By Wonderwall.com Editors
8:56am PDT, Apr 29, 2024
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To mark the twentieth anniversary of “Imply Women,” which first hit theaters on April 30, 2004, be a part of us as we take a glance again at a number of the greatest motion pictures primarily based on books…
The 2004 teen comedy “Imply Women” is not primarily based on a novel, however it was impressed by a e book: Rosalind Wiseman’s 2002 self-help e book “Queen Bees and Wannabes,” which was written for the mother and father of teenage ladies.
Tina Fey mined the textual content for comedy gold and turned the movie’s younger star, Lindsay Lohan, right into a family identify. The movie — through which Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried and Lacey Chabert additionally starred — impressed a 2017 Broadway musical of the identical identify that was become a lauded 2024 musical movie.
Preserve studying to see extra of our all-time favourite book-to-film diversifications…
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Anne Hathaway performs an artwork gallery proprietor and Nicholas Galitzine performs a British pop star within the 2024 Prime Video film “The Concept of You,” which relies on actress-author Robinne Lee’s juicy 2017 e book of the identical identify. Michael Showalter directed the film from a screenplay co-written with Jennifer Westfeldt.
The rom-com facilities on Solène, a 40-year-old single mother who unexpectedly falls for 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon — the most well liked boy band on the planet — after he pursues her following an opportunity assembly on the Coachella music competition. Issues get difficult as they navigate his fame, her life with a teenage daughter and the societal pressures of an older lady relationship a youthful man.
Preserve studying to see a steamy pic from the set of “The Concept of You”…
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Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine filmed a steamy scene for his or her Amazon Prime Video film “The Concept of You,” which relies on the Robinne Lee e book of the identical identify, in Savannah, Georgia, on Oct. 24, 2022.
The film debuts on Prime Video on Might 2, 2024.
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The hit 2004 romantic drama “The Pocket book” relies on a 1996 Nicholas Sparks novel of the identical identify. Just like the e book, the movie facilities round younger lovers Noah (Ryan Gosling) and Allie (Rachel McAdams) who reconnect years after their variations first tore them aside. The film could not have been a success with critics — and it actually did not win any Oscars — however it carried out effectively on the field workplace and is now extensively thought of to be one of many best love tales instructed on movie.
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Arguably the best movie of all time relies on a e book: The 1972 epic “The Godfather” — which was tailored from Mario Puzo’s bestselling 1969 novel of the identical identify — facilities round a fictional New York Metropolis-based crime household led by Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) and chronicles the transformation of his son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), from reluctant outsider to ruthless mafia boss. “The Godfather” gained three Oscars — greatest image, greatest tailored screenplay and greatest lead actor for Marlon — and scored eight extra Academy Award nominations together with greatest director and greatest supporting actor for Al and co-stars Robert Duvall and James Caan.
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Some of the profitable movie franchises of all time relies on one of many best-selling e book sequence of all time: The primary “Harry Potter” movie, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” debuted in 2001. It went on to spawn seven sequels and the “Unbelievable Beasts” prequel trilogy, which kicked off in 2016. The 11-film sequence — which scored a lot of Oscar nominations over time — has banked almost $10 billion on the world field workplace over time.
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Frank Darabont’s lauded 1994 jail drama “The Shawshank Redemption” relies on Stephen King’s 1982 novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption.” Tim Robbins starred as banker Andy Dufresne — falsely imprisoned for the murders of his spouse and her lover — who befriends a bunch of fellow inmates together with Morgan Freeman’s Pink whereas serving two consecutive life sentences and experiencing the brutality of life behind bars in the course of the late Nineteen Forties. The movie scored seven Oscar nominations together with greatest image, greatest tailored screenplay and greatest lead actor for Morgan.
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The hit 2001 rom-com “Bridget Jones’s Diary” relies on a 1996 novel of the identical identify by Helen Fielding — who co-wrote the screenplay — impressed by Jane Austen’s “Pleasure and Prejudice.” The film was an enormous hit with critics and on the field workplace — Renee Zellweger scored an Oscar nomination for greatest lead actress for her work alongside Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. She returned for 2 sequels: 2004’s “Bridget Jones: The Fringe of Purpose” and 2016’s “Bridget Jones’s Child.”
A 3rd sequel is reportedly set to start out filming in 2024.
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The 2024 romantic drama “Float” relies on Kate Marchant’s wildly widespread Wattpad novel of the identical identify.
The movie facilities round a younger lady named Waverly (Andrea Bang) who blows off her summer season med college prep programs after the good-looking boy subsequent door (Robbie Amell) saves her life when she almost drowns whereas visiting her aunt over the summer season. Sparks fly as he teaches her learn how to swim — and as she begins to study what she actually desires out of life.
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The 2006 dramedy “The Satan Wears Prada” relies on Lauren Weisberger’s 2003 novel of the identical identify. It facilities round aspiring journalist Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) and her boss-from-hell Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), who’s impressed by Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The movie was an enormous hit with critics and on the field workplace and went on to attain two Oscar nominations: greatest costume design, naturally, and greatest lead actress for Meryl.
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Christian Bale completely slayed as serial killer Patrick Bateman within the 2000 satirical horror movie “American Psycho,” which relies on Bret Easton Ellis’s disturbing 1991 novel of the identical identify. Critics could not have liked the drama, however that did not cease it from creating a cult following over time.
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Gillian Flynn’s “Gone Lady” was the must-read e book of 2012 — and the David Fincher-directed adaptation was the must-watch movie of 2014. Ben Affleck starred within the psychological thriller as an aloof trainer who turns into the prime suspect when his spouse (Rosamund Pike, who scored an Oscar nomination for her work within the movie) instantly goes lacking. “Gone Lady” was an enormous hit with critics and on the field workplace.
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“The Fantastic Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum has been tailored numerous instances, however it’s the 1939 musical model — titled “The Wizard of Oz” and starring a younger Judy Garland — that gained our hearts. Broadly thought of one of many best movies of all time, the musical gained the Oscars for greatest rating and greatest unique track for “Over the Rainbow.” It scored three extra Academy Award nominations together with greatest image, which it misplaced to “Gone with the Wind.”
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“The Starvation Video games” had one thing for everybody when it hit theaters in 2012: romance, motion, political intrigue and extra. Maybe that is why the unique four-film franchise — which relies on Suzanne Collins’ trilogy of dystopian YA novels — was so extremely profitable. The Jennifer Lawrence-led motion flicks grossed greater than $2.9 billion worldwide, making “The Starvation Video games” one of many top-grossing movie franchises of all time.
In 2020, Suzanne dropped the prequel “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which was tailored into a success 2023 movie equally titled “The Starvation Video games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes.”
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After Alice Walker’s epic 1982 novel “The Coloration Purple” gained the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, it impressed a 1985 Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation that racked up 11 Oscar nominations together with greatest image, greatest tailored screenplay, greatest actress for Whoopi Goldberg and greatest supporting actress for each Margaret Avery and Oprah Winfrey.
The novel went on to encourage a 2004 Broadway musical of the identical identify that in flip impressed a 2023 musical movie. Danielle Brooks, who starred within the 2015 Broadway revival, scored an Oscar nomination for her work within the 2023 movie.
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Leonardo DiCaprio went to nice lengths to shoot 2015’s “The Revenant,” which relies on Michael Punke’s 2002 novel of the identical identify. All his arduous work paid off: He gained the Oscar for greatest actor in 2016. Director Alejandro G. Iñárritu and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki additionally took residence Oscars for his or her work on the movie, which scored a complete of 12 Academy Award nominations together with greatest image.
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Chocolate rivers, Eternal Gobstoppers, Fizzy Lifting Drinks — our best childhood desires got here alive with the scrumptious 1971 big-screen adaptation of Roald Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Manufacturing unit,” which was renamed “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Manufacturing unit.” (Roald would disagree with this addition to the listing — he reportedly hated the film, which starred the late, nice Gene Wilder.) Sadly, the 2005 remake starring Johnny Depp was not almost as candy.
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The 2011 interval drama “The Assist” relies on Kathryn Stockett’s 2009 novel of the identical identify. It was a giant hit with critics and on the field workplace, although it solely gained a single Oscar: greatest supporting actress for Octavia Spencer, who starred as a put-upon housekeeper in the course of the Civil Rights Motion in 1963 Jackson, Mississippi. “The Assist” earned three extra Academy Award nominations: greatest image, greatest lead actress for Viola Davis and greatest supporting actress for Jessica Chastain. (Emma Stone additionally starred within the movie as an aspiring author who interviews the maids concerning the systematic racism they’ve confronted over time.)
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The 2007 romantic tragedy “Atonement” — which relies on Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel of the identical identify — facilities round younger lovers Cecilia Tallis (Keira Knightley) and Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), who’re torn aside getting ready to WWII by a lie instructed by Cecilia’s jealous youthful sister (Saoirse Ronan). The interval drama carried out effectively with critics and on the field workplace and went on to attain seven Oscar nominations together with greatest image, greatest tailored screenplay and greatest supporting actress for Saoirse.
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Emma Donoghue, who wrote the 2010 novel “Room,” additionally wrote the screenplay for the 2015 adaptation starring Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay as a mom and son who escape the shed the place she was held captive for years — and the place he was born — in order that he can lastly expertise life within the outdoors world. Brie gained an Oscar, a Golden Globe, a SAG Award, a BAFTA Award, a Critics Alternative Award, an Unbiased Spirit Award and extra for her work within the drama, which scored three extra Academy Award nominations: greatest image, greatest director and greatest tailored screenplay.
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The 2015 adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s 2009 novel “Brooklyn” scored three Academy Award nominations: greatest image, greatest tailored screenplay and greatest lead actress for Saoirse Ronan, who starred as an Irish immigrant torn between her two houses and two loves.
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Emily Blunt starred as a lonely alcoholic who witnesses against the law however begins to doubt what she actually noticed within the 2016 adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ novel “The Lady on the Prepare.” Whereas the psychological thriller didn’t impress critics, it was an enormous hit on the field workplace, raking in additional than $173 million on the world field workplace. Emily additionally scored BAFTA and SAG Award nominations for her work within the movie.
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Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander met and fell in love whereas co-starring as a married couple within the 2016 adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s New York Occasions bestselling novel “The Mild Between Oceans.” The drama kicks off when the couple, who reside on an island off the coast of Australia, rescue and informally undertake a child who washes ashore. Years later, they’re compelled to confront the implications of their actions. The movie carried out effectively with critics, though it in the end didn’t make a lot affect on the field workplace.
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“The place the Crawdads Sing” — a 2022 adaptation of the 2018 Delia Owens novel of the identical identify, which topped The New York Occasions Greatest Vendor listing — could have tanked with critics, however that did not cease followers of the e book from exhibiting up in droves to see Kya’s epic love story together with her childhood sweetheart play out on the massive display screen. Daisy Edgar-Jones starred as “the Marsh Lady” — an outsider who turns into the first suspect within the homicide of a former suitor — within the Reese Witherspoon-produced drama.