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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Quirk Books, 2011), the debut young adult novel by Ransom Riggs, blends fantasy, mystery, and thriller—and is interspersed with illustrative vintage photographs. Packed with these enchanting elements, the film adaptation, directed by Tim Burton, stars Asa Butterfield, Eva Green, Samuel L. Jackson, and Ella Purnell.
In this film adaptation of Rosalie Ham's debut gothic novel, The Dressmaker (Penguin Books, 2015), Kate Winslet stars as Tilly Dunnage, who returns to a small Australian town to take care of her ailing mother.
The feature film adaptation of British author Paula Hawkins's best-selling thriller, The Girl on the Train (Riverhead Books, 2015), relocates the novel from London to New York and follows a woman who becomes entangled in a mystery. Directed by Tate Taylor with a screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, the film stars Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Allison Janney, and Laura Prepon.
In this musical movie adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 1943 novella, Le Petit Prince, Richard Kiley stars as the Pilot and Gene Wilder as the Fox, with choreography by the legendary Bob Fosse who plays the Snake.
Watch this 1979 film adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic novella, Le Petit Prince. The claymation short is directed by Will Vinton and written by Susan Shadburne.
This clip features the trailer for The Little Prince, the first animated feature film adaptation of the classic 1943 French novella, Le Petit Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Directed by Mark Osborne and voiced by actors including Jeff Bridges, Marion Cotillard, Benicio del Toro, James Franco, Rachel McAdams, and Paul Rudd, the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 and will be released in the U.S. on August 5.
"It's sort of weird, being honored for the worst day of your life." Watch the trailer for the film adaptation of Ben Fountain's novel Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (Ecco, 2012), a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. The film is directed by Ang Lee with a screenplay by Jean-Christophe Castelli.
Based on Philip Roth's 1997 Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, American Pastoral, this film adaptation stars Jennifer Connelly and Ewan McGregor, making his directorial debut. With a screenplay by John Romano, the film revolves around a family caught up in the social and political milieu of the 1960s.
This movie trailer features Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke in the starring roles of the film adaptation of Jojo Moyes's novel Me Before You (Pamela Dorman Books, 2012). Directed by Thea Sharrock, the story follows the relationship that develops between a wealthy, recently paralyzed man and a young working-class woman who is hired to act as his caretaker.
High-Rise, J. G. Ballard's 1975 novel that follows the breakdown in social order among residents of a luxury high-rise building, has been adapted into a feature film. Directed by Ben Wheatley, the film stars Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, and Sienna Miller.
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