is the tie-in:
- Paperback: $9.95; 64 pages
- Publisher: Scribner (August 14, 2007)
- ISBN-10: 1416556052
- ISBN-13: 978-1416556053
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DEC 25
Movie Title: Marley and Me
Director: David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin, Eric Dane
Based on: Marley and Me by John Grogan
Marley & Me
John Grogan
- Mass Market Tie-in: $7.99
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
- Pub. Date: October 28, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9780061687204
Marley y Yo
John Grogan
- Paperback: $13.95; 352 pages
- Publisher: Rayo (November 18, 2008)
- Language: Spanish
- ISBN-10: 0061777110
- ISBN-13: 978-0061777110
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DEC 25 — The Spirit
Director: Frank Miller (300, Sin City)
Starring:
Samuel L. Jackson — The Octopus
Scarlett Johansson — Silken Floss
Gabriel Macht — The Spirit
Eva Mendes — Sand Saref
Based on the graphic novel series, The Spirit by Will Eisner
The Spirit: The Movie Visual Companion
Marc Cotta Vaz
- Publisher: Titan
- Pub. Date: November 25, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781845768324
- 192pp
- Publisher: Welcome Enterprises
- Pub. Date: October 21, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9781933784465
- 16pp
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DEC 26 – Limited
Movie Title: Revolutionary Road
Director: Sam Mendes
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio — Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet — April Wheeler
Based on: Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Media coverage: Slate, 6/26/08
Movie tie-in:
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates
- Paperback: $14.95; 368 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (November 25, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0307454622
- ISBN-13: 978-0307454621
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DEC 31 (Limited); JAN 16 (Wide)
Movie Title: Defiance
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Daniel Craig, George MacKay, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Allan Cordun
Based on: Defiance : The Bielski Partisans, by Nechama Tec (Oxford University Press, 1994)
- Paperback: $14.95; 416 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (December 26, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0195376854
- ISBN-13: 978-0195376852
- Audio CD: $24.95; Unabridged; 9 CD’s
- Read By: Stefan Rudnicki
- Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks, (December 2, 2008)
- ISBN: 1-4332-6590-7
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JAN 9, ‘09
Movie Title: Not Easily Broken
Director: Bill Duke
Starring: Morris Chestnut, Taraji P. Henson, Maeve Quinlan, Canon Jay
Based On: Not Easily Broken by T. D. Jakes
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JAN 9
Movie Title: The Reader
Director: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes
Based on: The Reader by Bernard Schlink
Movie Tie-in:
The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
- Mass Market Paperback: $7.99; 224 pages
- Publisher: Vintage; Mti edition (December 30, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0307473465
- ISBN-13: 978-0307473462
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JAN 9 — Hotel for Dogs
Director: Thor Fruedenthal
Starring: Kevin Dillon, Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Don Cheadle
Based on: Hotel for Dogs, Lois Duncan
Movie Tie-In:
- Mass Market Paperback: $5.99; 192 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks (December 1, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 054510792X
- ISBN-13: 978-0545107921
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JAN 23, 2009
Movie Title: Killshot
Director: John Madden
Starring: Diane Lane, Thomas Jane, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Mickey Rourke
Based on: Killshot by Elmore Leonard
Tie-in Edition:
- Mass Market Paperback: $7.99; 416 pages
- Publisher: Harper (March 25, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0061563862
- ISBN-13: 978-0061563867
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2009 — Unspecified
Moved from original Nov ‘08 date
Movie Title: The Road
Director: John Hillcoat (The Proposition)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Viggo Mortensen, Guy Pearce, Robert Duvall
Based on: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Movie tie-in:
- Paperback: $14.95
- Publisher: Vintage; Mti edition (October 14, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0307455297
- ISBN-13: 978-0307455291
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JAN 23 ‘09
Movie Title: Inkheart
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Brandan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett, Paul Bettany
Based on: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
- Mass Market Paperback: $9.99; 576 pages
- Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks; Reprint edition (January 1, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0545046262
- ISBN-13: 978-0545046268
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FEB 6, ‘09
Film Title: Coraline
Director: Henry Selick
Animated, 3D stop motion, featuring the voices of: Dakota Fanning, Ian McShane, Teri Hatcher
Based on the book: Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Coraline Movie Tie-in Edition
by Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: $6.99; 176 pages
- Publisher: HarperEntertainment (October 28, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0061649694
- ISBN-13: 978-0061649691
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Hardcover: $19.99; 192 pages
- Publisher: HarperEntertainment (October 28, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0061649708
- ISBN-13: 978-0061649707
Coraline Movie Tie-In CD
This a low-priced ($9.95; the original was $22) movie tie-in version of the unabridged audio, read by Neil Gaiman.
- Audio CD: $9.95; unabridged
- Reader: Neil Gaiman
- Publisher: HarperChildrensAudio; (October 28, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0061660167
- ISBN-13: 978-0061660160
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (June 24, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 006082543X
- ISBN-13: 978-0060825430
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FEB 6
Movie Title: He’s Just Not That Into You
Studio: New Line Cinema
Director: Ken Kwapis
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Justin Long, Ginnifer Goodwin, Wilson Cruz, Brooke Bloom
Based on the book: He’s Just Not that Into You
- Paperback: $14.99; 208 pages
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment (January 6, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 141690977X
- ISBN-13: 978-1416909774
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FEB 13
Movie Title: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Director: P.J. Hogan
Starring: Isla Fisher, Hugh Dancy, Krysten Ritter, Joan Cusack
Based on: Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella
- Publisher: Dell Publishing
- Pub. Date: December 30, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9780385342353
- $14; 320pp
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March 10, 09
Movie Title: Watchmen
Director: Zack Snyder
Starring:
Malin Akerman…Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II
Carla Gugino…Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Jeffrey Dean Morgan…Edward Blake / The Comedian
Billy Crudup…Jon Osterman / Dr. Manhattan
Jackie Earle Haley…Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
In addition to the 1995 edition of Watchmen, DC Comics is releasing new editions in November:
Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
- Paperback: $19.99
- Publisher: DC Comics (April 1, 1995)
- ISBN-10: 0930289234
- ISBN-13: 978-0930289232
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Watchmen
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
This is the first hardcover edition, featuring new cover art by Gibbons and recolored pages originally pubbed in the now out of print WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION (to be reissued in November; see below. School Library Journal called it “the finest edition available”).
Hardcover: $39.99 Publisher: DC Comics (Nov.12, 08) ISBN-10: Not Listed ISBN-13: Not Listed
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Watchmen: The Absolute Edition - New Printing. Slipcased.
Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons
Hardcover: $75.00 Publisher: DC Comics (Nov 12, 2008) ISBN-10: Not listed ISBN-13: Not listed
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MAR 13, 2009
Movie Title: The Soloist
Director: Joe Wright
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., Catherine Keener
Based on: The Soloist by Steve Lopez
Movie tie-in:
- Paperback: $15.00
- Publisher: Berkley Trade (September 30, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 042522600X
- ISBN-13: 978-0425226001
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MAR 27, 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
Kurt Eichenwald
Paperback: $16.95 Publisher: Broadway (January 6, 2009) ISBN-10: 0767931254 ISBN-13: 978-0767931250
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APR 3, 2009
Movie Title: Youth in Revolt — no trailer yet
Director: Miguel Arteta
Starring: Michael Cera, Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Ray Liotta
Based on: Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne
Tie-in:
[No cover yet]
- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Broadway (January 20, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0767931246
- ISBN-13: 978-0767931243
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APR 10, 2009
Movie Title: Dragonball
Director: James Wong
Starring: Justin Chatwin, James Marsters, Jamie Chung, Emmy Rossum
Based On: The Manga series created by Akira Toriyama, published by VIZ Media
Tie-ins:
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: $5.99; 152 pages
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (February 24, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1421526646
- ISBN-13: 978-1421526645
- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Paperback: $4.99; 72 pages
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (February 24, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1421526611
- ISBN-13: 978-1421526614
- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Paperback: $4.99; 72 pages
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (February 24, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1421526638
- ISBN-13: 978-1421526638
- Reading level: Ages 4-8
- Paperback: $4.99; 72 pages
- Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (February 24, 2009)
- ISBN-10: 142152662X
- ISBN-13: 978-1421526621
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MAY 15, 2009
Movie Title: Angels & Demons
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks
Based on: Angels and Demons by Dan Brown
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JUL 1, 2009
Movie Title: Public Enemies
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale
Based on: Public Enemies: American’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, by Bryan Burrough
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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 Nov., 2010 and May, 2011.
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JULY 31, 2009
Movie Title: The Taking of Pelham 123
Director: Tony Scott
Starring: Denzel Washington, John Travolta, Luis Guzman
Based on: The Taking of Pelham 123 by John Godey
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AUG 7, 2009
Movie Title: Julie & Julia
Director: Nora Ephron
Starring: Maryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci
Based on: Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 tiny Apartment Kitchen by Julie Powell
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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
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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
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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
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OCT 16, 2009
Movie Title: Where the Wild Thing Are
Director: Spike Jonze
Starring: Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forrest Whitaker, Lauren Ambrose
Based on: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
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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
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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
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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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APR 2, 2010
Movie Title: Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief
Director: Joe Stillman
Starring: TBA
Based on: The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, book 1), by Rick Riordon
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