2019’s Most Anticipated Book to Movie Adaptations
THE AFTERMATH
Release Date: March 1, 2019
Based on: The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook
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THE AFTERMATH is set in postwar Germany in 1946. Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg in the bitter winter, to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. But as they set off for their new home, Rachael is stunned to discover that Lewis has made an unexpected decision: They will be sharing the grand house with its previous owners, a German widower (Alexander Skarsgård) and his troubled daughter. In this charged atmosphere, enmity and grief give way to passion and betrayal. Read More
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Set in post-war Germany, the international bestseller The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook is a stunning emotional thriller about our fiercest loyalties and our deepest desires. In the bitter winter of 1946, Rachael Morgan arrives with her only remaining son Edmund in the ruins of Hamburg. Here she is reunited with her husband Lewis, a British colonel charged with rebuilding the shattered city. Read More
A DOG’S JOURNEY
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Based on: A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron
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The family film told from the dog’s perspective serves as the much-anticipated follow-up to the soulful story of one devoted dog who finds the meaning of his own existence through the lives of the humans he teaches to laugh and love.
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Buddy is a good dog.
After searching for his purpose through several eventful lives, Buddy is sure that he has found and fulfilled it. Yet as he watches curious baby Clarity get into dangerous mischief, he is certain that this little girl is very much in need of a dog of her own.
When Buddy is reborn, he realizes that he has a new destiny. He’s overjoyed when he is adopted by Clarity, now a vibrant but troubled teenager. Read More
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THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR
Release Date: May 17, 2019
Based on: The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
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College-bound romantic Daniel Bae and Jamaica-born pragmatist Natasha Kingsley meet–and fall for each other–over one magical day amidst the fervor and flurry of New York City. Sparks immediately fly between these two strangers, who might never have met had fate not given them a little push. But will fate be enough to take these teens from star-crossed to lucky in love? With just hours left on the clock in what looks to be her last day in the U.S., Natasha is fighting against her family’s deportation as fiercely as she’s fighting her budding feelings for Daniel, who is working just as hard to convince her they are destined to be together. Read More
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Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.
Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Read More
FORD VS. FERRARI
Release Date: June 28, 2019
Based on: Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans by A. J. Baime
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This non-fiction book provides a great deal of insight into the mechanical/ technical aspects of the auto industry. However, my favorite part was the glimpses into the personal lives of Henry Ford II and Enzo Ferrari. I love learning about people and this was especially enlightening, as much as I getting the inside scoop on the personal lives of famous people, I would have never considered looking into anyone in the auto industry.
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By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather’s company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up. Baby boomers were taking to the road in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort. Read More
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ARTEMIS FOWL
Release Date August 9, 2019
Based on: Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
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Artemis Fowl II, twelve years old, millionaire, genius and criminal mastermind. This probably isn’t a book I would normally be drawn to but, I have several 8 to 13-year-old nieces and nephews who love this series and I can certainly see the appeal. I know a lot of young people are eagerly awaiting this release.
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Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn’t know what he’s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren’t the fairies of bedtime stories—they’re dangerous! Read More
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IT: CHAPTER TWO
Release Date: September 6, 2019
Based on: It by Stephen King
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I’m sure everyone watched the last rendering in 2017. It was scary, to me anyway. We know the clown comes back every 27 years. This movie takes us back to the characters 27 years later. I can’t wait to see what happens this time.
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Welcome to Derry, Maine …
It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real …
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. Read More
THE ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN
Release Date: September 27, 2019
Based on: The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
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Here we have another movie based on a book about a dog although this one seems different from the others. You see, this is about a dog with a mind like a philosopher who learns about people through television and his master. This promises to be a heart-wrenching and uplifting tale. I would strongly recommend stocking up on tissues before watching this one.
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Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: a philosopher with a nearly human soul (and an obsession with opposable thumbs), he has educated himself by watching television extensively, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver.
Through Denny, Enzo has gained tremendous insight into the human condition, and he sees that life, like racing, isn’t simply about going fast. Read More
THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
Release Date: October 4, 2019
Based on: The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn
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I am so excited about this one. We have a woman unable to leave her home. She passes her time by doing things like watching movies and spying on her neighbors. Eventually, she witnesses a terrible crime that exposes secrets and sends her world crumbling around her. So few books deal with the topic of agoraphobia and to include it in a psychological thriller is quite incredible. I can’t wait to see if the movie stays true to the book.
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Anna Fox lives alone—a recluse in her New York City home, unable to venture outside. She spends her day drinking wine (maybe too much), watching old movies, recalling happier times . . . and spying on her neighbors.
Then the Russells move into the house across the way: a father, a mother, their teenage son. The perfect family. Read More
THE GOLDFINCH
Release Date: October 11, 2019
Based on: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
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This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction so you know it’s going to be something special.
Theodore “Theo” Decker (Ansel Elgort) was 13 years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Through it all, he holds on to one tangible piece of hope from that terrible day… a painting of a tiny bird chained to its perch. The Goldfinch. Read More
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It begins with a boy. Theo Decker, a thirteen-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don’t know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his unbearable longing for his mother, he clings to one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. Read More
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THE GOOD LIAR
Release Date: November 19, 2019
based on The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle
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Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her home and life to him, Roy is surprised to find himself caring about her, turning what should be a cut-and-dry swindle into the most treacherous tightrope walk of his life. Read More
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This is a life told back to front. This is a man who has lied all his life.
Roy is a conman living in a small English town, about to pull off his final con. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings. But who is the man behind the con? What has he had to do to survive a life of lies? And who has had to pay the price?
When Roy meets a wealthy widow online, he can hardly believe his luck. Read More
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THE CALL OF THE WILD
Release Date: December 25, 2019
Based on: Call of the Wild by Jack London
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Set in 1890s Yukon during the gold rush, the novel tells the story of a dog. Yes, yet another story about a dog. This one is stolen from his home in California and moved to Alaska where he is expected to perform as a sled dog.
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First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London’s masterpiece. Based on London’s experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike. Read More
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These are the book to movie adaptation I’m most excited about. I’ve read the books for some of them, others I may just watch the movie. One thing is for sure, we are in for an amazing year of bookish viewing pleasure.
What book to movie adaptations are you most excited about?
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jamsu
I haven’t read The Sun is Also a Star but I’d still like to see the movie. I read After years ago and tried rereading them but could only read two books from the series. I couldn’t just deal that toxic relationship. I still haven’t decided if I want to give the movie a chance.