{"id":1094,"date":"2013-04-02T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T20:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2013-04-02T16:47:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T21:47:04","slug":"before-they-were-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whitleylibrary.org\/wpress\/2013\/04\/before-they-were-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Before They Were Movies…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some of the highest grossing movies began as novels.\u00a0 Take JK Rowling’s Harry Potter<\/a>, Ian Fleming’s James Bond<\/a>, and JRR Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings<\/a> series for example, and Hollywood is looking to continue the trend this year.<\/p>\n

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Books to Movies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 2013<\/h3>\n

February’s “Warm Bodies<\/em>” is based off of Isaac Marion’s book (currently on order) by the same title about a teenage zombie who falls in love with a human set in a post apocalyptic future.\u00a0 The month also gave us the latest Nicholas Spark’s adaptation with Safe Haven<\/a>.<\/p>\n

March 2013<\/h3>\n

March led off with the prequel to the 1939 adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz<\/a> with actor James Franco playing the titular character in Oz: The Great and Powerful.\u00a0 While March Madness was in full swing, the month closed with the Twilight author, Stephenie Meyer’s, next film adaptation with The Host<\/a>.\u00a0 As of the time this article was written, The Host is still in theaters.<\/p>\n

April 2013<\/h3>\n

While not strictly novel-based, Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman star in “Oblivion<\/em>“, which is based on a graphic novel<\/a> of the same name.<\/p>\n

May 2013<\/h3>\n
\"Fitzgerald's<\/a>
Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Generally considered as the springboard for each year’s summer blockbuster<\/p>\n

season, this May leads off with the comic-based Iron Man 3<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 From the shelves of the classic section, a new remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby<\/a><\/em> lands on the big screen on May 10th.\u00a0 The month will also see the digitally-animated children’s film, “Epic<\/em>“, which is based on William Joyce’s “The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs<\/i>“.\u00a0\u00a0Joyce is also known for “Rollie Polie Olie” and “The Rise of the Guardians” series.<\/p>\n

June 2013<\/h3>\n

The eternal bard, William Shakespeare<\/a>, has a new adaptation of his play “Much Ado About Nothing<\/em><\/a>” to release in theaters in June.\u00a0 Whedon is best known for his “Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em><\/a>” series and last year’s blockbuster “The Avengers<\/em><\/a>“.\u00a0 This month will also see Superman<\/a> return to the big screen in “Man of Steel<\/em>“.\u00a0 Where February’s Warm Bodies<\/em> was a light-hearted, zombie-based romantic comedy, this month’s “World War Z<\/em><\/a>“, starring Brad Pitt and based off the novel by Max Brooks, is a post apocalyptic action film.\u00a0 The book is written as a series of fictional interviews.
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Still to come…<\/h3>\n

Watch here for future updates on what book-based movies will be transitioning over to the big screen later this year.\u00a0 With the second installments of “The Hunger Games<\/em><\/a>” and “The Hobbit<\/em><\/a>” still to come, the year is not even halfway done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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