From Books into Movies!
Get a sneak preview of the movie by reading the book before the movie
makes it to the screen!
Bridge
to Terabithia (2007)
From the Newbury Award winning book by Katherine Paterson, this is the
story of Jess and his friend Leslie who create a magical kingdom in the
woods near their homes and the tragic outcome. Partly filmed in Auckland,
it stars Josh Hutcherson
and Anna Sophia Robb as the
main characters.
Charlotte's
Web (2006)
A new live action version of the favourite story by E B White featuring
Dakota Fanning as Fern, the little girl who befriends Wilbur the pig.
The animal’s voices are played by an all-star cast including Julia Roberts
(Charlotte), John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Jennifer Garner
and Kathy Bates.
Curious
George (2006)
Margret Rey’s cheeky monkey George
stars in his own animated movie where his fun-loving nature gets him in
many scrapes after he stows away to America and befriends the man in the
Yellow Hat (Ted). Will Ferrell and Drew Barrymore and Dick Van Dyke are
among the vocal cast.
Flicka
(2006)
There have been a number of adaptations of Mary O’Hara’s book over the
years including the 1943 classic starring Roddy McDowell. This version
has a female heroine, Katy, who wants to work on her family ranch against
the wishes of her father. She adopts a wild mustang horse, Flicka, who
like Katy, has a rebellious streak. After finding out that Katy is sneaking
out to train the horse, her father sells Flicka to a rodeo. In her attempt
to win Flicka back, Katy has to enter a dangerous race.
Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
Another instalment in the popular Harry
Potter series is planned for release with the same cast returning
to Hogwarts for a fifth story of magic and adventure.
How
to eat fried worms (2006)
When Billy starts at a new school, he ends up being challenged by the
school bully to eat worms to win a bet. The bullies invent as many ways
as they can to make the worms taste disgusting to make Billy lose.
Inkheart
(2008)
Another of Cornelia Funke’s
books to be adapted to a movie, Inkheart tells of twelve year old Meggie
who discovers her father can make characters come to life by reading books
aloud. When her father is kidnapped, she and her real and imaginary friends
go about rescuing him. Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Kathy Bates, Jim
Broadbent, Helen Mirren and Andy Serkis will be among the cast of this
movie currently in production.
The Chronicles of Narnia : Prince
Caspian (2008)
The fourth title in the Narnia series is being filmed in Auckland and
Prague. Prince Caspian summons the Pevensie children to help him gain
his rightful place as king.
The
Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Adapted from the series by Tony DiTerlizzi, this movie tells the story
of the Grace twins and their sister Mallory who discover an unusual book
written by their great uncle Arthur Spiderwick about fairies and other
creatures. Freddie Highmore
from ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and ’Finding Neverland’ will
play the twins, and Sarah Bolger who was Sabina Pleasure in ‘Stormbreaker”
is their older sister Mallory.
The
Thief Lord (2006)
Cornelia Funke’s original story is about a group of street children who
live in Venice. They survive by stealing and committing petty crimes and
are lead by a thirteen year old who calls himself the Thief Lord. Two
orphans on the run from their cruel relatives join the gang and journey
with them to a forgotten land. The cast includes Alexei Sayle and Vanessa
Redgrave.
The
water horse (2007)
Kirstie and Angus discover an egg which hatches into a sea monster so
big, they have to keep it in Loch Ness. This movie is based on the story
by Dick King-Smith (the author of Babe) and filming locations are in Scotland
and New Zealand with special effects by New Zealand’s Weta
Digital.
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