Alexandra Breen; Celebrity photography: George Pimentel
NOVEL ACTS Our favourite fiction turns into film By Alexandra Breen Celebrity photography: George Pimentel
Eat Pray Love
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Quick Facts: Brad Pitt is producing and Julia Roberts starring in this best-selling memoir about a woman’s quest for personal fulfillment through travel.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Quick Facts: Laurence Fishburne (Mystic River) is set to produce and direct this flick about a Spanish shepherd’s spiritual journey through Egypt. FYI: the book is the most translated work by a living author and one of the best-selling novels in history.
The Opposite of Love
The Opposite of Love by Julie Buxbaum
Quick Facts: Anne Hathaway plays a commitment-phobic attorney whose boyfriend is ready to tie the knot.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Quick Facts: Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain) is currently signed on to direct the adaptation of this Canadian novel about an Indian boy who survives 227 days at sea after a shipwreck.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Adaptation Hall of Fame:
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Schindler’s Ark (Schindler’s List)
The Shawshank Redemption
Trainspotting
The Princess Bride
Silence of the Lambs
Fried Green Tomatoes
Pride and Prejudice
Psycho
Casino
Jaws
LA Confidential
The Godfather
The English Patient
Blade Runner
American Psycho
Fight Club
Notebook
Forrest Gump
The Firm
English Patient
For more literary adaptations pick up the August issue of FLARE Magazine
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