Hollywood loves books...and all the ideas they come with.

     You know, I hate to sound like a broken record, but Hollywood has been creatively bankrupt for years now.  The last time I was at the movies, four out of the five previews I begrudgingly sat through were remakes, or based on novels.  That made me curious - how many other books are headed for the silver screen?   It didn't take long for me to find a long list of movies lined up for just this fall alone.  I chose to mention the five most relevant ones to you.  Some of you may recognize these titles, but don't even try to come off as someone who avidly reads.  I know this audience.  The only thing you've probably read today besides this pathetic sentence was the side of a pill box.

1. The Rum Diary 

     One of Johnny Depp's newest projects, set to come out in October, includes this Hunter S. Thompson adaption about an alkie journalist working in Puerto Rico in the 1950s.  Amber Heard is also starring as his love interest in the film.  Catchy title.  You know, because it's a diary.  About rum.  

2. We Bought a Zoo

     Based on a true story about a family that uses their hard-earned life savings to purchase a zoo, Matt Damon plays the lead role as the family patriarch that apparently thought that was a good idea.  Catchy title.  You know, because they buy a zoo. 

3. Paradise Lost

 

      Paradise Lost will be loosely based on John Milton's epic poem about Adam and Eve's exile from the Garden of Eden, and directed by the guy who did I, Robot (Alex Proyas).  Also, Bradley Cooper is rumored to be playing the Devil.  All of these sentences together make me a little nervous.

4. The Big Year

     I actually read the premise for this movie, saw the cast (Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Jim Parsons, and Steve Martin to name a few) and seriously thought this was a Wes Anderson film.  I don't know, bird-watching, men going on an adventure, Owen Wilson...it all screamed Anderson to me.  Then I saw the trailer.  It's not.  

5. The Perks of Being a Wallflower

     This movie is actually not coming out this fall, it releases next year. But being as this is probably one of my favorite books of all time, I have vested interest in it.  I wasn't too happy when I heard this was being made into a movie.  I was pissed off.  I feel a little better knowing that the director is the writer of the novel, Stephen Chboksy, but I can't help but feel like nothing is sacred anymore.  This book is amazing.  After you finish reading this, or the labels for your pills, or both, you should go read this book.  

Happy weekend, readers. 

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