Fall Films adapted from books!

You’ll, of course, want to read the book before seeing these movies, if only to be able to say, smugly, “The book was SO much better!”

The Paperboy by Pete Dexter (starring Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Matthew McConnaughey)  Release date: Oct. 5

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Susan Sarandon) Release date: Oct. 26

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte (starring Kaye Scodelario, James Hewson) Release date: October

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstory (starring Keira Knightley, Jude Law) Release date: Nov. 9

Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 by Stephenie Meyer (starring Kristen Stewart, Rob Pattinson) Release date: Nov. 16

Life of Pi by Yann Martel (starring Suraj Sharma, Irrfhan Khan, Tobey Maguire) Release date: Nov. 21

Rise of the Guardians based on the “Guardians of Childhood” series by William Joyce (Animated: starring voices of Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Chris Pine) Release date: Nov. 21

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (starring Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe) Release date: Dec. 14

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien (starring Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Orlando Bloom) Release date: Dec. 14

On the Road by Jack Kerouac (starring Kristen Stewart, Garrett Hedlund, Viggo Mortenson) Release date: December

Jack Reacher based on “One Shot” by Lee Child (starring Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall) Release date: Dec. 21

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher) Release date: Dec. 25