Book to Movie Monday: Movies You Probably Didn't Know Were Based On Books Part 2

Hi there! Mondays are so hard for me but, luckily, I had this post prepared from last week. Here comes part 2!

Let's do this!

1) Die Hard/Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp

2) Forrest Gump/Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

3) Mean Girls/Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman

4) Shrek/Shrek by William Steig

5) How To Train Your Dragon/How To Train Your Dragon by Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Translated by Cressida Cowell

6) Blade Runner/Do Androids Dream of Eclectic Sheep? by Philip K. Dick

7) The Rules of Attraction/The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis

8) Jaws/Jaws by Peter Benchley

9) The Exorcist/The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

10) He's Just Not That Into You/He's Just Not That Into You by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo

Okay! That's all I've got. 
See you soon!

Were any of these shocking? Have you read any of them? Let me know!

Book to Movie Monday: Movies You Probably Didn't Know Were Based On Books Part 1

Hey guys! How are you doing today? I'm posting late, as usual. Oh, well. 

I decided to spice it up a little today, so instead of my usual book to movie, I'm going to try and surprise you with some movies you probably didn't know were based on books.

Let's get started!

1) Pitch Perfect/Pitch Perfect by Mickey Rapkin

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2) Legally Blonde/Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown

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3) Mrs. Doubtfire/Madame Doubtfire by Anne Fine

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4) The Parent Trap/Lottie and Lisa by Erich Kästner

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5) The Shawshank Redemption/Different Seasons by Stephen King

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6) Psycho/Psycho by Robert Bloch

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7) Clueless/Emma by Jane Austen

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8) How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days/How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days: The Universal Don'ts of Dating by Michele Alexander and Jeannie Long

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9) The Birds/The Birds by Daphne Du Maurier

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10) Cruel Intentions/The Dangerous Liasons' by Pierre Chorderlos de Laclos

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I was shocked my 90% of these. Literally. I only knew about Pitch Perfect. There's a part 2 coming next Monday!

Did you know about any of these? Do you feel betrayed by movies you thought were original? Let me know.

Book to Movie Monday: 2017 Adaptations Part 2

What's up? I'm back again with another Book to Movie Adaptations. 2017 is a big year for movies apparently, cause there's an extremely long list.

Okay, let's get into it.

1) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets by Pierre Christin

Release date: July 21.

Starring: Cara Delevingne, Ethan Hawke, Dane DeHaan

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2) Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg)

Release date: July 28.

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Nick Jonas

3) The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger by Stephen King

Release date: July 28.

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Idris Elba, Katheryn Winnick

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4) It by Stephen King

Release date: Sept. 8.

Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher

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5) The Mountain Between Us by Charles Martin

Release date: Oct. 20

Starring: Kate Winslet, Idris Elba

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6) Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

Release date: Nov. 10.

Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Jeremy Irons

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7) Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

Release date: Nov. 22.

Starring: Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Josh Gad

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8) Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle

Release date: Nov. 22.

Starring: 

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2017 adaptations without release dates

Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer

Release date: 2017

Starring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson

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The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni

Release date: 2017

Starring: Asa Butterfield, Nick Offerman, Alex Wolff, Ellen Burstyn

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The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

Release date: 2017

Starring: Naomi Watts, Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson, Jennifer Lawrence

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Thank You For Your Service by David Finkel

Release date: 2017

Starring: Miles Teller, Amy Schumer, Haley Bennett, Scott Haze

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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Release date: 2017

Starring:

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Those are all of the confirmed movies for 2017. It took me a while to put this together so I hope you enjoyed it. I'll try to keep them updated, mostly for the ones without dates. 

Do you think book adaptations will take over the world someday? Will original content in movies even exist in 20 years? We'll have to wait and see. Let me know your thoughts!