December 28th, 2012
Books to Movies and TV — 2012 Releases
Below are the movies that have been released in 2012, by most recent release date.
For upcoming movies click here
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Dec. 28, 2012
Movie Title: Therese Raquin
Director: Charlie Stratton
Starring:
Elizabeth Olsen … Therese Raquin
Tom Felton … Camille Raquin
Mackenzie Crook … Grivet
Jessica Lange … Madame Raquin
Based on: Novel by Émile Zola
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Dec. 25, 2012
Movie Title: Les Miserables
Director: Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech)
Starring:
Hugh Jackman … Jean Valjean
Anne Hathaway … Fantine
Emma Watson … Cosette (rumored)
Russell Crowe … Inspector Javert
Helena Bonham Carter … Madame Thenardier
Geoffrey Rush … Monsieur Thenardier
Official Web Site: LesMiserablesFilm.com
Based on: Musical which is based on the novel by Victor Hugo
Tie-in:
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DEC 22, 2012
Movie Title: Horrid Henry in 3D
Director: Nick Moore (Wild Child)
Cast:
Anjelica Huston … Miss Battleaxe
Parminder Nagra … Miss Lovely
Richard E. Grant …Vic Van Wrinkle
Theo Stevenson … Horrid Henry
Official Web Site: HorridHenryTheMovie.com
Based on: Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon (Sourcebooks)
Was released in the U.K., where it pulled in $10.5 million.
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DEC 21, 2012
Movie Title: On the Road
Director: Walter Salles
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Kristen Stewart … Marylou
Amy Adams … Jane
Viggo Mortensen … Old Bull Lee
Kirsten Dunst … Camille
Steve Buscemi
Garrett Hedlund … Dean Moriarty
Official Site: OnTheRoad-TheMovie.com
Based on: On the Road, Jack Kerouac
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DEC 21, 2012
Movie Title: Jack Reacher
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Starring:
Tom Cruise … Jack Reacher
Rosamund Pike… Helen Rodin
Robert Duvall … Cash
Werner Herzog … The Zec
Based on: One Shot by Lee Child
Official Movie Site: JackReacherMovie.com
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Dec. 14, 2012
Movie Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Andy Serkis, Cate Blanchett
Official Site: TheHobbit.com
A second film, The Hobbit: There And Back Again is scheduled for release 7/18/14
Based on: Novel by J.R.R. Tolkien
Tie-in:
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Also, RH/Del Rey mass market
In addition to the trade paperback tie-in edition of the novel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will release several related titles, including a behind-the-scenes book…
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… and a behind-the-scenes book for young readers.
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DEC 7, 2012 (theaters; VOD, 11/2/12)
Movie Title: Lay the Favorite
Director: Stephen Frears
Cast:
Bruce Willis …Dink Heimowitz
Vince Vaughn …Rosie
Catherine Zeta-Jones …Tulip Heimowitz
Laura Prepon …Holly
Rebecca Hall …Beth Raymere
Trailer: TrailerAddict.com
Based on: Lay the Favorite: A Memoir of Gambling by Beth Raymer (RH/Spiegel & Grau, 2010)
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NOV 30, 2012
Movie Title: Killing Them Softly
Director: Andrew Dominik
Starring:
Brad Pitt …Jackie Cogan
Scoot McNairy …Frankie
Ben Mendelsohn …Russell
James Gandolfini …Mickey
Vincent Curatola …Johnny Amato
Richard Jenkins …Driver
Ray Liotta …Markie Trattman
Based on: Cogan’s Trade by George V. Higgins
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NOV 23, 2012 (Limited;expanding to more theaters later)
Movie Title: Hitchock
Director: Sacha Gervasi
Starring:
Scarlett Johansson … Janet Leigh
Jessica Biel … Vera Miles
Anthony Hopkins … Alfred Hitchcock
Michael Stuhlbarg … Lew Wasserman
James D’Arcy … Anthony Perkins
Helen Mirren … Alma Reville
Official Move Site: HitchcockTheMovie.com
Based on: Hitchcock!: Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello (Dembner Books, Distributed by Norton, 1990, re-released by Soft Skull Press, 12/24/12):
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Nov. 23 — Limited
Movie Title: Rust & Bone
Director: Jacques Audiard
Starring: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Bouli Lanners,Céline Sallette
UK Trailer: YouTube
Based on: Rust and Bone: Stories by Craig Davidson (Norton,2006)
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NOV 21, 2012
Movie Title: Life of Pi
Director: Ang Lee
Starring:
Irrfan Khan … Older Pi
Gérard Depardieu … Frenchman
Suraj Sharma … Pi Patel
Tabu … Pi’s mother
Adil Hussain … Pi’s father
Official movie site: LifeOfPiMovie.com
Based on: Life of Pi, Yann Martel
Tie-ins:
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Behind-the-scenes book:
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Nov. 21, 2012
Movie Title: Rise of the Guardians
Directors: Peter Ramsey, William Joyce
Voices of:
Hugh Jackman …Bunnymund / The Easter Bunny
Chris Pine …Jack Frost
Jude Law …Pitch
Isla Fisher …Tooth / The Tooth Fairy
Alec Baldwin …North / Santa Clause
Official Movie Site RiseOfTheGuardians.com
Based on: the picture and chapter book series by William Joyce
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Nov. 21, 2012
Movie Title: The Silver Linings Playbook
Director: David O. Russell
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence … Tiffany
Bradley Cooper … Pat Peoples
Robert De Niro
Julia Stiles
One of The Playlist‘s 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2012
Based on: The Silver Linings Playbook, first novel by Matthew Quick (FSG; Sep 2, 2008). Nancy Pearl selected it as one of Summer’s Best Books, 2009, on NPR
Official Trailer: Yahoo! Movies
Facebook Page: FaceBook.com/SilverLiningsPlaybook
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Nov. 20, 2012
Movie Title: Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
Director: Rob Heydon
Starring:
Adam Sinclair …Lloyd Buist
Kristin Kreuk …Heather Thompson
Billy Boyd …Woodsy
Trailer: imdb.com
Based on: Book by Irvine Welsh
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NOV 16, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: Anna Karenina
Director: Joe Wright
Starring:
Keira Knightley … Anna Karenina
Aaron Johnson … Count Vronsky
Jude Law … Alexei Karenin
Matthew Macfadyen … Oblonsky
Kelly Macdonald … Dolly
Emily Watson … Countess Lydia
Official Site: FocusFeatures.com/Anna_Karenina
Based on: Novel by Leo Tolstoy
Tie-in:
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The screenplay, by Tom Stoppard, is also being released
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NOV 16, 2012
Movie Title: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2
Director: Bill Condon
Starring:
Kristen Stewart …Bella
Robert Pattison …Edward Cullen
Dakota Fanning …Jane
Taylor Lautner …Jacob Black
Official Movie Site: BreakingDawn-TheMovie.com
Based on: Final book in the Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
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NOV 9, 2012 (limited; opens wide on Nov. 16)
Movie Title: Lincoln
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt …Robert Todd Lincoln
Daniel Day-Lewis …Abraham Lincoln
Tommy Lee Jones …Thaddeus Stevens
James Spader
Jackie Earle Haley …Alexander Stephens
John HawkesLee Pace …Fernando Wood
Sally Field …Mary Todd Lincoln
David Strathairn …Secretary of State William Seward
Hal Holbrook
Based on: Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book Team of Rivals— but focusing on just the last four months of Lincoln’s life.
Official Movie Site: TheLincolnMovie.com
Tie-in:
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Tie-in Audio — S&S Audio
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OCT 26, 2012
Movie Title: Cloud Atlas
Directors: Andy and Lana Washowski (The Matrix) & Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run)
Starring:
Tom Hanks
Jim Sturgess
Halle Berry
Hugo Weaving
Susan Sarandon
Hugh Grant
Jim Broadbent
Based on: Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (Random House, 2004)
Official Movie Site: CloudAtlas.WarnerBros.com
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OCT 26, 2012 (Limited)
Movie Title: The Loneliest Planet
Director: Julia Loktev
Starring:
Hani Furstenberg … Nica
Gael García Bernal … Alex
Bidzina Gujabidze … Dato
Based on: “Expensive Trips Nowhere,” short story by Tom Bissell, in God Lives in St. Petersburg (RH/Vintage, 2003)
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OCT 19, 2012
Movie Title: Alex Cross
Director: Rob Cohen
Starring:
Tyler Perry … Dr. Alex Cross
Rachel Nichols … Monica Ashe
Official Movie Site: AlexCrossMovie.com
Based on: Book by James Patterson
Tie-ins:
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Mass Mkt Pbk: $9.99; 9781455523528, 1455523526
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OCT 19, 2012
Movie Title: Argo
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman
Official Movie Site: ArgoTheMovie.com
Based on: “a selection from The Master of Disguise: My Secret Life in the CIA by Antonio J. Mendez and the Wired Magazine article ‘The Great Escape,‘ by Joshuah Bearman.”
Related Title: Argo: How the CIA and Hollywood Pulled Off the Most Audacious Rescue in History, released in September (Viking) to coordinate with the move. It’s also available inaudio from Blackstone and downloadable audio through OverDrive.
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OCT 20, 2012; premieres on HBO
Movie Title: The Girl
Director: Julian Jarrold
Starring:
Toby Jones …Alfred Hitchcock
Sienna Miller …Tippi Hedren
Imelda Staunton …Alma Hitchcock
Official Movie Site: hbo.com/movies/the-girl
Based on: Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies by Donald Spoto (RH/Three Rivers Press)
No tie-in
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Oct. 5, 2012
Movie Title: Pitch Perfect
Director: Jason Moore
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Alexis Knapp, Rebel Wilson, Brittany Snow
Official Movie site: PitchperfectMovie.com
Based on: 2008 nonfiction book of the same title by GQ editor, Mickey Rapkin,
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Oct. 5, 2012 (NYC; then rolls out to other cities; 10/26, VOD)
Movie Title: Fat Kid Rules the World
Director: Matthew Lilard (Debut)
Official Movie site: FaceBook.com/FatKidRules
Trailer: YouTube
More info: New York magazine, “Vulture,” 9/20/12
Based on: YA novel by K.L. Going, Fat Kid Rules the World (Penguin/Putnam, 2003)
No tie-in
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OCT 5, 2012
Movie Title: The Paperboy
Director: Lee Daniels
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, John Cusack, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray and Scott Glenn
Based on: Novel by Pete Dexter
Trailer: Yahoo! Movies
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OCT 5, 2012
Movie Title: Wuthering Heights
Director: Andrea Arnold
Starring:
Kaya Scodelario … Catherine Earnshaw
Nichola Burley …Isabella Linton
James Howson …Heathcliff
Based on: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
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Oct. 1 & 2, 2012
Title: Half the Sky — HBO
Official Site: pbs.org/independentlens/half-the-sky/film/
Based on: Book by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn,
Reissued, with PBS sticker:
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SEPT 29, 2012; series begins on PBS
Series Title: Call the Midwife
Based on Jennifer Worth’s memoirs, released as a tie-in edition in August.
In addition, Harper is publishing a companion volume and there is an audio from HighBridge.
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SEPT 21, 2012 (Wide; was in limited release in April)
Movie Title: The Eye of the Storm
Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Geoffrey Rush …Basil Hunter
Dustin Clare …Col
Charlotte Rampling …Elizabeth Hunter
Judy Davis …Dorothy de Lascabanes
Official Movie Site (Australia): TheEyeOfTheStorm.com
Based on: Novel by Patrick White (1973)
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SEPT 21, 2012
Movie Title: Perks of Being a Wallflower
Director: Stephen Chbosky
Starring:
Emma Watson … Sam
Nina Dobrev … Candace
Paul Rudd … Bill
Logan Lerman … Charlie
Dylan McDermott … Father
Based on: Book by Stephen Chbosky (also directing and writing the screenplay)
Tie-in:
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The hardcover has also been re-released
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Aug. 29
Movie Title: Lawless
Director: John Hillcoat
Starring:
Tom Hardy …Forrest
Jessica Chastain …Maggie
Gary Oldman …Floyd Banner
Shia LaBeouf …Jack
Mia Wasikowska …Bertha
One of The Playlist‘s 50 Most Anticipated Films of 2012
Based on: The Wettest County in the World: A Novel Based on a True Story by Matt Bondurant (Scribner, 2009)
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Aug. 17, NY & LA Only
Movie Title: Cosmopolis
Director: David Cronenberg
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Paul Giamatti
Official site: CosmopolisTheFilm.com
Based on: Cosmopolis, Don DeLillo
Tie-ins:
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S&S Audio, 6/26, 9781442357624
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Aug. 17, NY & LA Only
Movie Title: Chicken with Plums
Directors: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Starring: Mathieu Amalric, Edouard Baer and Maria de Medeiros
Official site: ChickenWithPlumsMovie.com
Based on: Graphic Novel, Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi (RH/Pantheon, 2009)
AUG 10, 2012
Movie Title: The Bourne Legacy
Director: Tony Gilroy
Starring:
Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Joan Allen
Official Movie Site: TheBourneLegacy.net
Based on: book by Eric Von Lustbader
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AUG 10, 2012
Movie Title: Goats
Director: Christopher Neil
Cast:
Vera Farmiga …Wendy
David Duchovny …Goat Man
Keri Russell …Judy
Based on: Goats: A Novel, Mark Jude Poirier, Hyperion, 2002
Trailer: imdb.com
Tie-in: None listed
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AUG 3, 2012
Movie Title: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (aka, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 3)
Director: David Bowers
Starring:
Steve Zahn … Frank Heffley
Devon Bostick … Rodrick Heffley
Zachary Gordon … Greg Heffley
Rachael Harris … Susan Heffley
Official Movie Site: DiaryOfAWimpyKidMovie.com
Based on: Book by Jeff Kinney
Tie-in: an expanded edition of the earlier The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary (Abrams/Amule, 7/1/12), with updates from the new movie.
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AUG 3, 2012
Movie Title: Total Recall
Director: Len Wiseman
Starring:
Colin Farrell … Doug Quaid/Hauser
Official Movie Site: WelcomeToRecall.com
Based on: Philip K. Dick short story, “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”; it was also made into an earlier film titled Total Recall, directed by Paul Verhoeven; this one is supposed to be closer to the original (The Wrap, 3/30/11)
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JULY 20, 2012
Movie Title: The Dark Knight Rises
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring:
Tom Hardy … Bane
Christian Bale … Bruce Wayne / Batman
Liam Neeson … Ra’s al Ghul
Anne Hathaway … Selina Kyle / Catwoman
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … John Blake
Gary Oldman … Jim Gordon
Official Movie Site: TheDarkKnightRises.com
Based on: Batman comics
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July 13, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: Farewell, My Queen
Director: Benoît Jacquot
Starring: Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux and Virginie Ledoyen
Based on: Farewell, My Queen: A Novel, Chantal Thomas
Official Web Site: CohenMedia.net/Coming-Soon/Farewell-My-Queen/
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July 13, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: Trishna
Director: Michael Winterbottom
Starring: Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed
Facebook page: TrishnaFilm
UK Trailer: The Guardian
Based on: Tess of the D’Ubervilles, Thomas Hardy — set in contemporary India
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JULY 6, 2012
Movie Title: Savages
Director: Oliver Stone
Starring:
Blake Lively … O
Trevor Donovan … Matt
John Travolta … Dennis
Benicio Del Toro … Lado
Uma Thurman … Paqu
Based on: Novel by Don Winslow
Official Movie Site: SavagesFilm.com
Tie-ins: Trade Pbk, 6/5, (97814516671580);
Mass Market Pbk, 5/29, (9781451672534)
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JUL 3 2012
Movie Title: The Amazing Spider-Man
Director: Marc Webb
Starring:
Andrew Garfield … Peter Parker / Spider-Man
Irrfan Khan … Nels Van Adder / Proto-Goblin
Denis Leary … George Stacy
Official Movie Site: TheAmazingSpiderman.com
Based on: Spiderman comics
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JUN 22, 2012
Movie Title: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Producer: Tim Burton
Official Trailer: YouTube
Based on: Book by Seth Grahame-Smith
Tie-ins:
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Mass Mkt, 9781455510184, 1455510181; 7.99
Audio:Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Seth Grahame-Smith, Scott Holst
April 3, 2012; $17.99
9781611132151, 1611132150
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JUN 8, 2012
Movie Title: The Woman in the Fifth
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas
Official Movie Site: WomanInTheFifth-Movie.com
Based on: Novel by Douglas Kennedy (Atria, 7/5/11)
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JUN 8, 2012
Movie Title: Bel Ami
Directors: Declan Donnellan, Nick Ormerod
Starring: Robert Pattison, Christina Ricci, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas
Trailer: YouTube
Based on: novel by Guy de Maupassant; re-released by RH/Vintage Classics,
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MAY 28— HBO
Movie Title: Hemingway and Gellhorn
Director: Philip Kaufman
Cast:
Nicole Kidman … Martha Gellhorn
Clive Owen … Ernest Hemingway
Official Movie Site: HBO
Trailer: FilmoFilia
Not based on a particular book. Gellhorn was the inspiration for Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls
Norton is republishing Hemingway: The 1930s Through the Final Years by Michael Reynolds in trade pbk. to tie in with the film.
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Jun 1, 2012
Movie Title: Snow White and the Huntsman
Director: Rupert Sanders
Starring:
Kristen Stewart … Snow White
Charlize Theron … The Evil Queen
Official Web Site: SnowWhiteAndTheHuntsman.com
Based on: Grimm fairy tale
Novelization:
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May 18, 2012
Movie Title: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
Director: Kirk Jones
Starring: Elizabeth Banks, Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock
Trailer: WhatToExpect.com/what-to-expect-movie/trailer.aspx
Based on: What to Expect When You’re Expecting, pregnancy manual by Heidi Murkoff, Sharon Mazel
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May 11, 2012 (limited and VOD)
Movie Title: Hick
Director: Derick Martini
Starring:
Chloe Moretz … Luli McMullen
Blake Lively … Glenda
Juliette Lewis … Tammy
Alec Baldwin
Status: Debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival, Sept., 2011
Based on: Coming-of-age novel by Andrea Portes, Unbridled Books, 2007
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May 4, 2012
Movie Title: The Avengers
Director: Josh Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr.; Chris Evans; Edward Norton; Samuel L. Jackson
Based on: Marvel comic series by Stan Lee
Official Movie Site: Marvel.com/Avengers_Movie
Tie-ins:
Marvel is releasing a three-issue limited series titled Marvel’s The Avengers: Black Widow Strikes (more info here)
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MAY 4, 2012
Movie Title: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Director: John Madden
Starring:
Bill Nighy
Maggie Smith
Tom Wilkinson
Judi Dench
Dev Patel
Official Web Site: Fox Searchlight (shows UK release date)
Based on: These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach (2004; Chatto & Windus, London)
The first U.S. publication is the tie-in:
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MAY 4, 2012 (VOD release prior)
Movie title: Meeting Evil
Director: Chris Fisher
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Wilson and Leslie Bibb
Based on: 1992 novel by Thomas Berger
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APRIL 27, 2012 (NYC and LA; expands through May; check movie site for locations)
Movie Title: Headhunters — Norwegian-language
Director: Morten Tyldum
Starring:
Aksel Hennie … Roger Brown
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau … Clas Greve
Synnøve Macody Lund … Diana Brown
Official Movie Site: MagPictures.com/Headhunters
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APRIL 20, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: The Eye of the Storm
Director: Fred Schepisi
Starring:
Geoffrey Rush …Basil Hunter
Dustin Clare …Col
Charlotte Rampling …Elizabeth Hunter
Judy Davis …Dorothy de Lascabanes
Official Movie Site (Australia): TheEyeOfTheStorm.com.au
Based on: Novel by Patrick White (1973)
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APRIL 20, 2012
Movie Title: The Lucky One
Director: Scott Hicks
Starring:
Zac Efron … Logan Thibault
Blythe Danner
Taylor Schilling … Beth Clayton
Jay R. Ferguson … Keith Clayton
Riley Thomas Stewart … Ben Clayton
Official Movie Site: TheLuckyOneMovie.com
Based on: The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, 2008)
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APRIL 20, 2012 (Possibly NYC only)
Movie Title: The Moth Diaries
Director: Mary Harron
Starring:
Scott Speedman … Mr. Davies
Sarah Bolger … Rebecca
Sarah Gadon … Lucie
Lily Cole … Ernessa
Based on: YA novel by Rachel Klein
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April 20, 2012
Movie Title: Think Like a Man
Director: Tim Story
Starring: Chris Brown (hip-hop star, on probation for assaulting his former girlfriend, singer Rihanna. Anderson Cooper blasted him for taking the part).
Official Web Site: ThinkLikeAMan-Movie.com
Based on: Self-help book by Steve Harvey, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man
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April 22 & 29, 2012 — PBS
Series title: Birdsong
An adaptation of Sebastian Faulk’s novel about lovers torn apart by World War I. Eddie Redmayne (The Pillars of the Earth) plays Stephen Wrayford, whose pre-war affair with Isabelle Azaire (Clemence Poesy, Harry Potter films) has an enduring effect on him as he fights in the trenches.
Based on: book by Sebastian Faulks
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APRIL 27, 2012
Movie Title: The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Director: Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt
Voices of :Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven
Official Web site: ThePirates-Movie.com
Based on: The first two books from a series by Gideon Defoe
Tie-in:
| The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Movie Tie-in Edition): An Adventure with Scientists & An Adventure with Ahab |
| Gideon Defoe |
| Retail Price: | $14.95 |
| Paperback: | 240 pages |
| Publisher: | Vintage – (2012-02-28) |
| ISBN / EAN: | 0345802489 / 9780345802484 |
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APRIL 27, 2012
Movie Title: The Raven
Director: James McTeigue
Starring: John Cusack as Edgar Allen Poe
Official Web Site: TheRavenMovie.com
Story: A serial killer bases his methods of killing on Poe’s stories (beginning with The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The Pit and Pendulum and working his way through other stories). Poe is called in to help solve the crime.
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April 15, 2012 — PBS premiere
Movie Title: Mystery of Edwin Drood
Director: Diarmuid Hughes
Starring: Matthew Rhys, Tamzin Merchant, Freddie Fox
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April 1 & 8, 2012
Great Expectations — PBS Premiere — two-part series
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Douglas Booth, Ray Winstone
Official Web Site: PBS
Trailer: YouTube
April 1, 2012 — HBO Series Begins
TV Series: Game of Thrones, Season Two
Official Web Site: HBO/Game of Thrones
Based on: A Clash of Kings, vol 2 in A Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin
Tie-in
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Also available’ mass market (9780345535429) and audio (9780449011102)
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April 6, 2012, limited (available On Demand beginning Feb. 8)
Movie Title: The Hunter
Director: Daniel Nettheim
Starring: Willem Dafoe
Official site: TheHunterMovie.com
Based on: novel by Julia Leigh
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Mar 30, 2012 (theatrical release; On Demand on 2/24)
Movie Title: Goon
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Seann William Scott, Liev Schreiber
Official Web Site: MagnetReleasing.com/Goon
Based on: Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, by Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith, PublishAmerica, 2002, 9781591293026
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Mar. 30, 2012
Movie Title: Mirror, Mirror
Director: Tarsem Singh
Starring:
Julia Roberts …Evil Queen
Lily Collins …Snow White
Armie Hammer …Prince Andrew Alcott
Sean Bean …The King
Nathan Lane …Brighton
Official Web Site: MirrorMirrorFilm.com
Based on: Brothers Grimm tale
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Mar. 23, 2012
Movie Title: The Hunger Games
Based on: The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins
Director: Gary Ross
Starring:
Jennifer Lawrence … Katniss Everdeen
Liam Hemsworth … Gale Hawthorne
Elizabeth Banks … Effie Trinket
Josh Hutcherson … Peeta Mellark
Stanley Tucci … Caesar Flickerman
Woody Harrelson … Haymitch
Willow Shields … Primrose Everdeen
Amandla Stenberg … Rue
Leven Rambin … Glimmer
Wes Bentley … Seneca Crane
Paula Malcomson … Mrs. Everdeen
Dayo Okeniyi … Thresh
Note: The second title in the series, Catching Fire, is scheduled for Nov. 22, 2013
Status: The first full-length trailer debuted on Good Morning America, 11/14/11
Tie-ins: an Official Illustrated Movie Companion as well as a regular tie-in edition. Both will be released by Scholastic on Feb. 7.
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Mar. 23, 2012 (NYC Only)
Title: The Trouble with Bliss (formerly East Fifth Bliss)
Director: Michael Knowles
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Brie Larson, Peter Fonda, Lucy Liu, Brad William Henke, Sarah Shahi, and Chris Messina
Web Site: TheTroubleWithBliss.com
Based on: East Fifth Bliss, Douglas Light, Behler Publ., 2006
Tie-in:
The Trouble with Bliss, Dreamscape Audio and downloadable via OverDrive
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Movie Title: John Carter of Mars
Director: Andrew Stanton
Starring:
Taylor Kitsch … John Carter
Mark Strong … Matai Shang
Willem Dafoe … Tars Tarkas
Polly Walker … Sarkoja
Dominic West … Sab Than
Official Web Site: Disney.com/JohnCarter
Based on: A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs (first published as a book in 1917).
Tie-ins:
Edgar Rice Burroughs’ classic pulp fiction John Carter series, also referred to as the Barsoom series, predates his Tarzan series, and was the basis of several graphic novels.
There are numerous movie tie-ins (including coloring and activity books, indicating the movie is expected to attract kids).
The Library of America is publishing a “deluxe, Illustrated collector’s edition,” with an intro by Junot Diaz (he writes, “A Princess of Mars is singularly important, in that it innovated the grammar for the American version of the lost world romance.”)
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The Disney Book Group is releasing a novelization, which also includes original text of A Princess of Mars, for ages 13 and up.
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Marvel is releasing a “prequel” (ages “13 to 99″ — if you’re 100 or over, you’re out of luck)
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Plus a new graphic novel based on the original book (also ages “13 to 99″),
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Aimed at collectors, Marvel is also releasing a pricey omnibus of various classic 1970′s graphic novels based on the series, (ages “13 to 99″),
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The Disney Book Group is releasing collections of the original novels (the series is in the public domain, so there are several other editions as well as audio versions available. Ebook versions are available from OverDrive.)
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Other volumes in the series are:
Collected John Carter of Mars, The (Swords of Mars, Synthetic Men of Mars, Llana
Collected John Carter of Mars, The (Thuvia, Maid of Mars; The Chessmen of Mars
Disney is also realeasing an “art of the movie” tie-in,
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Mar. 2, 2012
Movie Title: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Starring:
Ewan McGregor as a scientist who helps introduce salmon to the Highland waters in Yeman and falls in love with one of the sheik’s aides (Emily Blunt). Also starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Rachael Sterling
Based on: Satiric novel by Paul Torday (HMH, 2007), a best-seller in the U.K. Published here, to more modest sales.
Trailer: YouTube
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Mar 10, 2012
HBO Film: Game Change
Producer: Playtone (Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman)
Director: Jay Roach
Starring: Julianne Moore (Sarah Palin), Ed Haris (John McCain), Woody Harrelson (Steve Schmidt, McCain’s campaign strategist)
Based on: Book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin about John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign (Harper, 2010).
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March 2, 2012
Movie Title: The Lorax, 2012
3-D animated feature
Studio: Universal Pictures
Directors: Chris Renaud, Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio
Voices:
Zac Efron … Ted
Ed Helms … Once-ler
Taylor Swift … Audrey
Betty White …
Danny DeVito … The Lorax
Official Movie Site: TheLoraxMovie.com
Based on: The Lorax by Dr. Seuss (RH, 1971)
Tie-ins:
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Mar. 2, 2012 (limited)
Movie Title: Being Flynn
Director: Paul Weitz
Starring: Robert De Niro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor
Based on: Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, memoir, by Nick Flynn (Norton, 2004)
Official Web Site: FocusFeatures
Tie-in:
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FEB 17, 2012
Movie title: Arrietty
Director: Hiromasa Yonebayashi
Starring:
Mirai Shida … Arietty (voice)
Ryûnosuke Kamiki … Shô (voice)
Shinobu Ohtake … Homily (voice) (as Shinobu Ôtake)
Keiko Takeshita … Sadoko (voice)
Tatsuya Fujiwara … Spiller (voice)
Tomokazu Miura … Pod (voice)
Kirin Kiki … Haru (voice)
Inspired By: The Borrowers by Mary Norton
UK reviews are strong
Official Web Site: Disney.go.com/official-sites/arrietty/index
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FEB 10, 2012
Movie title: The Vow
Director: Michael Sucsy
Starring:
Rachel McAdams … Paige
Channing Tatum … Leo
Jessica Lange
Based on: a true story, re-released as a tie-in with a new chapter.
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FEB 3, 2012
Movie title: The Woman in Black
Director: James Watkins
Starring:
Daniel Radcliffe … Arthur Kipps
Ciarán Hinds … Mr. Daily
Janet McTeer … Mrs Daily
Based on: The Woman in Black, Susan Hill, 1986; it was also adapted as a long-running stage play and a TV movie
Tie-in:
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FEB 3, 2012
Movie title: Big Miracle
Director: Ken Kwapis
Starring:
Kristen Bell
Drew Barrymore … Rachel Kramer
John Krasinski … Adam Carlson
Dermot Mulroney
Official Movie Site: EverybodyLovesWhales.com
Based on: Freeing the Whales, by Thomas Rose
Tie-in:
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JAN 27, 2012
Movie Title: One for the Money
Director: Julie Ann Robinson
Starring:
Katherine Heigl … Stephanie Plum
Daniel Sunjata … Ranger
Jason O’Mara … Joe Morelli
Patrick Fischler … Vinnie Plum
Cristina Aloe … Connie
Based on: One for the Money, Janet Evanovich
Official Movie Site: OneForTheMoneyFilm.com
Tie-in:
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JAN 27, 2012 (after a limited Oscar-qualifying run in Dec)
Movie Title: Albert Nobbs
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: Glenn Close, Mia Wasikowska, Aaron Johnson, Janet McTeer
Based on: The Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, by the Irish wirter, George Moore
Official Web Site: AlbertNobbs-TheMovie.com
Tie-in:
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Jan 27, 2011 (limited release in NYC, Dec. 9)
Movie Title: We Need to Talk about Kevin
Director: Lynne Ramsay
Starring:
George John C. Reilly … Franklin
Tilda Swinton … Eva
Ezra Miller … Kevin
Based on: The novel, We Need to Talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver
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JAN 20, 2012
Movie Title: Coriolanus
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerald Butler, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain and Vanessa Redgrave
Official Movie Site: WeinsteinCo.com
Based on: play by William Shakespeare
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JAN 20, Wide (premiered on DEC 25 in a limited Oscar-qualifying run)
Movie Title: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Director: Stephen Daldry
Status: Scheduled for limited Christmas release to qualify for the Oscars; to open wide Jan 20. Director Daldry and producer Scott Rudin have been working on this project for years. As the movie news site, Deadline, nicely understates, the book is “not the easiest film adaptation.”
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, with John Goodman, Viola Davis and Max von Sydow. Thirteen-year-old Jeopardy winner, Thomas Horn plays Oskar, the nine-year old lead.
Based on: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
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JAN 8, 2012
Showtime Series, House of Lies begins
Starring: Don Cheadle, Kristen Bell, Ben Schwartz, Josh Lawson, and Dawn Oliveri
Based on: House of Lies: How Management Consultants Steal Your Watch and Then Tell You the Time by Martin Kihn, (Business Pluss/Warner Books, 2005)
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JAN 6, 2012, NYC Only
Movie Title: Norwegian Wood
Director: Anh Hung Trang
Starring: Rinko Kikuchi (nominated for an Oscar for Babel)
Based on: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. The author’s first major hit in Japan. The movie was released in that country in 2010. It is scored by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
Official Trailer: SodaPictures.com/NorwegianWood
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