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Nominate a book for the June group read: A book becoming a movie this year
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The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. That's what I was planning to read for the prompt. I know there are several other movies coming out this year whose books I've either read already or don't care to read. So I'm curious to see what else is nominated :)
I nominate The Revenant: A Novel of Revenge. It seems like it's been out forever, but according to imdb.com, it was released January 8, 2016.
Unless we're going by the Hollywood release date (12/16/2015), which would disqualify it. Let me know and I'll nominate something else if this wouldn't count.
I figured it hadn't been released this year as it won the Oscar for last year.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I figured it hadn't been released this year as it won the Oscar for last year."Good point. Consider it rescinded and I'll go with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them instead.
Mike wrote: "Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I figured it hadn't been released this year as it won the Oscar for last year."Good point. Consider it rescinded and I'll go with [book:Fantastic..."
That was a cute book...but I am trying to figure out how they will expand it into a full movie? Not much plot there.
Ellen wrote: "Mike wrote: "Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I figured it hadn't been released this year as it won the Oscar for last year."Good point. Consider it rescinded and I'll go with [b..."
Haha! I've watched lots of movies that didn't have much plot! Can't say I've always enjoyed them.
Ellen wrote: "That was a cute book...but I am trying to figure out how they will expand it into a full movie? Not much plot there."It is J.K. Rowling's first screenplay. It is from the viewpoint of the textbook's "author" Newt Scamander as he scours the earth looking for Fantastic Beasts. Newt will be portrayed by Eddie Redmayne! Takes place in 1900s New York City.
Kirsten *Dogs Welcome - People Tolerated" wrote: "I figured it hadn't been released this year as it won the Oscar for last year."Oscar-bait movies often get a limited release in one or two cities late in the year so that they qualify to be included in the nominations. Then they open officially in wide release sometime later.
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I nominate Me Before You. Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke are the stars of the movie and it looks pretty good. I've heard great things about the book.
Note: these are not nominations. These are just the books I have found out are becoming movies this year. This is not an exhaustive list. The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez
The BFG by Roald Dahl, starring Rebecca Hall, Bill Hader, Mark Rylance
"Alone in Berlin," based on Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada, starring Daniel Brühl, Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson
American Pastoral by Philip Roth, starring Dakota Fanning, Jennifer Connelly, Ewan McGregor
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers, starring Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury
Nerve by Jeanne Ryan, starring Emma Roberts, Juliette Lewis, Dave Franco
Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness by Susannah Cahalan, starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Armitage, Jenny Slate
The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story by Diane Ackerman, starring Jessica Chastain, Daniel Brühl, Michael McElhatton
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster by Tim Crothers, starring Lupita Nyong'o, David Oyelowo, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins, starring Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans
The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, starring Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann, starring Tom Holland, Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith, starring Lily James, Sam Riley, Jack Huston
Alice: Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll, starring Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley
Allegiant by Veronica Roth, starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Jeff Daniels
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks, starring Benjamin Walker, Teresa Palmer, Alexandra Daddario
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes, starring Emilia Clarke, Sam Claflin, Jenna Coleman
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs, starring Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, Kim Dickens
Miracles from Heaven: A Little Girl, Her Journey to Heaven, and Her Amazing Story of Healing by Christy Beam, starring Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Martin Henderson
"Whiskey Tango Foxtrot," based on the book The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan by Kim Barker, starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman
The Infiltrator: My Secret Life Inside the Dirty Banks Behind Pablo Escobar's Medellín Cartel by Robert Mazur, starring Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo, Diane Kruger
Inferno by Dan Brown, starring Felicity Jones, Tom Hanks, Ben Foster
13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened In Benghazi by Mitchell Zuckoff, starring John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, James Badge Dale
"Love & Friendship," based on the novella Lady Susan, by Jane Austen, starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (who would even consider remaking this movie?) by Lew Wallace, starring Jack Huston, Nazanin Boniadi, Haluk Bilginer
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, starring Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver
"Genius," based on the book Max Perkins: Editor of Genius by A. Scott Berg, starring Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Guy Pearce
Silence by Shūsaku Endō, starring Adam Driver, Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield
Sacrifice by S.J. Bolton, starring Radha Mitchell, Rupert Graves, Ian McElhinney
The Circle by Dave Eggers, starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, Patton Oswalt
"Nocturnal Animals," based on the book Tony and Susan by Austin Wright, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Amy Adams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
"Manhattan Night," based on the book Manhattan Nocturne by Colin Harrison, starring Yvonne Strahovski, Adrien Brody, Jennifer Beals
Zeroville by Steve Erickson, starring James Franco, Megan Fox, Mia Serafino
Indignation by Philip Roth, starring Sarah Gadon, Logan Lerman, Ben Rosenfield
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain, starring Kristen Stewart, Vin Diesel, Garrett Hedlund
Fallen by Lauren Kate, starring Joely Richardson, Lola Kirke, Addison Timlin
London Fields by Martin Amis, starring Amber Heard, Cara Delevingne, Jaimie Alexander
The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry, starring Rooney Mara, Theo James, Eric Bana
"Lion," based on the book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley, starring Rooney Mara, Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman
"The Fundamentals of Caring," based on the book The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison, starring Paul Rudd, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle
"The Young Messiah," based on the book Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt by Anne Rice, starring Adam Greaves-Neal, Vincent Walsh, Sara Lazzaro
The Shack by Wm. Paul Young, starring Sam Worthington, Radha Mitchell, Octavia Spencer
Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel, starring Haley Bennett, Miles Teller, Amy Schumer
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, starring Travis Fimmel
A Conspiracy of Faith by Jussi Adler-Olsen, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen
HHhH by Laurent Binet, starring Rosamund Pike, Mia Wasikowska, Jack O'Connell
Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver, starring Zoey Deutch, Elena Kampouris, Halston Sage
The Girl with All the Gifts by M.R. Carey, starring Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine
The Ninth Life of Louis Drax by Liz Jensen, starring Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul
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