Coming Soon...Books in Film

Hollywood is looking to books for many of their upcoming movies; everything from Shakespeare to Dr. Seuss and fairy tales to memoirs, all types of print are meeting celluloid. Below is a list of books and their corresponding movies that you can find at the theater in the next several months!

Book to Movie

November:
The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick  -  Hugo (in theaters now)

December:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, by John le Carré   -  Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (opening 12/9/11, limited release)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle  -  Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (12/16)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson  -  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (12/21)
The Adventures of Tintin, Volume 1, by Hergé  -  The Adventures of Tintin (12/21)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, by Jonathan Safran Foer  -  Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (12/25)
We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals That Changed Their Lives Forever, by Benjamin Mee  -  We Bought a Zoo (12/25)

January 2012:
Coriolanus, by William Shakespeare  -  Coriolanus (opening 1/20)
One for the Money, by Janet Evanovich  -  One for the Money (1/27)
We Need to Talk About Kevin, by Lionel Shriver  -  We Need to Talk About Kevin (1/27)

February:
The Woman in Black, by Susan Hill  -  The Woman in Black (opening 2/3)
The Mysterious Island, by Jules Verne  -  Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2/10)

March: 
The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss  -  Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (opening 3/2)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales: Hänsel and Gretel, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm  -  Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (3/2)
A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs  -  John Carter (3/9)
The Raven and Other Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe  -  The Raven (3/9)
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales: Snow-White, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm  -  Mirror, Mirror (3/16)
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins  -  The Hunger Games (3/23)

May:
Marvel Masterworks: The Avengers (Volume 1), by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby  -  The Avengers (opening 5/4)

June:
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales: Snow-White, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm  -  Snow White and the Huntsman (opening 6/1)
The Classic Fairy Tales: Jack the Giant Killer, by Iona and Peter Opie  -  Jack the Giant Killer (6/15)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, by Seth Grahame-Smith  -  Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (6/22)

July:
Marvel Masterworks: Amazing Spider-Man: Vol. 1, by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko  -  The Amazing Spider-Man (opening 7/6)
Batman Chronicles: Volume 1, by Bill Finger and Bob Kane  -  The Dark Knight Rises (7/20)

And the Nominees Are . . .

Nominations were recently announced for the 83^rd Annual Academy Awards to be presented February 27 in Hollywood, California.

Ten films are vying for Best Picture, 5 of which are based on books. This year’s nominees are: The Social Network (The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich), The Black Swan, The King’s Speech (The King’s Speech: How One Man Saved the British Monarchy by Mark Logue and Peter Conradi), True Grit (True Grit by Charles Portis), 127 Hours (Between a Rock and a Hard Place by Aron Ralston), Winter’s Bone (Winter’s Bone by Daniel Woodrell), The Fighter, Inception, The Kids Are All Right, and Toy Story 3. For full list of nominees, related stories and more, visit The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

If you like books that have been made into movies, you might want to peruse the Library's “From Book to Movie” reading guide, available in the Teen and Adult Services Department. You’ll probably recognize titles like A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar, Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer, Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella, Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby. But did you also know that the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire was based on Q & A by Vikas Swarup? Or that the current thriller (and Oscar nominee), The Town, is based on Chuck Hogan’s Prince of Thieves?

Teens may want to check out Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson & the Olympians: Lightening Thief, Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Wendelin Van Draanen's Flipped, Meg Cabot's The Princess Diaries, and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.

In 2011, look for films based on The Help by Kathryn Stockett, The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly, One for the Money by Janet Evanovich, and Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen.