A Record Number Books to Films
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Posted by Derek Armstrong Dec 18, 2006 |
Courtesy of Films and Books Magazine:
From Dragons to Spiders, this December offers up more book to film adaptions than in previous years, supporting our premise that film adaptions from books are a growing trend.
Director Gary Winick
Cast Dakota Fanning, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, John Cleese
Paramount Pictures
Releasing December 15, 2006
Book Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Who hasn’t read E.B. White’s wonderful children’s classic? If you haven’t, rush to your local bookstore or library. Full review of movie coming.
Director Stefan Fangmeier
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Garrett Hedlund, John Malkovich, Edward Speleers,
20th Century Fox Distribution
Releasing December 15th
Book ERAGON by Christopher Paolini
Other Adaptions Pending Review
Director Alfonso Cuaron
Releasing December 25th
Book THE CHILDREN OF MEN by P.D. James
Director Steven Soderbergh
Releasing December 22th
Book THE GOOD GERMAN by Joseph Kanon
Director Richard Eyre
Releasing December 27th
Based on: WHAT WAS SHE THINKING? Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller
Director John Curran
Releasing December 20th
Based on THE PAINTED VEIL by W. Somerset Maugham
Copyright, and used with permission, Films and Books Magazine.
Special Note: Fourteen movie companies are "reading" the galleys for my forthcoming novel The Game, from Kunati, because of several strong advance reviews. In fact, any book that generates strong early reviews will likewise be requested almost automatically. Five other Kunati novels are similarly in demand. It is almost "standard operating procedure" for Hollywood to engage readers to scout forthcoming books and development executives to negotiate on commercial-quality books projected to be popular.
Derek Armstrong,
Author of The Game