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Read It First! Movie Adaptations in Theaters This Month

Elizabeth Graney, Librarian, Literature & Fiction Department,
Collage of films and their adapted books

If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie, or that the fun looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The library is here to the rescue! Here we will be exploring the movie adaptations soon to hit screens big and small and give you the chance to read before you view.


Coming This February


Book cover for The Cabin at the End of the World
The Cabin at the End of the World
Tremblay, Paul

Andrew, Eric, and their adopted daughter Wen have rented a secluded cabin in New Hampshire for a relaxing family vacation. But when Wen is approached by a stranger in the yard, the family finds themselves held captive by a group of extremists who believe only they can prevent the end of the world. A terrifying tale of sacrifice and survival, Paul Tremblay’s The Cabin at the End of the World will keep you on the edge of your seat. Starring David Bautista, Jonathan Groff, and Rupert Grint, the cinematic adaptation titled Knock at the Cabin will premiere in theaters on February 3, 2023.


Book cover for Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can do it Again Today
Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can do it Again Today
Laurie, Greg

Jesus Revolution: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today by Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn is a nonfiction account of the Jesus Movement, an evangelical Christian movement in the 1960s and 1970s. Finding parallels between the social climate of that time and the current day, Laurie and Vaughn show how another mass spiritual awakening could take place. Starring Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Kelsey Grammer, the film adaptation will be released in theaters on February 24, 2023.


 

 

 

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