Books to Movies: A Few of the Upcoming

I try to "read it before you see it," but it seems like that's getting harder and harder as reading time shrinks, and I don't always manage to turn the last page, or even the first page, before the book to movie hits the theater, or the red box.  There are some great and/or very popular books that will be on the screen that I'd like to read before I experience them as films.  Plus, how can you complain that the movie wasn't as great as the book if you haven't read it?  

These are just a few that will be coming out. I've read several, and several are on my future reads list. Have you read them?  Do  you like to read the book before you see the movie?  Are there any movies you've skipped, because you loved the book too much? Or is there a movie that you loved more than the book?  Are there any book to movies coming out that you can't wait to see?

GONE GIRL by Gillian Flynn.  

This runaway bestseller has Ben Affleck in current negotiations to play the lead, with rumors of Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman and Emily Blunt vying for the part of Amy, in this thriller about a marriage gone terribly wrong. The book twists and turns, leaving the reader constantly guessing what happened to Amy, who disappears on the date of their fifth anniversary.  Is she alive? Is she dead? Did Nick have anything to do with her disappearance?





THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE by  Diane Ackerman

The Zookeeper's Wife is true account of Jan and Antonina Zabinski, keepers of the Warsaw Zoo, who helped save hundreds of Jews and Polish resisters, smuggling some to safety, and keeping others safe along with surviving zoo animals, during the Nazi invasion. Jessica Chastain will take the starring role of Antonina.  




SIX YEARS by Harlan Coben

Always a popular author, Coben's SIX YEARS is a stand alone thriller. Six years ago, Jake Fisher fell madly in love with Natalie and they spend three idyllic months together in a remote retreat, before Natalie suddenly ends the relationship and marries another man. At the wedding Natalie tells a shattered Jake to leave her and her new husband alone and never contact them again. He keeps his promise until he reads, six years later, that her husband has died. Jake attends the funeral in the hope of meeting Natalie again - but is stunned to see that the grieving wife is not Natalie. Hugh Jackman will star in the movie.

OUTLANDER by Diana Gabaldon 

OUTLANDER is set to hit as a sixteen episode cable tv series (Starz) in 2014.  This romance/time travel book was published more than twenty years ago, but continues to be a favorite, taking place in Scotland in 1945 and the 18th century.  Sam Heughan is playing the character of Jamie Fraser, and it's interesting to get the take on how the author feels about this casting.