Books to Movies & TV — 2011

Listed by release date, most recent first.

For upcoming movies, go to Upcoming — with Tie-ins

———————–

Dec. 23, 2011

Movie Title: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn

Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Jamie Bell, Cary Elwes

Planned as the first of three movies based on the Tintin series

Based on: Hergé Le secret de la licorne and Le trésor de Rackham Le Rouge

Official Web site: TinTin.com

Tie-ins:

The Adventures of Tintin: The Chapter Book (Movie Tie-In)
Retail Price: $4.99
Paperback: 80 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0316185736 / 9780316185738

……

The Adventures of Tintin: Tintin’s Daring Escape (Movie Tie-In)
Kirsten Mayer
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 24 pages
Publisher: LB Kids – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0316185744 / 9780316185745

……

The Adventures of Tintin: The Mystery of the Missing Wallets (Passport to Reading Level 2)
Kirsten Mayer
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: LB Kids – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0316185752 / 9780316185752

……

The Adventures of Tintin: Danger at Sea (Passport to Reading Level 2)
Kirsten Mayer
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: LB Kids – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0316185779 / 9780316185776

……

The Adventures of Tintin: A Novel (Movie Tie-In)
Alex Irvine
Retail Price: $14.99
paperback 240 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-11-01)
ISBN : 9780316185790

In addition, LBYR is releasing new “Young Readers Editions” of the Tintin books, with original story and art, plus background material, beginning with the following (full list of titles available here).

Tintin Young Readers Edition: The Secret of the Unicorn
Herge
Retail Price: $8.99
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-05-31)
ISBN / EAN: 0316133868 / 9780316133869

…………………….

Tintin Young Readers Edition: Red Rackham’s Treasure
Herge
Retail Price: $8.99
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-05-31)
ISBN / EAN: 0316133841 / 9780316133845

———————–

Dec. 23, 2011

Movie Title: War Horse

Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch

Official Web Site: WarHorseMovie.com

Based on: War Horse, by Michael Morpurgo (Scholastic, 2007)

Tie-in:

War Horse: (Movie Cover)
Michael Morpurgo
Retail Price: $8.99
Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0545403359 / 9780545403351

———————–

Dec. 23, 2011

Movie Title: We Bought a Zoo

Director: Cameron Crowe

Starring:

Scarlett Johansson … Kelly Foster

Matt Damon … Benjamin Mee

Elle Fanning … Lily Miska

Based on: Memoir by Benjamin Mee (Weinstein Books, 2008)

Official Web Site: WeBoughtaZoo.com

Tie-in:

We Bought a Zoo: The Amazing True Story of a Young Family, a Broken Down Zoo, and the 200 Wild Animals that Changed Their Lives Forever
Benjamin Mee
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Weinstein Books – (2011-11-22)
ISBN / EAN: 1602861579 / 9781602861572

—————–

Dec. 21, 2011

Movie Title: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (English language version)

Director: David Fincher

Starring:

Daniel Craig … Mikael Blomkvist

Stellan Skarsgård … Martin Vanger

Rooney Mara … Lisbeth Salander

Robin Wright … Erika Berger

Christopher Plummer … Henrik Vanger

Embeth Davidtz … Annika Blomkvist

Joely Richardson … Anita Vanger

Based on: Novel by Stieg Larsson

Official Web Site: DragonTattoo.com

Tie-in:

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Stieg Larsson
Retail Price: $9.99
Mass Market Paperback: 672 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-11-22)
ISBN / EAN: 0307949486 / 9780307949486

—————–

Nov. 23, 2011 (the day before Thanksgiving)

Movie Title: A Dangerous Method

Director: David Cronenberg

Starring:

Viggo Mortensen … Sigmund Freud

Keira Knightley … Sabina Spielrein

Michael Fassbender … Carl Jung

Based on: A Most Dangerous Method by John Kerr (RH, 1993)

Tie-in:

A Dangerous Method (Movie Tie-in Edition): The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein (Vintage)
John Kerr
Retail Price: $16.95
Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-10-25)
ISBN / EAN: 0307950271 / 9780307950277

Audio from AudioGo, 11/2011)

Official Web Site: ADangerousMethod-TheMovie.com

—————-

Nov. 23, 2011 

Title: Hugo 

Director: Martin Scorsese

Based on: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

Format: Live action, 3-D

iTunes Site

Starring: Jude Law, Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Emily Mortimer and Michael Stuhlbarg

Tie-ins:

The Hugo Movie Companion
Brian Selznick
Retail Price: $19.99
Hardcover: 256 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press – (2011-10-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0545331552 / 9780545331555

—————–

Nov 23, 2011

Movie Title: My Week with Marilyn

Director: Simon Curtis

Starring:

Michelle Williams … Marilyn Monroe

Kenneth Branagh … Sir Laurence Olivier

Eddie Redmayne … Colin Clark

Judi Dench … Dame Sybil Thorndike

Based on: My Week with Marilyn (2000) by Colin Clark, published in the UK only (will be released here to tie in with the movie).

Official Movie Site: MyWeekWithMarilynMovie.com

Tie-in:

My Week with Marilyn
Colin Clark
Retail Price: $16.00
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Weinstein Books – (2011-10-04)
ISBN / EAN: 1602861498 / 9781602861497

Audio; Dreamscape

———————–

Nov. 18, 2011

Movie Title: The Descendants

Director: Alexander Payne

Starring:

George Clooney … Matt King

Judy Greer

Matthew Lillard … Brian

Shailene Woodley … Alexandra

Beau Bridges

Based on: The novel, The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings

Official Movie Site: FoxSearchlight.com/TheDescendants

Tie-in:

The Descendants: A Novel
Kaui Hart Hemmings
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks – (2011-10-04)
ISBN / EAN: 0812982959 / 9780812982954

—————-
NOV 18, 2011 (limited)

Movie Title: London Boulevard

Director: William Monahan

Starring:

Colin Farrell …Mitchel
Keira Knightley …Charlotte

Made in 2010, the film was released in a limited number of theaters in the US in 2011. Reviews are not good; “Cultivation and fine manners are nowhere to be found in the foul urban cesspool of William Monahan’s London Boulevard. This palpitating mess of a movie certainly doesn’t lack for pungent atmosphere,” NY Times.

Official Web Site: IFCfilms.com/films/london-boulevard

Based on: Thriller by Ken Bruen

Tie-in:

London Boulevard
Ken Bruen
Retail Price: $24.99
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books – (2010-04-01)
ISBN / EAN: 9780312650421, 0312650426

…………………………

Nov 18, 2011

Movie Title: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1

Director: Bill Condon

Starring:

Kristen Stewart … Bella Swan

Robert Pattinson … Edward Cullen

Dakota Fanning … Jane

Taylor Lautner … Jacob Black

Based on: Novel by Stephenie Meyer

Official Movie Site: BreakingDawn-TheMovie.com

Trade PBK tie-in:

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga)
Stephenie Meyer
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 768 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-10-11)
ISBN / EAN: 0316133930 / 9780316133937

Mass Mkt tie-in:

Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga)
Stephenie Meyer
Retail Price: $7.99
Mass Market Paperback: 768 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-11-01)
ISBN / EAN: 031617615X / 9780316176156

Movie Companion:

The Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz
Retail Price: $18.99
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-12-13)
ISBN / EAN: 0316134112 / 9780316134118

———————–
OCT 28, 2011

Movie Title: Anonymous

Director: Roland Emmerich

Jamie Campbell Bower … Young Oxford

Rhys Ifans … Edward de Vere

David Thewlis … William Cecil

Joely Richardson … Princess Elizabeth Tudor

Vanessa Redgrave … Queen Elizabeth I

Official Web Site: Anonymous-Movie.com

Not based on a specific book, but Newmarket Press is bringing out two books about the movie and the Shakespeare controversy.

Anonymous: William Shakespeare Revealed (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook)
Retail Price: $22.95
Paperback: 168 pages
Publisher: Newmarket Press – (2011-09-13)
ISBN / EAN: 1557049920 / 9781557049926

…….

Anonymous and the Shakespeare Authorship Question: The Theories, the Contenders, and the Evidence
Retail Price: $16.95
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Newmarket Press – (2011-09-13)
ISBN / EAN: 1557049653 / 9781557049650

———————–
OCT 28, 2011

Movie Title: The Rum Diary

Director: Bruce Robinson

Starring:

Johnny Depp…Paul Kemp

Amber Heard…Chenault

Aaron Eckhart…Sanderson

Giovanni Ribisi…Moburg

Richard Jenkins…Lotterman

Amaury Nolasco…Segurra

Based on: Book by Hunter S. Thompson

Trailer

Tie-in:

The Rum Diary: A Novel
Hunter S. Thompson
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster – (2011-10-04)
ISBN / EAN: 1451659717 / 9781451659719

———————–

OCT 21, 2011

Movie Title: The Three Musketeers, 3-D

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson

Starring:

Milla Jovovich … Milady de Winter

Logan Lerman … D’Artagnan

Mads Mikkelsen … Rochefort

Orlando Bloom … Duke of Buckingham

Matthew Macfadyen … Athos

Christoph Waltz … Cardinal Richelieu

Official Movie Site: ThreeMusketeers-movie.com

Based on: Book by Alexandre Dumas

Reissue:

The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 688 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) – (2011-08-24)
ISBN / EAN: 0143120840 / 9780143120841

———————–

OCT 14, 2011

Movie Title: The Big Year

Director: David Frankel

Starring:

Owen Wilson

Rashida Jones

Jim Parsons

Jack Black

Rosamund Pike

Steve Martin

Official Movie Site: TheBigYearMovie.com

Based on: The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession, by Mark Obmascik, (Free Press, 2005)

Reprint:

The Big Year: A Tale of Man, Nature, and Fowl Obsession
Mark Obmascik
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 268 pages
Publisher: Free Press – (2005-02-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0743245466 / 9780743245463

———————–

SEPT 23, 2011

Movie Title: A Bird of the Air

Director: Margaret Whitman

Starring:
Rachel Nichols … Fiona
Jackson Hurst … Lyman
Anjanette Comer … Mrs. Weber
Linda Emond … Margie
Buck Henry … Duncan Weber
Judith Ivey … Eleanor Reeves

Based on: The Loop, Joe Coomer (Faber and Faber, 1992; not in print. Audio from Blackstone)

—————–

SEPT 23, 2011

Movie Title: The Killer Elite
Director: Gary McKendry

Starring: Robert De Niro, Jason Statham, Yvonne Strahovski, Clive Owen

Based on: The Feather Men, Ranulph Fienne

Official Movie Site: KillerElite.com

Tie-in:

Killer Elite (previously published as The Feather Men): A Novel
Ranulph Fiennes
Retail Price: $7.99
Hardcover: 400 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books – (2011-09-13)
ISBN / EAN: 9780345528087

—————–

SEPT 23, 2011

Movie Title: Moneyball

Director: Bennett Miller

Starring:

Brad Pitt … Billy Beane

Jonah Hill … Paul De Podesta

Robin Wright

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Stephen Bishop … David Justice

Based on: Moneyball by Michael Lewis

Official Movie Site: MoneyBall-Movie.com

Tie-in:

Moneyball (Movie Tie-in Edition)
Michael Lewis
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company – (2011-08-15)
ISBN / EAN: 0393338398 / 9780393338393

—————-
SEPT 16, 2011

Movie title: Drive

Director: Nicolas Winding Refn

Starring:

Ryan Gosling … Driver
Carey Mulligan … Irene
Ron Perlman … Nino
Christina Hendricks … Blanche

Official Movie Site: Drive-Movie.com

Based on: Drive, James Sallis, Poisoned Pen Press, 2005

Tie-in:

Drive (Movie tie-in)
James Sallis
Retail Price: $12.95
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Mariner Books – (2011-08-23)
ISBN / EAN: 0547791097 / 9780547791098

—————-
SEPT 16, 2011

Movie Title: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Director: Doug McGrath

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Christina Hendricks, Olivia Munn, Seth Meyers, Pierce Brosnan and Kelsey Grammer

Based on: Novel by Allison Pearson (Knopf, 2002)

Official Movie Site: HowSheDoesItMovie.com

Tie-in:

I Don’t Know How She Does it (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries
Allison Pearson
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Anchor – (2011-08-09)
ISBN / EAN: 0307948560 / 9780307948564

—————-

SEPT 16, 2011

Movie Title: Straw Dogs

Director: Rod Lurie

Starring:

Alexander Skarsgård . . . Charlie
James Marsden . . . David Sumner
Kate Bosworth . . . Amy Sumner

Based on: The Siege of Trencher’s Farm, Gordon Williams, (Morrow, 1969)

Official Movie Site: StrawDogsMovie.com 

Tie-in:

The Siege of Trencher’s Farm – Straw Dogs
Gordon Williams
Retail Price: $12.95
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Titan Books – (2011-08-09)
ISBN 9780857681195

—————-

Sept 2, 2011 (limited)

Movie Title: Seven Days in Utopia

Director: Matt Russell

Cast: Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Melissa Leo

Based on: David L. Cook’s Golf’s Sacred Journey: Seven Days at the Links of Utopia.

Official Movie Site: SevenDaysInUtopia.com

 

Tie-in:

Seven Days in Utopia: Golf’s Sacred Journey
David L. Cook
Retail Price: $11.99
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Zondervan – (2011-08-08)
ISBN / EAN: 0310335493/9780310335498

———————–

AUG 26, 2011 (limited)

Movie Title: Higher Ground

Director: Vera Farmiga

Cast:

Vera Farmiga …Corinne
John Hawkes … CW
Dagmara Dominczyk … Annika
Donna Murphy … Kathleen
Joshua Leonard … Ethan

Based on: Carolyn Briggs’ memoir This Dark World

Official Movie Site: SonyClassics.com/HigherGround

 

Find a theater here

———————–

AUG 19, 2011

Movie Title: Conan the Barbarian

Director: Marcus Nispel
Cast:

Jason Momoa … Conan
Stephen Lang … Khalar Zym
Rachel Nichols … Tamara

Based on: Stories by Robert E. Howard

Official Movie Site: ConanTheBarbarianIn3D.com

Tie-in:

Conan the Barbarian: The stories that inspired the movie
Robert E. Howard
Retail Price: $7.99
Hardcover: 304 pages
Publisher: Del Rey – (2011-07-26)
ISBN / EAN: 9780345531230 / 034553123X

Novelization:

Conan the Barbarian
Michael A. Stackpole
Retail Price: $7.99
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Berkley – (2011-07-05)
ISBN / EAN: 0425242064 / 9780425242063

—————–
AUG 19, 2011

Movie Title: One Day

Director: Lone Scherfig

Cast:

Anne Hathaway …Emma
Jim Sturgess … Dexter
Patricia Clarkson
Romola Garai…Sylvie

Based on: One Day, David Nicholls, Vintage, 6/15/10

Official Movie Site: ExperienceOneDay.com

Tie-in:

One Day (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Contemporaries)
David Nicholls
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-05-24)
ISBN / EAN: 0307946711 / 9780307946713

—————–

Aug. 10, 2011

Movie Title: The Help

Director: Tate Taylor

Starring:

Emma Stone … Eugenia ‘Skeeter’ Phelan
Bryce Dallas Howard … Hilly Holbrook
Mike Vogel … Johnny Foote
Sissy Spacek … Missus Walters
Allison Janney … Charlotte Phelan
Chris Lowell … Stuart Whitworth
Viola Davis … Aibileen Clark
Ahna O’Reilly … Elizabeth Leefolt
Anna Camp … Jolene French
Jessica Chastain … Celia Foote

Official Web Site: TheHelpMovie.com

Based on: The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Tie-in:

The Help (Movie Tie-In)
Kathryn Stockett
Retail Price: $16.00
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Berkley Trade – (2011-06-28)
ISBN / EAN: 0425245136 / 9780425245132

—————–

JUL 29, 2011
Movie Title: Cowboys & Aliens

Director: Jon Favreau

Starring:

Daniel Craig … Jake Lonergan
Olivia Wilde … Ella
Harrison Ford … Col. Woodrow Dolarhyde
Noah Ringer … Emmett

Official Web Site: CowboysAndAliensMovie.com

Based on: Scott Mitchell Rosenberg’s comic book series, Cowboys & Aliens (the series was originally pitched as both a movie and a book series, but it took longer to get the movie off the ground).

Cowboys and Aliens
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Retail Price: $24.99
Hardcover: 112 pages
Publisher: It Books – (2011-06-28)
ISBN / EAN: 0061646652 / 9780061646652

—————

JUL 22, 2011

Movie Title: Captain America:The First Avenger:

Director: Joe Johnston

Starring:

Chris Evans … Steve Rogers / Captain America
Samuel L. Jackson … Nick Fury
Hugo Weaving … Johann Schmidt / The Red Skull
Tommy Lee Jones … Col. Chester Phillips

Official Movie Site: CaptainAmerica.com

Based on: Marvel Comics Series

———————–
JUL 22, 2011

Movie Title: Sarah’s Key
Original Title: Elle s’appelait Sarah

Director: Gilles Paquet-Brenner

Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Niels Arestrup and Aidan Quinn

Official Movie Site (Australian): SarahsKey.com

Based on: Novel by Tatiana De Rosnay

Tie-in:


Sarah’s Key
Tatiana de Rosnay
Retail Price: $13.99
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin – (2011-07-05)
ISBN / EAN: 1250004349 / 9781250004345

———————–
JUL 15, 2011
Movie Title: Winnie the Pooh
Directors: Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall
Studio: Disney
Voices:

Craig Ferguson … Owl
Peter Cullen … Eeyore
Jim Cummings … Pooh / Tigger
Dee Bradley Baker … Piglet
Tom Kenny … Rabbit
Gilbert Gottfried … Marley

Official Movie Site: Disney.com/pooh

Based on: Books by A.A. Milne

Tie-ins:


Winnie the Pooh: A Day of Sweet Surprises
Retail Price: $6.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Disney Press – (2011-05-03)
ISBN / EAN: 1423135903 / 9781423135906

……….

Winnie the Pooh: Forever Friends (Disney Early Readers)
Lisa Ann Marsoli
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Disney Press – (2011-05-03)
ISBN / EAN: 1423135784 / 9781423135784

……….

Winnie the Pooh: Hundred-Acre-Wood Treasury (Disney Winnie the Pooh)
Retail Price: $15.99
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Disney Press – (2011-05-03)
ISBN / EAN: 1423135911 / 9781423135913

……….

Winnie the Pooh: The Essential Guide (Dk Essential Guides)
DK Publishing
Retail Price: $12.99
Hardcover: 48 pages
Publisher: DK CHILDREN – (2011-06-20)
ISBN / EAN: 0756672112 / 9780756672119

———————–

JUL 15, 2011
Movie Title: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Director: David Yates

Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Jamie Campbell Bower, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman

Official Movie Site: HarryPotter.com

Based on: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Tie-ins:

The World of Harry Potter (Harry Potter Movie 7B)
Scholastic
Retail Price: $12.99
Hardcover: 128 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. – (2011-06-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0545312132 / 9780545312134

………

Movie Magic (Harry Potter Movie 7B)
Scholastic
Retail Price: $6.99
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Inc. – (2011-06-01)
ISBN / EAN: 054529665X / 9780545296656

———————–
JUL 15, 2011 (limited)
Movie Title: The Devil’s Double

Director: Lee Tamahori

Starring:

Dominic Cooper … Latif Yahia / Uday Hussein
Ludivine Sagnier … Sarrab
Raad Rawi … Munem
Mem Ferda … Kamel Hannah

Official Web Site: TheDevilsDoubleFilm.com

Based on: The Devil’s Double: the true story of the man forced to be the double of Saddam Hussein’s eldest son by Latif Yahia, published in the UK in 2003 by Arrow Books Ltd. In the U.S., I Was Saddam’s Son, by Latif Yahia, was published by Arcade in 1997.
———————–

JUL 15, 2011

Movie Title: Salvation Boulevard
Director: George Ratliff

Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Pierce Brosnan, Isabelle Fuhrman, Greg Kinnear, Ed Harris

Based on: Salvation Boulevard, Larry Beinhart

—————–

JUL 15, 2011
Movie Title: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Director: Wayne Wang

Starring:

Bingbing Li
Gianna Jun
Vivian Wu
Hugh Jackman

Official Web Site: SnowFlowerMovie.com

Based on: Novel by Lisa See

Tie-in:

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: A Novel (Random House Movie Tie-In Books)
Lisa See
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks – (2011-05-31)
ISBN / EAN: 0812982711 / 9780812982718

———————–
JUL 1, 2011

Movie Title: Monte Carlo

Director: Thomas Bezucha
Starring:

Leighton Meester … Meg
Selena Gomez … Grace
Cory Monteith … Owen
Katie Cassidy … Emma

Official Web Site: MonteCarloTheMovie.com

Based on: Headhunters by Jules Bass (original pbk, Jove, 2001)

—————–
JUN 17, 2011
Movie Title: Green Lantern

Director: Martin Campbell

Starring: Ryan Reynolds

Official Web Site: GreenLantern.com

Based on: DC Comics series, Green Lantern

———————–

JUN 17, 2011

Movie title: Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Director: Mark Waters
Cast:

Jim Carrey…Mr. Popper
Carla Gugino…Mrs. Popper

Official Web Site: PoppersPenguins.com

Based on: Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Richard and Florence Atwater, LBYR, 1938

Tie-in:

Mr. Popper’s Penguins
Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater
Retail Price: $6.99
Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers – (2011-05-10)
ISBN / EAN: 0316186465 / 9780316186469

—————-
JUN 3, 2011
Movie Title:X-Men: First Class

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast:

Jennifer Lawrence … Raven Darkholme / Mystique
Michael Fassbender … Erik Lehnsherr / Magneto
Rose Byrne … Dr. Moira MacTaggert
James McAvoy … Professor Charles Xavier
January Jones … Emma Frostr

Official Movie Site: X-MenFirstClassMovie.com

Based on: Marvel Comic Series by Jeff Parker and Roger Cruz; available in two volumes:

X-Men First Class – Volume 1
Jeff Parker
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Marvel – (2011-03-09)
ISBN / EAN: 9780785153139 / 9780785153139

 

…………………….

X-Men First Class – Volume 2
Jeff Parker
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Marvel – (2011-04-13)
ISBN / EAN: 0785153144 / 9780785153146

————————–

JUN 10, 2011
Movie Title: Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

Director: John Schultz

Cast:

Heather Graham … Aunt Opal
Jaleel White … Mr. Todd
Preston Bailey … Frank Pearl
Cameron Boyce … Hunter

Based on: Children’s series by Megan McDonald

Official Movie Site: JudyMoodyMovie.com

Tie-ins:

Ages 6 to 11:

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Megan McDonald
Retail Price: $5.99
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Candlewick – (2011-05-24)
ISBN / EAN: 0763653519 / 9780763653514

…………………………

Ages 8 to 12:

Judy Moody Goes to Hollywood: Behind the Scenes with Judy Moody and Friends
Megan McDonald
Retail Price: $14.99
Hardcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Candlewick – (2011-05-24)
ISBN / EAN: 0763655511 / 9780763655518

…………………………

Ages 5 to 8:

Judy Moody and The Thrill Points Race
Jamie Michalak
Retail Price: $3.99
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Candlewick – (2011-05-24)
ISBN / EAN: 076365552X / 9780763655525

…………………………

Ages 7 and up:

So You Want to Catch Bigfoot?
Jamie Michalak
Retail Price: $8.99
Hardcover: 64 pages
Publisher: Candlewick – (2011-05-24)
ISBN / EAN: 0763655503 / 9780763655501

Audios from Brilliance

————————–

May 6, 2011

Movie Title: Something Borrowed

Director: Luke Greenfield

Starring: Kate Hudson, Colin Farrell, John Krasinski, Ginnifer Goodwin, Colin Egglesfield

Based On: Something Borrowed by Emily Griffin

Official Movie Site: www.SomethingBorrowedMovie.com

Tie-in:

Something Borrowed (Movie Tie-In Edition)
Emily Giffin
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin – (2011-03-29)
ISBN / EAN: 0312600720 / 9780312600723

————————

May 6, 2011

Movie Title: Thor

Director: Kenneth Branagh

Official Web Site: Thor.Marvel.com

Cast:

Natalie Portman … Jane Foster

Chris Hemsworth … Thor

Kat Dennings … Darcy

Stellan Skarsgård … Professor Andrews

Idris Elba … Heimdall

Anthony Hopkins … Odin

Based on: Marvel comic series by Stan Lee

Tie-ins:

Thor Movie Storybook
Elizabeth Rudnick
Retail Price: $6.99
Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Disney – (2011-04-05)
ISBN / EAN: 1423143124 / 9781423143123
Thor: The Art of Thor the Movie
Marvel Comics
Retail Price: $49.99
Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: Marvel – (2011-05-04)
ISBN / EAN: 0785151303 / 9780785151302

—————–

APR. 22, 2011

Movie Title: Water for Elephants

Director: Francis Lawrence

Cast:

Robert Pattinson … Jacob Jankowski

Reese Witherspoon … Marlena Rosenbluth

Christoph Waltz … August Rosenbluth

James Frain … Rosie’s Caretaker

Hal Holbrook … Jacob Jankowski – older

Based on: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen

Tie-ins:

Trade Paperback

Water for Elephants (movie tie-in)
Sara Gruen
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books – (2011-03-01)
ISBN / EAN: 1616200707 / 9781616200701

Mass Market

Water for Elephants (movie tie-in, mass market)
Sara Gruen
Retail Price: $7.99
Paperback: 464 pages
Publisher: Algonquin Books – (2011-03-01)
ISBN / EAN: 1616200715 / 9781616200718

—————–

April 15, 2011

Movie Title: Atlas Shrugged, Part One

Director: Paul Johansson

Starring:

Taylor Schilling … Dagny Taggart

Edi Gathegi … Eddie Willers

Paul Johansson … John Galt

Michael O’Keefe … Hugh Akston

Matthew Marsden … James Taggart

Official Movie site: AtlasShruggedPart1.com

Based on: 1957 novel by Ayn Rand

—————–

April 15, 2011

Movie Title: The Conspirator

Director: Robert Redford

Starring:

James McAvoy … Frederick Aiken

Justin Long … Nicholas Baker

Alexis Bledel … Sarah Weston

Evan Rachel Wood … Anna Surratt

Robin Wright … Mary Surratt (as Robin Wright Penn)

Kevin Kline … Edwin Stanton

Official Movie site: ConspiratorTheMovie.com

Based on: No specific book is credited

Tie-in: Reissue of a 2008 title about Mary Surratt, although it was not the basis of the movie and comes to a different conclusion about Surratt’s guilt than the movie does.

The Assassin’s Accomplice, movie tie-in: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln
Kate Clifford Larson
Retail Price: $16.99
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Basic Books – (2011-02-22)
ISBN / EAN: 0465024416 / 9780465024414

—————–

April 17, 2011

TV Series: Game of Thrones

HBO Films

Director: Thomas McCarthy

Starring: Sean Bean, Jennifer Ehle

Based on: George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire

Tie-ins:

Trade Paperback

A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
George R.R. Martin
Retail Price: $17.00
Paperback: 720 pages
Publisher: Bantam – (2011-03-22)
ISBN / EAN: 0553386794 / 9780553386790

Mass Market

A Game of Thrones (Song of Ice and Fire)
George R.R. Martin
Retail Price: $8.99
Mass Market Paperback: 864 pages
Publisher: Bantam – (2011-03-22)
ISBN / EAN: 0553593714 / 9780553593716

—————–

APR. 8, 2011

Movie Title: Soul Surfer

Director: Sean McNamara

Cast:

Dennis Quaid … Tom Hamilton

AnnaSophia Robb … Bethany Hamilton

Helen Hunt … Cheri Hamilton

Jeremy Sumpter … Byron

Craig T. Nelson … Dr. Rovinksy

Official Web Site: SoulSurferTheMovie.com

Based on: The YA memoir, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton (MTV, 2006)

 

Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board
Bethany Hamilton, Rick Bundschuh
Retail Price: $14.00
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: MTV – (2006-06-06)
ISBN / EAN: 1416503463 / 9781416503460

—————–

MAR 25, 2011

Movie Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules

Director: David Bowers

Cast:

Steve Zahn … Frank Heffley

Rachael Harris … Susan Heffley

Zachary Gordon … Greg Heffley

Devon Bostick … Rodrick Heffley

Based on: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules by Jeff Kinney

Tie-in:

The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (revised and expanded edition) (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)
Jeff Kinney, Twentieth Century Fox
Retail Price: $14.95
Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Amulet Books – (2011-02-15)
ISBN / EAN: 1419700502 / 9781419700507

————————–

Mar. 25, 2011 (limited)

Movie Title: Miral

Director: Julian Schnabel

Based on: Miral by Rula Jebreal, Penguin, (October 26, 2010)

Tie-in:

Miral: A Novel
Rula Jebreal
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) – (2010-11-03)
ISBN / EAN: 0143116193 / 9780143116196

French Trailer — YouTube

—————

Mar. 27, 2011; HBO Series Begins

Movie Title: Mildred Pierce

Director: Todd Haynes

Starring:

Kate Winslet … Mildred Pierce

Evan Rachel Wood … Veda Pierce

Based on: Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain, 1941

Tie-in:

Mildred Pierce (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
James M Cain
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-03-22)
ISBN / EAN: 0307946592 / 9780307946591

Official Series Web site: HBO.com/Mildred-Pierce

—————

MAR 18, 2011 (Birmingham area)

Movie Title: Alabama Moon

Director: Tim McCanlies

Starring:

John Goodman … Mr. Wellington

Jimmy Bennett … Moon Blake

Clint Howard … Constable Sanders

Gabriel Basso … Hal

Baserd on: YA novel by Watt Key

Official Web site: AlabamaMoonTheMovie.net

Tie-in:

Alabama Moon
Watt Key
Retail Price: $6.99
Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Square Fish – (2010-08-03)
ISBN / EAN: 0312644809 / 9780312644802

——————–

MAR 18, 2011 (Limited)

Movie Title: Cracks

Director: Jordan Scott

Stars: Eva Green…Miss G

Juno Temple…Di

María Valverde…Fiamma

Imogen Poots…Poppy

Released in the UK in 2009, the film is getting a limited US distribution now

Based on: Novel by Sheila Kohler

Trailer: IMDB.com

Tie-in:

Cracks
Sheila Kohler
Retail Price: $13.95
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Other Press – (2006-06-13)
ISBN / EAN: 1590512057 / 9781590512050

 

——————–

 

MAR 18, 2011 (Limited)

Movie Title: Desert Flower

Director: Sherry Horman

Stars: Liya Kebede, Sally Hawkins and Craig Parkinson

Released in 2009, the film appeared at various festivals. National Geographic acquired it for theatrical distribution.

Official Web site: DesertFlower-Movie.com

Tie-in:

Desert Flower: The Extraordinary Journey of a Desert Nomad
Waris Dirie, Cathleen Miller
Retail Price: $14.99
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Harper Perennial – (1999-10-06)
ISBN / EAN: 0688172377 / 9780688172374

——————–

MAR 18, 2011

Movie Title: Limitless

Director: Neil Burger

Starring: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel

Official Web Site: IAmRogue.com/Limitless

Based on: The Dark Fields by Alan Glynn, 2003, a techno-thriller debut

Tie-in:

Limitless: A Novel
Alan Glynn
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Picador – (2011-03-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0312428871 / 9780312428877

———————–

MAR 18, 2011

Movie Title: The Lincoln Lawyer

Director: Brad Furman

Starring:

Matthew McConaughey … Mickey Haller

Ryan Phillippe … Louis Roulet

John Leguizamo

Marisa Tomei

Michaela Conlin … Heidi Sobel

William H. Macy

Official Web site: TheLincolnLawyerMovie.com

Tie-in:

The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly
Retail Price: $7.99
Mass Market Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing – (2011-02-01)
ISBN / EAN: 1455500232 / 9781455500239

—————–

MAR 11, 2011

Movie Title: Jane Eyre

Director: Cary Fukunaga

Cast:

Michael Fassbender … Edward Rochester

Mia Wasikowska … Jane Eyre

Jamie Bell … St. John

Imogen Poots … Blanche Ingram

Judi Dench … Mrs. Fairfax

Sally Hawkins … Mrs. Reed

Based on: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Official Web Site: FocusFeatures.com/Jane_Eyre

 

Tie-in:

Jane Eyre (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage Classics)
Charlotte Bronte
Retail Price: $9.95
Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-02-08)
ISBN / EAN: 0307744221 / 9780307744227

————————–

MAR 11, 2011 (Limited)

Movie Title: Kill the Irishman

Director: Jonathan Hensleigh

Cast:

Ray Stevenson … Danny Greene

Vincent D’Onofrio … John Nardi

Val Kilmer … Joe Manditski

Christopher Walken … Shondor Birns

Based on: To Kill the Irishman by Rick Porrello

Official Web Site: KillTheIrishman.com

 

Tie-in:

Kill the Irishman
Rick Porrello
Retail Price: $7.99
Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Pocket Star – (2011-02-15)
ISBN / EAN: 1439171742 / 9781439171745

————————–

MAR 11, 2011

Movie Title: Mars Needs Moms

Director: Simon Wells

Cast:

Seth Green … Milo

Joan Cusack … Milo’s Mom

Dan Fogler … Gribble

Breckin Meyer … Alien

Official Web Site: Disney.com/MarsNeedsMoms

Mars Needs Moms!
Berkeley Breathed
Retail Price: $16.99
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Philomel – (2010-01-06)
ISBN / EAN: 039924736X / 9780399247361

————————–

MAR 11, 2011

Movie Title: Red Riding Hood

Director: Catherine Hardwicke

Cast: Amanda Seyfriend, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie

This one is NOT based on a book, but Little, Brown’s Poppy imprint is doing a novelization, with an intro by Hardwicke.

Red Riding Hood
Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, David Leslie Johnson
Retail Price: $9.99
Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Poppy – (2011-01-25)
ISBN / EAN: 0316176044 / 9780316176040

————————–

MAR 4, 2011

Movie title: The Adjustment Bureau

Director: George Nolfi

Starring: Matt Damon, Emily Blunt

Official Web Site: TheAdjustmentBureau.com

Based on: “The Adjustment Team,” short story by Philip K. Dick, in the following collection:

Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick
Retail Price: $29.95
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: Pantheon – (2002-11-05)
ISBN / EAN: 0375421513 / 9780375421518

Audio tie-in: Pub Date, 3/4/11

Brilliance Audio on CD; Unabridged Lib Ed; 978-1-4418-9470-0 $39.97

Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD Lib Ed; 978-1-4418-9472-4; $39.97

Brilliance Audio on Playaway Lib Ed; 978-1-61106-658-6; $39.99

——————–

MAR 4, 2011

Movie Title: Beastly

Director: Daniel Barnz

Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Peter Krause, Dakota Johnson, Erik Knudsen, Mary-Kate Olsen

Based on: Beastly by Alex Flinn, (HarperTeen)

Official Web Site: BeastlyTheMovie.com

Tie-in:

Beastly Movie Tie-in Edition
Alex Flinn
Retail Price: $8.99
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: HarperTeen – (2010-07-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0061963283 / 9780061963285

———————————-

FEB 18, 2011

Movie Title: I Am Number Four

Director: D.J. Caruso

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant … Henri

Dianna Agron … Sarah

Teresa Palmer … Number Six

Alex Pettyfer … Number Four

Official Web site: FindNumberFour.com

Based on: I Am Number Four by James Frey and Jobie Hughes, writing as “Pittacus Lore”

I Am Number Four Movie Tie-in Edition
Pittacus Lore
Retail Price: $17.99
Hardcover: 480 pages
Publisher: HarperCollins – (2011-01-01)
ISBN / EAN: 0062026240 / 9780062026248

—————

FEB 18, 2011

Movie Title: Unknown

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Starring: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Frank Langella

Based on: Out of My Head, Didier van Cauwelaert, (Other Press, 2005)

Official Web Site: UnknownMovie.com

Unknown: A Novel
Didier van Cauwelaert
Retail Price: $14.00
Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) – (2011-01-12)
ISBN / EAN: 014311901X / 9780143119012

—————

FEB 11, 2011

Movie Title: The Eagle

Director: Kevin Macdonald

Starring: Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Donald Sutherland, Douglas Henshall, Denis O’Hare, Paul Ritter, Ben O’Brien

Based on: The Eagle of the Ninth, Rosemary Sutcliff

The Eagle of the Ninth
Rosemary Sutcliff
Retail Price: $8.99
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Square Fish – (2011-01-18)
ISBN / EAN: 0312564341 / 9780312564346

—————

JAN 28, 2011

Movie Title: The Rite

Director: Mikael Hafstrom

Cast:

Alice Braga

Anthony Hopkins

Official Movie Site: WhatDoYouBelieve.com

Based on: The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist, Matt Baglio (Doubleday Religion, 2009)

Tie-in:

The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist
Matt Baglio
Retail Price: $15.00
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion – (2010-06-15)
ISBN / EAN: 0385522711 / 9780385522717

———————–

JAN 21, 2011

Movie Title: The Way Back

Director: Peter Weir

Starring: Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, and Jim Sturgess

Based on: The Long Walk, novel by Slavomir Rawicz

Official Movie Site: TheWayBackTheMovie.com

Tie-in:

The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom: Movie Tie-In
Slavomir Rawicz
Retail Price: $14.95
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Lyons Press – (2010-11-16)
ISBN / EAN: 1599219751 / 9781599219752

Official Trailer: YouTube

———————–

JAN 14, 2011

Movie Title: Barney’s Version

Director: Richard J. Lewis

Starring:

Dustin Hoffman … Izzy

Rosamund Pike … Miriam

Paul Giamatti … Barney Panofsky

Minnie Driver … Mrs. P

Rachelle Lefevre … Clara

Based on: Novel by Mordecai Richler

Official Website: BarneysVersion.com

Barney’s Version (Movie Tie-in Edition) (Vintage International)
Mordecai Richler
Retail Price: $15.95
Paperback: 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage – (2011-01-04)
ISBN / EAN: 0307741095 / 9780307741097

—————

JAN 14, 2011

Movie Title: The Green Hornet

Director: Michael Gondry

Starring: Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, Edward James Olmos, David Harbour, Tom Wilkinson, Christoph Waltz

Based on: Comic book series

Official Website: SonyPictures.com