http://www.moviesbythebook.com read the novel coming soon to a theater near you! Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:29:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The fourth and final book in Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series has been announced.  The title is Breaking Dawn and the official release date is Saturday, August 2, at 12:01 am, which means there will probably be midnight release parties at bookstores across the nation.  The movie based on the first book, Twilight, is ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2008/02/12/fourth-and-final-twilight-book-release-date/ The Saturday before the Oscars, February 23rd, AMC Theatres is selling an all-day ticket to showings of all five Best Picture nominated movies.  Three of the five movies are based on or inspired by novels: "Atonement" - Atonement by Ian McEwan "There Will Be Blood" - Oil! by Upton Sinclair "No Country for Old Men" - ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2008/01/30/amc-showing-oscar-nominees-based-on-books/ To the Professor! http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2008/01/03/a-toast/ Neil Gaiman posted a sneak peak of 'Coraline,' the new movie based on his book.  It's directed by Henry Selick, the same stop-animation director who did 'Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'James and the Giant Peach,' so my guess is it's going to be great.    The teaser poster looks fantastic, both creepy ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/28/sneak-peak-of-coraline/ SciFi Wire reports that Tim Burton is going to direct a film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, the classic children's book by Lewis Carroll.  He feels that previous film versions have 'never quite nailed it.'  Fans are already wondering which roles Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter will win; the ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/28/tim-burton-to-adapt-alice-in-wonderland/ The Secret Life of Bees, a big hit with the women readers in my library, has been cast.  The stars are Dakota Fanning as Lily Owen, Jennifer Hudson as Rosaleen, and Queen Latifah, Alicia Keys, and Sophie Okonedo as the 'Calendar' sisters August, June, and May.  The movie is due ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/21/the-secret-life-of-bees-casting-news/ Ain't It Cool News reports that Eddie Izzard has been chosen to voice Reepicheep in 'The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.'  I love Eddie Izzard but I'm having a hard time imagining him doing the voice of dear Reep.  It's been awhile since I've read the novel (though we plan ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/20/eddie-izzard-to-voice-reepicheep/ For December/January we'll start off the book club reading Atonement by Ian McEwan.  The film based on the book was just recently released, and is already racking up praise and award nominations, as the book did.  Time magazine named it one of their All-TIME 100 Greatest Novels and it was ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/19/atonement/ The biggest news today of course is that Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema appear to have settled their differences, as they announced that Peter Jackson will produce 'The Hobbit' as two films.  This sounds like good news to the fans of the book, as it means it's less likely ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/18/peter-jackson-to-produce-the-hobbit/ Welcome to Movies By The Book!  This new online community is part book club, part movie club.  We're going to read and discuss books that are/will be turned into movies, and discuss the movies themselves.  We'll also post and discuss news such as books that have recently had movie options purchased, ... http://www.moviesbythebook.com/2007/12/18/welcome/