Books-to-Movies Update
It’s been a strong year for movies based on books. Oscar predictions are studded with titles familiar from books; two of them, Lovely Bones and Invictus are coming out this month.
Looking ahead to 2010, some new titles have been added to the schedule (for the full schedule of forthcoming movies based on books, see our Upcoming — with Tie-ins.)
Be sure to click on the Official Movie Site links to watch the trailers (after all, it’s essential to your work.)
JAN 22, 2010
Movie Title: Extraordinary Measures
Director: Tom Vaughan
Starring: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell
Based on: The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million–and Bucked the Medical Establishment–in a Quest to Save His Children, by Geeta Anand
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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
Newmarket is publishing one an “Art of…” book. Other tie-ins have not been announced yet.
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April 2, 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 (a movie based on another Sparks’ title, Dear John, arrives in theaters in February
No tie-in announced yet.
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MAR 12, 2010
Movie Title: Green Zone
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Greg Kinnear
Based on: Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
No tie-in announced yet