Movies Based on Books: June to August 2012

(1. Snow White and the Huntsman  2. Bel Ami  3. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
4. Amazing Spider-Man  5. Savages  6. Trishna
7. The Dark Knight Rises  8. The Bourne Legacy  9. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days)

June 1

Snow White and the Huntsman
Starring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, and Charlize Theron
Based on the Snow White tale by the Brothers Grimm
An epic fantasy spin on the traditional fairy tale

June 8

Bel Ami (Limited Release) (Rated R)
Starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, and Kristin Scott
Based on the novel by Guy de Maupassant
A 19th-century period drama about a young man who achieves power by manipulating rich women

June 15

The Woman in the Fifth (Rated R)
Starring Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Joanna Kulig
Based on the novel by Douglas Kennedy
About a man in Paris trying to escape his past, only to get caught up in more drama

June 22

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Starring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith
Imagines our 16th president as a killer of the undead

July 3

The Amazing Spider-Man
Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, and Rhys Ifans
Based on the Marvel Comics character
A darker re-boot of the popular franchise

July 6

Savages
Starring Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively
Based on the novel by Don Winslow
An intense crime thriller about a young woman kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel

July 11

Easy Money (Limited) (Rated R)
Starring Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, and Dragomir Mrsic
Based on the novel by Jens Lapidus
A Swedish thriller about the drug trade

Trishna (Limited)
Starring Freida Pinto, Riz Ahmed, and Anurag Kashyap
Based on Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
An interpretation of the classic story set in contemporary India

July 20

The Dark Knight Rises
Starring Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, and Michael Caine
Based on the DC Comics character
The final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy

August 3

The Bourne Legacy
Starring Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz and Edward Norton
Centered on a new CIA operative in the universe based on Robert Ludlum’s novels.

Total Recall
Starring Colin Farrell, Bokeem Woodbine, and Bryan Cranston
Based on the Philip K. Dick short story “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale”

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Devon Bostick, and Rachael Harris
Combines the third and fourth books in Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series

August 29

Lawless
Starring Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf, and Guy Pearce
Based on The Wettest County in the World by Matt Bondurant
About three brothers running an alcohol ring during prohibition

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