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FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Movies based on books

There are a few movies coming out soon that are based on books. 

 

I Am Number Four book coverI Am Number Four, due out today, is based on the novel by Pittacus Lore
In rural Ohio, friendships and a beautiful girl prove distracting to a fifteen-year-old who has hidden on Earth for ten years waiting to develop the Legacies, or powers, he will need to rejoin the other six surviving Garde members and fight the Mogadorians who destroyed their planet, Lorien. 
 
 
Jane Eyre, due out March 11th, is based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte, obviously.  
The self-assured Jane Eyre becomes governess at Edward Rochester's mansion, where she and the master fall in love.
 
Beastly book coverThe one I’m most excited about: Beasty by Alex Flinn, is due out March 18th.  In the book, Aiden is covered in fur and claws, so there is some discussion of whether the movie version of the “beast” is appropriate. But I like the look! What do you think?
 
Here’s the summary: A modern retelling of "Beauty and the Beast" from the point of view of the Beast, a vain Manhattan private school student who is turned into a monster and must find true love before he can return to his human form.
 
Water For Elephants, due out April 22nd, is based on the novel by Sara Gruen.  
Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. There he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world. He introduces us to Marlena, beautiful star of the equestrian act; to August, her charismatic but twisted husband (and the circus's animal trainer); and to Rosie, the seemingly untrainable elephant Jacob cares for. 
 
What movie are you anxiously awaiting this spring?


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