The first movie followed seven young friends batting a demonic force that frequently appeared to them in the form of a grinning, drooling clown named Pennywise. This week sees the release of “ It: Chapter Two,” set 27 years after the first film and again helmed by Muschietti. The first installment of the film, directed by Andy Muschietti, was a critical and box office smash, grossing over $700 million worldwide off a $35 million budget. ![]() ![]() Then Dauberman took on one of the most enviable but also intimidating tasks for any fan of horror: adapting Stephen King’s massive novel “It” for the big screen. 'It: Chapter Two' Reviews: What the Critics Are Saying It will star Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, leader of the revolution.Box Office: Can 'It: Chapter Two' Deliver the Hit Warner Bros. Director, Denis Villeneuve has strong intentions to “honor everything” about the original novel by Frank Hebert. The Dune remake is set for release November 20th, 2020. Stars Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci. Set for November 2019, a Scorsese film based on the true crime book by Charles Brandt's "I Heard You Paint Houses," The Irishman is about Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran, a labor union official with mob connections, as he recalls his involvement in the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa. Starring Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Leslie Mann, and Willem Dafoe. A lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's syndrome tries to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend. Motherless BrooklynĪ 1999 novel by Jonathan Lethem is being adapted for the big screen. The star studded cast includes, Meryl Streep, Emma Watson, Timothée Chalamet, and Saoirse Ronan. Set for release Christmas 2019, Louis May Alcott’s classic, "Little Women ," will of course be hitting theaters with the same name. ![]() What are some other book to film adaptations to look out for? Little Women More Book to Movie Adaptations Upcoming releases based on books It stars Christopher Abbott, Kyle Chandler, Hugh Laurie, and George Clooney.Ģ019 saw Chernobyl, which of course was not based off a book but the very real events following the 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. And Catch-22 is a satirical dark comedy miniseries based on the iconic novel of the same name by Joseph Heller. Shrill is based on the book "Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman" by Lindy West, starring Aidy Bryant. Hulu’s latest series Shrill and Catch-22 have the critics' eye. Honorable mention: Gillian Flynn dominates TV too with Sharp Objects. Lion is a 2016 Australian film adapted from Saroo Brierley's “A Long Way Home,” a memoir recounting the author's journey to find his Indian birth family 25 years after they were accidentally separated. All of this was outlined in Lee Israel’s actual memoir "Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger." The film follows the character in her life of literary crime, forging letters from icons like Lillian Hellman and Dorothy Parker. Regardless of how the entire film came together, Beautiful Boy, was a gut-wrenching true story based on the memoirs of a father and son, David and Nic Scheff, drowning in the son’s addiction.Ģ018 also saw Can You Ever Forgive Me? The film stars Melissa McCarthy who plays author, Lee Israel. ![]() It follows an African American detective who infiltrates the Ku Klux Klan in the 1970s. Stories so powerful, with performances that nearly rivaled them.īlacKkKlansman, a Spike Lee adaptation is based on the 2014 memoir Black Klansman by Ron Stallworth. These very real and raw stories weren’t always easy to watch because they were so easy to feel. Memoir MentionsĢ018 saw some incredible films based on memoirs, and so while these aren’t “book adaptations” I thought they deserved their own little section. Our last section, details what’s next on the pipeline for 2019, and I think one of those adaptations has better shot at the top spot. While, there were a few adaptations already released this year, most notably Pet Sematary, The Best of Enemies, and Where’d You Go, Bernadette, I’m not sure they’d claim our spot. Chu, written by Pete Chiarelli and Adele Lim, based on Kevin Kwan's bestselling novel. Honorable mentions: Wildlife - Paul Dano and Zoe Kazan’s adaptation of Richard Ford’s novel of the same name.
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