Books2Movies Club discussion

As the year 2014 is coming soon (wow time really flies fast...) it seems proper to start this thread as well.

Here you may post any rumor or official announcement about movies being adapted from books, that are supposedly coming out next year, that is, in 2014.

First coming to my mind are:
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based on following books, respectively:
Divergent by Veronica Roth
The Maze Runner by James Dashner
Sin City: Dame To Kill For by Frank Miller
All You Need Is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka

And a couple of them with no poster available yet:
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

Is it sad that I haven't even heard of half of these?

Let me join you - I was aware only of The Lost City of Z, because I've read Fawcett's diaries. He's my childhood hero, real-life Indiana Jones who really went where many wouldn't. And he's now going to be presented by Benedict Cumberbatch :)

Zeljka wrote: "Let me join you - I was aware only of The Lost City of Z, because I've read Fawcett's diaries. He's my childhood hero, real-life Indiana Jones who really went where many wouldn't. And he's now goin..."

The Lost City of Z sounds like something I should read...and there's also the inevitable sequels of things like Hunger Games and The Hobbit 'trilogy' to add to these.

Jonathan wrote: "There's also the inevitable sequels of things like Hunger Games and The Hobbit 'trilogy'..."

Lol forgot to mention them :)

P.S. I would recommend you to read Exploration Fawcett first :)

I just finished GONE GIRL and I am super excited for the movie to come out in 2015. The cast of the movie is already out there and it seems like it's gonna be a pretty good one. That hook is twisted and I think it will make a great movie. Movie I would definitely watch!

I can't wait for the Maze Runner. I loved the book.

I'm looking forward to The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History by Robert M. Edsel.

I have actually read All You Need Is Kill, because I've seen the trailer for Edge of Tomorrow. And boy I'm glad I did :) If anyone's into sci-fi, I can highly recommend the book.

Bill wrote: "I'm looking forward to The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History[bc:The Monuments Men Allied Heroes Nazi Thieves and the Gre... i

I want to see that also. I read "Rescuing da Vinci: Hitler and the Nazi's Stole Europe's Great Art, America and Her Alies Recovered It" by Edsel.

Zoltán wrote: "I have actually read All You Need Is Kill, because I've seen the trailer for Edge of Tomorrow. And boy I'm glad I did :) If anyone's into sci-fi, I can highly recommend the book."

I have pretty high expectations for that film. Although, I had them for Oblivion too, and boy how disappointed I was. I hope this one won't though!

Vronk wrote: "i hate simon pegg for being in hector and the search for happiness. ..."

LOL it took me some time to decipher on which books do you refer :) I agree with Maleficent, I am not sure what to think of it either. I wish to see Saving Mr. Banks too. I've seen one interview with Tom Hanks, where he reveals that all the photos of Disney were photoshoped, because he couldn't ever be seen without a cigarette in his hand. I didn't have a clue!

I've heard Saving Mr. Banks is really good.

Zeljka wrote: "I have pretty high expectations for that film. ..."

After reading the book, the trailer is less than promising :(

There are some interesting movies I noticed just now (with Vronk's help too - thank you!)
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based on:
The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin (already out, but in UK and the rest of the world officially in February)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (coming in June)
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead (February)
Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin (February)
Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo (April)
Good People by Marcus Sakey

No poster yet for the following ones (and for some no final confirmation of their being actually done):
A Long Way Down Hector and the Search for Happiness Testament of Youth The Giver Brooklyn London Fields The Creed of Violence Inherent Vice This is Where I Leave You Trash Cold in July Every Secret Thing The Clockwork Girl

To save some space, I jumbled them all together. Sorry if that appears a tad incomprehensible... Now, do you see among them some you would like to see too?

Zoltán wrote: "After reading the book, the trailer is less than promising :("

Ha, from the trailer I concluded only that it looks cool. If you ask me about what it is, I have no idea, some loops forward and backward in time with a lot of action in between :) In any case then I guess it would be as usual safer to see the movie first then to read the book! Of course, for those who haven't read the book already :(

Here comes quite comprehensive list of movies that we might see this year adapted from books, courtesy of Brad Brevet from Rope of Silicon website:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/list-boo...

I am looking forward to Devil's Knot. Based on the true story, account of which was written in the book Devil's Knot: The True Story of the West Memphis Three by Mara Leveritt.

Silvia wrote: "I just finished GONE GIRL and I am super excited for the movie to come out in 2015. The cast of the movie is already out there and it seems like it's gonna be a pretty good one. That hook is twiste..."

I understand they are changing the ending. Makes me even more anxious to see it.

Lea wrote: "I understand they are changing the ending. Makes me even more anxious to see it."

I haven't read the book, but still, that wouldn't make sense :o I get it when filmmakers choose not to depict every detail of the book, but to change the whole ending, now isn't that drastic?

i cant wait for heaven is for real!!!!!!!!! yYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

i cant wait for Jurassic park 4 coming in 2015

A new trailer is out for Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton and John Boyega, Indiewire reported. Biyi Bandele adapted the screenplay and directed the film that opens in the U.K. April 11., though no U.S. date has been set at this point.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylis...

Jeff Bridges is perfect as the Giver.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...
Release date in the US is August 15.

I thought Gone Girl was coming out this fall? Augh, 2015 is far too long to wait!

Wait, wikipedia confirms: Gone Girl is coming out October this year! http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_G...

I'd heard a bit about changing the ending of Gone Girl as well. Can't discuss without giving away the entire book, but yes, that's a bit drastic, although I have some ideas of how it MIGHT be changed. It was my impression that the author herself was involved in some of the changes, tho? Or is that just something I thought I heard?

im looking forward to divergent (and finally getting a couple people to read the books!) and wondering what they are planning to do with the ending for gone girl since ive heard they are changing it completely. that should be interesting. the next book im going to read is maze runner - right now im reading the prequel - so i will probably look forward to that, too, when i am done since ive heard good things about this book, too.

The trailer for The Giver is up, for the interested:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJNNug...

Interesting, now looking at this thread I see, The Lost City of Z was announced to be released in 2014, or at least I thought so (now don't ask me why, I have no idea). According to twitter posts and the film's fan site (I presume) the shooting will commence this summer 2015. Ah well. Just no more delays please!