Movies Based on Books: August to October 2011

1. The Help 2. One Day 3. Conan the Barbarian
4. Drive 5. I Don’t Know How She Does It 6. Moneyball
7. What’s Your Number? 8. Rum Diary 9. Three Musketeers

August 10

The Help
Starring Emma Stone, Viola Davis, and Octavia Spencer
Based on the book by Kathryn Stockett

August 19

One Day
Starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess
Based on the novel by David Nicholls

Conan the Barbarian
Starring Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, and Rose McGowan
Based on the stories by Robert E. Howard

September 16

Drive
Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, and Bryan Cranston
Based on the book by James Sallis

I Don’t Know How She Does It
Starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, and Kelsey Grammer
Based on the book by Allison Pearson

Straw Dogs
Starring James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgård
Based on the novel The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Gordon Williams

September 23

Moneyball
Starring Brad Pitt, Robin Wright, and Jonah Hill
Based on the nonfiction book by Michael Lewis

Killer Elite
Starring Jason Statham, Clive Owen, and Robert De Niro
Based on the novel (previously published as The Feather Men) by Ranulph Fiennes

September 30

What’s Your Number?
Starring Anna Faris, Chris Pratt, and Chris Evans
Based on the novel 20 Times a Lady by Karyn Bosnak

October 14

The Thing
Starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, and Ulrich Thomsen
Based on Who Goes There?, a novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.

The Skin I Live In
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, and Jan Cornet
Based on the novel by Thierry Jonquet

The Big Year
Starring Owen Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Martin
Based on the book by Mark Obmascik

October 21

The Three Musketeers
Starring Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, and Ray Stevenson
Based on the novel by Alexandre Dumas

October 28

The Rum Diary
Starring Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and Aaron Eckhart
Based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson

July 28th, 2011  ♥  Books, Movies  ♥  2 Comments »