Sentences with phrase «selling novel of the same name»

Emily Blunt plays a recently divorced woman who becomes obsessed with a missing - persons case in this adaptation of the best - selling novel of the same name.

Based on Kathryn Stockett's best selling novel of the same name, «The Help» tells the story of a young white woman, Eugenia «Skeeter» Phelan (played by Emma Stone), and her decision to write a controversial book from the point of view of the help (the maids).

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name by Mordechai Richler, the film was directed by Richard J. Lewis and co-starred Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, and Minnie Driver.

In 2005, Schreiber made his feature directorial debut with EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, which he also adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's best - selling novel of the same name.

The drama, directed by Lenny Abrahamson (Frank, 2014) was adapted from the best - selling novel of the same name by author Emma Donoghue.

The Nanny Diaries (PG - 13 for profanity) Sacrlett Johansson handles the title role in this romantic comedy, based on the best - selling novel of the same name, about a college grad nanny for a wealthy Manhattan family who finds herself having to put up with the parents» (Laura Linney and Paul Giamatti) dysfunction and the demands of their precocious son (Nicholas Art) until hope arrives in a relationship with a well - heeled, handsome Harvard alumnus (Chris Evans) from Park Avenue.

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name by ML Stedman, Cianfrance's follow - up to his 2012 film The Place Beyond the Pines also stars Rachel Weisz and Slow West's Caren Pistorius.

The first trailer has debuted for writer - director Adriana Trigiani's upcoming romantic comedy Big Stone Gap which stars Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.Watch it below after the official synopsis... Based on her best - selling novel of the same name, writer / director Adriana Trigiani brings the story of a coal mining town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains -LSB-...]

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun stars Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) and Thandie Newton (The Pursuit of Happyness) as an upper class couple whose marriage is put to the test when Nigeria breaks into the crippling 1967 civil war that births the short - lived republic of Biafra.

Adapted from the best - selling novel of the same name by Walter Dean Myers.

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty, it is directed by Jean - Marc Vallee and features a cast that includes Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, James Tupper and Zoë -LSB-...]

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name, «The Light Between Oceans» spotlights Tom (played by Fassbender), a lighthouse keeper in post - WWI Australia who falls for young Isabel (Miss Vikander).

Additionally she co-starred in The Help based on the best - selling novel of the same name.

Based on Andy Weir's best - selling novel of the same name, Ridley Scott's The Martian follows astronaut Mark Watney (Damon), assumed dead and abandoned on Mars after a massive storm hits NASA's deep space team.

Red Joan, based on Jennie Rooney's best - selling novel of the same name, is inspired by the remarkable true story of a woman accused of...

Based on Andy Weir «s best - selling novel of the same name, the film stars Matt Damon as Mark Wattney, an astronaut stranded alone on mars in the aftermath of a disastrous evacuation.

Lindsay Shapero penned the script from Jennie Rooney's best - selling novel of the same name.

Ian McEwan has adapted the screenplay from his best - selling novel of the same name, which was shortlisted for the 2007 Booker Prize.

Based on the best - selling novel of the same name by Joe Hill, «NOS4A2» follows Vic, a young, working - class artist who discovers she has the supernatural ability to track the horrifying, soul - consuming Charlie Manx, sending her on a mission to defeat him and rescue his victims.

Kill Your Friends is a new dark comedic thriller starring Nicholas Hoult and based on John Niven «s best - selling novel of the same name, and the first Kill Your Friends trailer has just arrived before the film's debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure is based off the best - selling novel of the same name.

Reservation Road (R for profanity and disturbing images) Revenge flick, based on the best - selling novel of the same name, revolving around an anguished college professor's (Joaquin Phoenix) desperate search for the driver (Mark Ruffalo) of the car which claimed the life of his 10 year - old son (Sean Curley) in a hit - and - run accident.

Based on Janet Fitch's best selling novel of the same name, White Oleander plays more like a four part drama on life - lessons than as a cohesive, conventional thriller.

«Cloud Atlas» is based on the best - selling novel of the same name written by David Mitchell.

Based on Ernest Cline's best - selling novel of the same name, Ready Player One is a sci - fi adventure set in an expansive virtual reality universe.

An adaptation of Ernest Cline's best - selling novel of the same name, Ready Player One gave Spielberg his best opening weekend since 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and its $ 41.2 million three - day debut is the fifth - biggest Easter weekend premiere of all time.

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Smothering the screen with good intentions, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (adapted from Annie Barrow's best - selling comfort novel of the same name) is British security - blanket film - making at its finest.

With The Hippopotamus set to receive its North American premiere this weekend at the Palm Springs Film Festival, the first poster and trailer have arrived online for director John Jencks» upcoming adaptation of Stephen Fry's 1994 best - selling comedy novel of the same name; take a look below... A country manor mystery that's actually a deliciously -LSB-...]

The film is based on Lois Lowry's beloved young adult novel of the same name, which was the winner the 1994 Newbury Medal and has sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER — Chaos Walking, Doug Liman's big - budget adaptation of the best - selling YA novel of the same name by Patrick Ness, is the latest big - budget movie to undergo significant reshoots, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

Thus unfolds Mudbound, a searing Southern saga based on Hillary Jordan's best - selling, first novel of the same name.

Adapted by Frank Pearson (Cool Hand Luke, Dog Day Afternoon) from Lawrence Sanders» best - selling 1970 novel of the same name, this film opens with veteran safe - cracker John «Duke» Anderson (Connery, getting to use his native Scottish accent) being released from prison after serving ten years.

is based on New York Times best - selling graphic novel of the same name.

Sold, an adaptation of the Patricia McCormick novel of the same name, follows a Nepalese girl named Lakshmi (Niyar Saikia) who falls into a world of sex trafficking and abuse when she travels to India.

The PlayStation original series Powers starring Sharlto Copley and based on the graphic novel of the same name is proving to be a major selling point for subscribers.