by vjbooks | Feb 2, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
Eisler lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area and continues to travel frequently to Japan and other parts of Asia. Eisler’s thrillers have won the Barry Award and the Gumshoe Award for Best Thriller of the Year; have been included in numerous “Best...
by vjbooks | Jan 31, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(Variety, Jan. 29, Michael Fleming) Trevor Sands adapting Dan Simmons’ novels The Day the Earth Stood Still” helmer Scott Derrickson is set to direct “Hyperion Cantos” for Warner Bros. and GK Films. Derrickson boards a project that will take...
by vjbooks | Jan 22, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(theinsider.com, Jan. 8 ) A new film is eyeing Leonardo DiCaprio to take the lead role. New Regency has acquired the screen rights to a novel, which the actor is set to produce as well. “Beat the Reaper,” a novel by Josh Bazell, tells the story of a...
by vjbooks | Jan 16, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
He’s back. Everyone’s favorite globe-trotting, tomb-raiding, wisecracking archaeologist is finally at it again-hurtling headfirst into high adventure and relying on his wits, his fists, and his trusty bullwhip to get him out of deep trouble. But the man in...
by vjbooks | Jan 12, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
Deaver wrote his first book — which consisted of two entire chapters — when he was eleven, and he’s been writing ever since. An award-winning poet and journalist, he has also written and performed his own songs around the country. After receiving a Bachelor of...
by vjbooks | Jan 11, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
Max Allan Collins was hailed in 2004 by Publisher’s Weekly as a new breed of writer. A frequent Mystery Writers of America Edgar nominee, he has earned an unprecedented fifteen Private Eye Writers of America Shamus nominations for his historical thrillers,...
by vjbooks | Jan 7, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(variety.com, Feb. 13, 2008, Michael Fleming, Tatiana Siegel) In its biggest material acquisition since its inception last year, CBS Films has acquired rights to a bestselling series of espionage novels by Vince Flynn and will build a franchise around its protag, CIA...
by vjbooks | Jan 1, 2009 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(google.com, Dec. 28) PHOENIX (AP) — Dale Wasserman, author of the book for the Tony-winning musical “Man of La Mancha,” as well as the stage adaptation of Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” has died. He was 94....
by vjbooks | Dec 22, 2008 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
With the upcoming He Is Legend limited edition tribute to Sci-Fi’s literary godfather (featuring both Stephen King and his son Joe Hill going head to head), let’s take a look at Richard Matheson. (LA’s the Place, M.R. Hunter, “Six Degrees of...
by vjbooks | Dec 21, 2008 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Nov. 25, Rachel Deahl) Holly Frederick at Curtis Brown has just started shopping Jeff Abbott’s new thriller, Trust Me, which is due from Dutton in July 2009. Abbott’s last two books, Collision and Panic, were both optioned for...
by vjbooks | Dec 14, 2008 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(amctv.com, Nov. 17, Clayton Neuman) Hugo winning novelist Orson Scott Card discusses his recently released Ender sequel Ender in Exile, dishes on the movie and explains why he never wants to be a filmmaker. Q: Tell me about Ender in Exile. Why did you return to this...
by vjbooks | Dec 4, 2008 | Books to Movies, We're Talking Books!
(Publisher’s Weekly, Dec. 1) Cross Country is the 15th book in the Alex Cross series, the top-selling new U.S. detective series over the past 15 years. The 13th book, Cross, is being adapted for the big screen now: the jury is still out on who will play Alex...
