5 books that will be adapted to the cinema in 2017

2016 has been a good year for lovers of film adaptations: The girl on the train linked his editorial success to an effective but not so blockbuster film, Tim Burton adapted Miss peregrine and Harry Potter lovers have been reminiscing about old times thanks to Fantastic beasts and where to find them, a film that despite not adapting a book as such drinks from a the most famous literary sagas of all time.

Now it is time to look towards the next twelve months in which these following 5 books that will be adapted to the cinema in 2017 They will make many of you happy while others will be given the opportunity to discover new proposals before seeing them on the big screen.

50 Shades Darker, by EL James

Like more or less certain readers, the saga of 50 Shades of Gray by EL James has become one of the greatest literary phenomena of this decade. After a successful (and sweet) adaptation of the first book released in 2015, the second part published in 2012 will be released worldwide on February 10 and will immerse Anastasia Steele and Christian Gray in an even more torrid and committed relationship if Elena Lincoln (Kim Basinger), Grey's former mentor and lover, allows it. Many already have their whips at the ready. Others, knives.

The invisible guardian, by Dolores Redondo

Not everything is international adaptations, even more so when we have books as good as the famous Baztán trilogy by Dolores Redondo, author we interviewed in the last Planet award. The invisible guardian, the first title of this millionaire trilogy, addresses the investigation carried out by Amaia salazar (Marta Etura), after discovering the tortured body of a young woman near the Baztán river, in Navarra. The adaptation has been Directed by Fernando González Molina (Palm Trees in the Snow) and opens on March 3.

Wonder: August's Lesson, by RJ Palacio

By the way, my name is August. I will not describe what my face is like. I don't know how they are imagining it, but it sure is much worse. "

With these words, the author RJ Palacio introduces us to the story of August, a boy with a deformed face who must face the harsh reality when he starts in a new institute after years between hospitals. Julia Roberts and Owen Wilson play the child's parents while Jacob Tremblay, whom many will remember for his impressive portrayal of Brie Larson's son in Room, gives life to August, a new hero of the XNUMXst century who arrives to show us that beauty is inside in a tender and inspiring way. An ingenious criticism against bullying which topped The New York Times book list and was Amazon's Best Book in 2012. The film will hit screens on April 7, 2017.

The Circle, by Dave Eggers

Published by Literature Random House in Spain at the end of 2014, El Círculo is a novel that encompasses a theme as current as that of the digital age and its social networks through the character of Mae Holland (Emma Watson), a young woman who is offered the opportunity to work in the mysterious company El Círculo. A mystery work in which there is much criticism of Facebook and Google and in whose adaptation Watson will be accompanied by Tom Hanks and John Boyega. The film will open in the United States on April 27.

The Dark Tower, by Stephen King

For years and years, the adaptation of the series The Dark Tower by Stephen King, which includes up to eight installments, sounded like a project in Hollywood offices: first as a telefilm, then as a series and even as a film with Javier Bardem as the protagonist. Finally, last year the definitive adaptation was confirmed with Matthew McConaughey as the witcher Walter Padick and Idris Elba as the Lone Ranger Rolain Deschain, two of the most remembered characters of that Middle World that merges the American West and the future. As a curiosity, this adaptation, which opens on July 27, 2017, continues the penultimate title of the saga, also called The Dark Tower. And at the moment it seems that King is happy with the result.

These 5 books that will be adapted to the cinema in 2017 They will not only drag thousands of spectators to the rooms but also allow us to discover some literary surprises that perhaps we did not know until now.

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