From Page to Screen
Reading will always keep you ahead of the curve movie-wise. Not only are novels an age-old inspiration for film, they're the best special feature available! Forget about DVD commentary and featurettes. The best way to learn about your favorite film is to go to the source before you see it.
The Spectacular Now' by Tim Tharp
Release date: August 2, 2013
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Jason Leigh
The National Book Award finalist was adapted by the (500) Days of Summer guys and the film was lauded at Sundance this year.
'The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 2)' by Rick Riordan
Release date: August 9, 2013
Starring: Logan Lerman, Alexandra Daddario, Nathan Fillion, Brandon T. Jackson
The book series has been on the New York Times Best Seller list since 2011 and has even spawned a video game.
'City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, Book 1)' by Cassandra Clare
Release date: August 23, 2013
Starring: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Jemima West
Another best-selling young adult series, The Mortal Instruments books are a reworking of Clare's Harry Potter fan fiction, The Draco Trilogy.
'Malavita: A Novel' by Tonino Benacquista
Release date: September 13, 2013
Starring: Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dianna Agron, Tommy Lee Jones
Malavita (titled Badfellas in the English translation) is the story of a mob family living under witness protection in France.
'Carrie' by Stephen King
Release date: October 18, 2013
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Judy Greer, Julianne Moore, Ansel Elgort
King's classic tale of a girl with frightening telekinetic powers has been adapted into three films now and even a musical.
'Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)' by Suzanne Collins
Release date: November 22, 2013
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Elizabeth Banks
The most-anticipated literary adaptation of the year, The Hunger Games' rabid fanbase will get to see Katniss and Peeta in the Quarter Quell.
'The Hobbit' by J.R.R. Tolkien
Release date: December 13, 2013
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom
The book is so great, Peter Jackson made three movies out of it! It's required reading for all earthlings (and middle earthlings).
'Serena' by Ron Rash
Release date: TBA 2013 or 2014
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Rhys Ifans, Toby Jones
Ron Rash's eloquent novel traces the experiences of a timber baron and his intimidating wife in 1929. The film will mark the third collaboration between Lawrence and Cooper.
'Horns' by Joe Hill
Release date: TBA 2013 or 2014
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Juno Temple, Kelli Garner, James Remar, Max Minghella
The best-selling novel revolves around a man named Ig who discovers he has horns and dark powers in the wake of his girlfriend's murder.
'Divergent' by Veronica Roth
Release date: March 21, 2014
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Kate Winslet, Miles Teller, Ray Stevenson, Maggie Q, Zoe Kravitz, Ashley Judd, Ansel Elgort
Divergent has drawn apt comparisons to The Hunger Games since it was published in 2011. It's the first novel of a young adult trilogy and takes place in a violent future dystopia.
'The Fault in Our Stars' by John Green
Release date: TBA 2014
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern
Another young adult novel adapted into a Shailene Woodley movie. She and Lawrence are the queens of the genre. This one is different, however, as Woodley will play Hazel, the novel's 16-year-old cancer patient who falls in love when she joins a support group.
'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn
Release date: TBA 2015
Starring: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck
The novel, hailed for its powerful use of the unreliable narrator, was one of the best-selling books of 2012. It's already been optioned and casting is underway.
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