Every year, adaptations rule the movie theaters, but this year, some of the most popular novels in recent times came out with big screen versions:
Eat Pray Love -- 2006 book by Elizabeth Gilbert, movie directed by Ryan Murphy
Shutter Island -- 2003 book by Dennis Lehane, movie directed by Martin Scorsese
Dear John -- 2006 book by Nicholas Sparks, movie directed by Lasse Hallstrom
The Last Song -- 2009 book by Nicholas Sparks, movie directed by Julie Anne Robinson
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows (Part 1 is 2010) -- 2007 book by J.K. Rowling, movie directed by David Yates
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse -- 2007 book by Stephanie Meyer, movie directed by David Slade
The 3 Stieg Larsson books, based on his Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest) were all made and produced as films in SWEDEN in 2009 and released in the USA in 2010. By the end of 2010, all three Swedish movies will be out on DVD. An American/English version of the first book, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, is filming and should be out in 2011.
Other adaptations expected out in 2011:
The Help, 2009 book by Kathryn Stockett
Water for Elephants , 2006 book by Sara Gruen
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows: Part 2, 2007 book by J.K. Rowling
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