City of Ember

There was a small note in a recent issue of Entertainment Weekly that Tom Hanks is producing an adaptation of City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau. IMDB says it is supposed to come out in October 2008, but with the writers' strike that might change. Bill Murray and Tim Robbins have roles. Saoirse Ronan, who is in Atonement, will play Lina.

Pictures of Hollis Woods

On Sunday, December 2nd at 9:00 pm, CBS will show the made-for-tv movie, Pictures of Hollis Woods based on the Newbery Honor winning book by the same title by Patricia Reilly Giff. The movie stars Sissy Spacek and Alfre Woodard. Hollis Woods is played by Jordelle Ferland.

Prince Caspian

Can't wait for May 16th 2008? Get your Narnia fix at Narnia Fans. Find out what's happening with the Prince Caspian movie.

The Water Horse

The movie adaptation of Dick King-Smith's The Water Horse opens on Christmas Day. I've seen the trailer, and it looks promising. Hope it turns out as well as the adaptation of his book Babe.

Life gets in the way

Ok, so like I haven't posted anything to my blog in six months. And, I've hardly gone to see any movies. Actually, I did see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix a couple of times. Like Goblet of Fire, I liked the move better than the book. Although I think HPatOotP didn't have to be the shortest of all the movies so far. The music was good, especially the theme for Professor Umbridge -- played wonderfully well by Imelda Staunton. I'm not sure I like what they did to poor Cho Chang, making her the betrayer, but Professor Snape did make it clear that she was under the influence of veritaserum. Evanna Lynch did a good job as Luna Lovegood. Has anyone noticed that Neville has taken on tasks that Dobby did in the books? In GoF he comes up with the gillyweed solution and in OotP he finds the Room of Requirement. There were also those lingering looks from Ginny (that girl has quite a reducto curse!). The DVD is supposed to be out on December 11th. I'll have to watch it again then.

Nancy Drew

This is not officially a book adaptation since I think it falls into the same category as the superhero movies, but it IS Nancy Drew. Who among us hasn't read some Nancy Drew books and imaged ourselves in her roadster (whatever kind of car that is)? The new movie with Emma Roberts starring as Nancy will be out June 15th. The burning question will be: is that really titian blond hair?

Warner Brothers' official website is a little sparse at the moment, but maybe more will be added as we get closer to the release date. The History of Nancy Drew at the Nancy Drew Sleuth Unofficial Website has a lot of information for fans of the series. And check out the tie-in to the California Summer Reading program, Get a Clue.

Inkheart

Cornelia Funke's website has information about the movie version of her book Inkheart. Filming started last November with an expected release date in 2008.