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BOURNE LEGACY Trailer Debuts

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

The Bourne series is back, with a new director (Tony Gilroy, who wrote the screenplays for the first three movies) and a new star (Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker). The first trailer appeared yesterday and fans of the originals, starring Matt Damon and directed by Paul Greengrass, have their knives drawn.

The original movies were loosely based on the trilogy by Robert Ludlum (in fact, Deadline reports that Gilroy famously didn’t even read the first Ludlum book. He just used the book’s basic concept). After Ludlum’s death, Eric Van Lustbader continued the series, with the blessing of Ludlum’s estate. The first was appropriately named The Bourne Legacy. Lustbader has now written six Bourne novels, with a seventh, The Bourne Imperative, (Hachette/Grand Central), coming in July.

Is this movie based on the book? Following in the footsteps of the previous “adaptations,”  it only takes its title from the novel, as Lustbader says in his blog. Officially described as, “A story centered on a new CIA operative in the universe based on Robert Ludlum’s novels,” the movie introduces a new character. Instead of the amnesiac David Webb, who takes on the identity of a ruthless CIA assassin, “Jason Bourne,” a new character joins the Treadstone program as “Kenneth Kitson.” As the trailer puts it, “there was never just one.” Cleverly, this leaves open the possibility of Damon returning to future movies in the series.

Even though it bears little resemblance to the movie, the book will be released as a movie tie-in by St. Martin’s on June 2. The movie arrives August 3.

New Attention for A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

One of last year’s major fiction debuts, A Discovery of Witches, currently on the NYT trade paperback best seller list, is getting renewed attention. It’s a COSTCO book pick for January and Variety reports that Warner Bros. has signed screenwriter David Auburn for the movie adaptation. In hardcover, the book spent 6 weeks on the NYT bestseller list and 9 more on the extended list.

It is the first in the All Souls Trilogy (book 2, Shadow of Night, is coming in July). Libraries that have it on order are already showing significant holds.

Shadow of Night: A Novel
Deborah Harkness
Retail Price: $28.95
Hardcover: 592 pages
Publisher: Viking Adult – (2012-07-10)
ISBN / EAN: 0670023485 / 9780670023486

Penguin Audio; Thorndike Large Print

Final Book in Kane Chronicles Coming in May

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Disney Publishing announced late yesterday that a 2-million-copy first printing of The Serpent’s Shadow, the final volume in Rick Riordan’s best-selling Kane Chronicles will be released on May 1. An excerpt of the first chapter is now available on TheKaneChronicles.com. It will also be released in audio by Brilliance.

The Serpent’s Shadow (The Kane Chronicles, Book Three)
Rick Riordan
Retail Price: $19.99
Hardcover: 416 pages
Publisher: Disney Publishing – (2012-05-01)
ISBN / EAN: 1423140575 / 9781423140573

Riordan appeard on Rock Center with Brian Williams last night. Towards the end of the interview, he announced the new title.

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