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50 Upcoming Book-to-Movie Adaptations

By Scott Harris | Apr 18, 2011 | 3:00 PM | Comments

Fox

Since the beginning of time, books have been a conduit of learning, a cornerstone of human communication and, most important of all, the primary source for awesome movies.

Just check out the new Robert Pattinson vehicle "Water for Elephants," based on Sara Gruen's bestseller, if you don't believe us -- only a true literary genius could have ever dreamed up that gravity-defying head of hair.

And considering that some of the most beloved movies of the past decade have come straight off of the page -- "Harry Potter, "Twilight" and "The Lord of the Rings" just to name a few -- the marriage between books and film has never been stronger. Get More »

Filed Under: Features

Jack Black to Teach 'How to Survive a Robot Uprising'

By Bryan Enk | Oct 25, 2010 | 10:54 AM | Comments

"How to Survive a Robot Uprising" by Daniel H. Wilson

Bloomsbury USA

If zombies are the new vampires, then it looks like robots are gonna be the new zombies.

(We're NextMovie, after all. We know these things).

Hot on the (metal) heels of news that Steven Spielberg himself will be directing the adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel, "Robopocalypse," comes word that Jack Black and "Hot Tub Time Machine" director Steve Pink have optioned Wilson's other robot book, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising."

"Uprising" is something of the funhouse-mirror companion piece to the more serious "Robopocalypse."

According to io9, the book was originally optioned by Mike Myers but has been sitting around long enough for Black and Pink to swoop in and snag it for themselves. Get More »

Filed Under: Movie News | Source: io9