Books to Film Page 3

This is page 3 of the books to film archives.

Uma Thurman Buys Film Rights to The Swarm (2006-05-29): The Associated Press is reporting that Uma Thurman has purchased the film right's to Frank Schaetzing's The Swarm.

Tom Hanks Loves Starbucks (2006-03-28): According to The Hollywood Reporter Tom Hanks is set to star in the film version of the soon-to-be-published book, How Starbucks Saved My Life (Gotham).

Larry McMurtry Thanks Booksellers in Oscar Acceptance Speech (2006-03-06): We agree with Robert Bianco of USA Today that "When the movies are small, Oscar's host has to be huge - and Jon Stewart came through big time.

Curious George Comes to the Silver Screen (2005-11-01): Nearly 65 years ago, the first Curious George books were published.

Frank Miller's 300 Graphic Novel Being Made Into a Film (2005-08-24): Coming Soon reports that Warner Bros.

Johnny Depp Talks Willy Wonka (2005-07-20): The new film version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory has been a box office smash, taking in $55 million in its first weekend.

Narnia Displays Coming Soon to Bookstores (2005-06-29): Narnia themes and displays will soon be in bookstore everywhere but not until after the new Harry Potter release on July 16th.

New War of the Worlds Books in Stores (2005-06-27): USA Today reports that three new illustrated versions of H.

Russell Crowe and The Starter Wife (2005-05-31): Rush & Malloy dish about yet another star-studded book party for Gigi Levangie Grazer's novel The Starter Wife (Simon and Schuster).

Oprah's Book Club is Back (2005-05-28): It's Back! Oprah has answered authors' prayers and officially announced in her newsletter that Oprah's Book Club will return on June 3rd.

The Rock Meets Buffy in Richard Kelly's World (2005-05-05): Dwayne Johnson, better known to wrestling fans as The Rock, will meet up with Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Sarah Michelle Gellar and Seann William Scott to star in Southland Tales, a science fiction thriller about the apocalyptic state of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008.

Bad Manners Mar Book Party (2005-04-24): Debut thriller author Cheryl Howard Crew (the wife of producer Ron Howard) was thrilled to attend a book party thrown by producer Brian Grazer and his author wife Gigi Levangie Grazer to celebrate the release of Ms.

Sir Ian McKellan Signed For the Da Vinci Code Film (2005-04-20): Sir Ian McKellen has joined the cast of the upcoming film of Dan Brown's bestseller, The Da Vinci Code.

Pamela Anderson Stacks Up Laughs (2005-04-14): So, how did Pam's turn as a bookstore employee turn out last night? Surprisingly well, as a matter of fact.

William Joyce and the Robots (2005-03-12): Bestselling children's author William Joyce collaborated with director Chris Wedge of Ice Age fame to create a new world populated entirely by robots for the new animated feature film, Robots, which is garnering good reviews.

Spielberg and Cruise in War of the Worlds Remake (2004-09-24): Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks has announced a November 2004 start for the The War of the Worlds, directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise.

SciFi Channel to Produce Ringworld Miniseries (2004-04-14): Based on the classic Larry Niven books, this 4-hour miniseries in development from the SciFi Channel will follow four explorers who crash land on Ringworld -- an artificial world, mammoth in scope and built in the shape of a ring that rotates around a gravitational sun force.

Fine Art Trend Hits Books, Films (2004-01-06): Fine art is appearing in several recent books and movies including the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller by Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code, which now has over 5 million copies in print.