Books to Movies Update
We’re pleased to see that some library web sites are doing “Read the Book Before You See the Movie” sections, based on our Upcoming Books to Movies information.
The number of movies based on books seems to keep growing and we’ve added several new titles. Links are to trailers, where available.
SEPT 26 – Limited
OCT 03 — Wide
Movie Title: Blindness
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Starring: Jullianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo
Based on: Blindness by Jose Saramago
- Paperback Tie-in: $15.00
- Publisher: Harvest Books; 1 (September 2, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0156035588
- ISBN-13: 978-0156035583
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OCT 03
Movie title: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Director: Robert B. Weide
Starring: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges
Based on: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby Young
- Movie Tie-in Pbk: $14.95
- Publisher: Perseus Publishing
- Pub. Date: September 01, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9780306816130
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DEC 5
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
No tie-in edition announced yet
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:
[no cover yet]
- Paperback: $12.99
- Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment; Mti edition (December 9, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 1416595538
- ISBN-13: 978-1416595533
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DEC 26 – Limited
Movie title: Revolutionary Road
No trailer yet
Yates biographer Blake Bailey looks at the rocky road from book to movie: Slate, 6/26/08
Director: Sam Mendes (American Beauty)
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio — Frank Wheeler
Kate Winslet — April Wheeler
Based on: Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
[No cover yet]
- Publisher: Knopf, $14.95
- Pub. Date: November 25, 2008
- ISBN-13: 9780307454621
- Series: Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
- Edition Description: Media Tie
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FEB 6, ‘09
Film Title: Coraline
Director: Henry Selick
Animated, 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: 176 pages
- Publisher: HarperEntertainment (October 28, 2008)
- ISBN-10: 0061649694
- ISBN-13: 978-0061649691