OMG!!!! When I heard Snow White was being transformed into a darker version of the fairy tale and that Kristen Stewart would play the lead (Ugh!), I didn’t have high hopes for Snow White and the Huntsman, but Charlize Theron steals the show as the Evil Queen in the new trailer and makes this a ‘must watch’ movie.
First question to ponder: Why are you interested in this adaptation?
Elena-
The Hobbit was the book that got me into reading, into fantasy, and into wanting to write my own stories. Its influence on my life has been far-reaching and profound. Of course I am going to see this movie when it comes out. (Actually, I take back the “of course.” There is no of course about it…I have yet to see a single film version of Pride and Prejudice because I have yet to see a cast list that I think can pull it off to my standards, which, if you’ve been reading my column for two years, you know are high. So it is not a given that I would see this film; therefore I am making a positive declaration: I am going to see this movie when it comes out.)
Holmes and Watson are back on the case and not even the fact that Watson is on his honeymoon will protect him from the madness that is Holmes’ genius as they lock horns with Professor Moriarty in these two new TV promos for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
It looks like one of the two male leads for Stephenie Meyer’s The Host has been found as Jake Abel gets ready to terrorize an alien… before he falls in love with her.
A new banner for Snow White and the Huntsman shows that not all fairy tales are bright and cheery as we get a dark (and artistic) look at Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron in a scene that borders on nightmare.
Races are cool and races that can result in death are even better, but you have a sure hit on your hands when you have the racers riding flesh-eating horses, so Warner Bros seems to know what they’re doing now that they’ve picked up Maggie Stiefvater’s YA novel, The Scorpio Races, for the big screen.
I love history. I love movies. And I really like fictionalized novels based on real historical events. So when we put those three items together we get this week’s list of greatness.
All the films on this list were based in some way on a novel that it was in turn based on a real historical event that took place. Continue reading
Did you know that vampyres have to go to school to learn the ropes of their new life? It’s true, at least when you’re talking about the popular House of Night YA series written by the mother-daughter team of P.C. and Kristin Cast, and the school of vamps is getting ready to head to the big screen.
For all of you Heart of Darkness lovers (myself included), there seems to be a new movie headed your way. Peter Cornwell (The Haunting in Connecticut) is going to direct an adaptation of Joseph Conrad’s novel “Heart of Darkness”.
The much loved Dr. Seuss children’s book, The Lorax is being made into a feature length animated film from the same people who created, The Despicable Me.
The film follows Ted, a young boy with idealistic tendencies who wants desperately to find the one thing that will win him affection of Audrey the girl of his dreams. To do so, he must discover the story of the Lorax, the grumpy yet charming creature who fights to protect his world.
This film is going to have an all star cast: Danny DeVito, Zac Efron, Ed Helms, Betty White and even taylor Swift! It is set to release March 2, 2012, which would have been the 108th birthday of Seuss, who died in 1991 at the age of 87.
I personally CANNOT WAIT for this movie! I loved this book as a young child and I am sure I will love this movie!