Fall is here and this year it is not only bringing cool temperatures, but also a variety of movies based on books. Lots of these are adaptations of popular Children's books—but rest assured there are some book to movie adaptations for adults as well. So what should you be reading to prepare yourself for the the theater? Here is a list, based on information I gleaned from the Give Em What They Want blog and IMDB:

Opening October 16th

• I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell, directed by Bob Gosse, starring Traci Lords, Jess Bradford and Matt Czuchry
  • Based on I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell by Max Tucker

• Where The Wild Things Are, directed by Spike Jonze, starring Catherine Keener, Benicio Del Toro, Forrest Whitaker and Lauren Ambrose
  

  • Based on Where the  Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Also Scheduled to Open in October

• The Vampires Assistant, based on Cirque du Freak: #1: A Living Nightmare, Cirque du Freak: #2: The Vampire’s Assistant, and Cirque du Freak: #2: Tunnels of Blood by Darren Shan
• Amelia, based on East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler
• Astro Boy, based on the manga series Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
• The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, based on The Private Lives of Pippa Lee by Rebecca Miller
• Youth In Revolt, based on Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne

Scheduled to Open in November

•  Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, based on Push by Sapphire
• A Christmas Carol, based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
• The Box, based on the short story Button, Button by Richard Matheson
• The Men Who Stare At Goats, based on The Men Who Stare At Goats by Jon Ronson
• The Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on The Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
• New Moon, based on New Moon by Stephanie Meyer
• The Blind Side, based on The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis
• The Road, based on The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Scheduled to Open in Early December

• The Lovely Bones, based on The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
• The Princess and the Frog, based on The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker
• Invictus, based on Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation by John Carlin 

Be sure to check IMDB and our local theater listings for updated release dates on all of these.  Enjoy reading and watching and feel free to tell us what movie adaptation you are most looking forward to in the comments below.