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What do you think of the casting of a rather unknown actress (from a famous football family) for Lisbeth Salander in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo?
Read the book, then see the movie! These movies based on books are due out early in 2010:
Youth in Revolt, starring Michael Cera, based on the book by C. D. Payne
The Last Station, starring Helen Mirren, based on the book The Last Station: a Novel of Tolstoy’s Final Year by Jay Parini
Creation, starring Paul Bettany & Jennifer Connolly, based on the book Darwin, His Daughter & Human Evolution by Randal Keynes (title on order)
Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford & Brendan Fraser, based on the book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million–and Bucked the Medical Establishment–in a Quest to Save His Children by Geeta Anand
Dear John, starring Channing Tatum, based on the book by Nicholas Sparks
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: the Lightning Thief based on the books by Rick Riordan
Shutter Island, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, based on the book by Dennis Lehane
Green Zone, starring Matt Damon, based on the book Imperial Life in the Emerald City by Rajiv Chandrasekaran.
It’s been a strong year for movies based on books and they keep coming. Here are two new releases and some upcoming titles for 2010:
Up in the Air, starring George Clooney, based on the book by Walter Kirn
The Lovely Bones, starring Saoirse Ronan, based on the book by Alice Sebold
Invictus, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, based on the book by John Carlin
Extraordinary Measures, starring Harrison Ford and Brendan Fraser, based on the book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million–and Bucked the Medical Establishment–in a Quest to Save His Children, by Geeta Anand
How to Train Your Dragon, with the voice of Gerard Butler, based on the book by Cressida Cowell
The Last Song, starring Miley Cyrus, based on the book Dear John by Nicholas Sparks
Green Zone, starring Matt Damon, based on Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq’s Green Zone, by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Some movies scheduled for release this fall are are based on books. They include:
The Informant starring Matt Damon
– based on the book The Informant by Kurt Eichenwald
Whip It starring Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore (who also directs)
– based on the book Derby Girl by Shauna Cross
The Road starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron
– based on The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Men Who Stare at Goats starring George Clooney and Jeff Bridges
– based on the book The Men Who Stare at Goats by Jon Ronson
Shutter Island starring Leonardo DiCaprio
– based on the book Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
The Blind Side starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw
– based on The Blind Side: evolution of a game by Michael Lewis
The Lovely Bones starring Mark Wahlberg
– based on the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
New Moon starring Robert Pattinson
– based on the book New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
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