HYPEFilm adaptations of best-selling books are a common sight in Hollywood fare today. hype brings you four books that will make its way to the big screen in the coming months. Grab them before they fly off the shelves!
By Josceline Foo
Henry DeTamble is an average librarian who lives in Chicago, save for one thing: Due to a genetic disorder, he gets swept off to another chapter of his life at fate’s whim every once in a while. Told through the viewpoint of his faithful wife Clare Abshire, readers are pulled into a heartbreaking tale of two lovers whose romance is put through the fire by the whimsical…(read more)
By Tanya Lai
What if you had to turn a 10-sentence children’s book into a full-length feature film? Seems like an impossible job only meant for overachievers and the brilliantly creative, doesn’t it? That brilliant and creative overachiever arrives in the form of Spike Jonze, whose directorial credits include Being John Malkovich and Adaptation…(read more)
By Wong Yeang Cherng
If you wake up to a world devoid of life and stained grey from hopelessness and death, would you rather die or carry on with life? Brace yourself to ponder over this question when you watch the film adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winning novel The Road. Written by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men), The Road is about…(read more)
By Lin Zicheng
If you thought that Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series is all about a steamy fairytale romance between a perfect vampire and a regular teenage human girl, New Moon will definitely make you think twice. Compared to its fluffy romantic prequel, New Moon is driven by the internal turmoil and paranoia faces Bella when Edward…(read more)