{"id":756,"date":"2017-02-13T12:23:47","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T12:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cine2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/?p=756"},"modified":"2018-09-24T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T14:52:09","slug":"2017-book-to-film-adaptations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cine2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/blog\/2017\/02\/13\/2017-book-to-film-adaptations\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 Book to Film Adaptations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Books have the amazing capability of transporting us to new worlds due to their imaginative narratives. When adapted to the big\u00a0screen, films can truly bring to life our favourite characters and add another level of emotional impact.<\/p>\n<p>From true story novels to fantasy ideations, these are some of this year\u2019s book-to-film adaptions that we\u2019re excited about.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>Hidden Figures<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, <em>Hidden Figures<\/em>, tells the story of female African-American NASA mathematicians who accurately calculated flight trajectories for several missions, including Project Mercury. Receiving positive reviews from critics, it\u2019s a contender for this year\u2019s Oscars.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RK8xHq6dfAo?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>It<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Stephen King\u2019s <em>It<\/em> is being remade into the big screen for this year. The cult classic is centred on a group of friends who are being terrorised by a clown, Pennywise. Exploiting their fears and phobias, It becomes what they fear the most as It hunts them.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>The Zookeeper\u2019s Wife<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Written by Diane Ackerman, the book of the same name was brought to the big screen to tell the true story of a brave couple of zookeepers in Warsaw Zoo who helped to save many animals and humans during Word War II. This powerful film is a portrayal of the horrors of the time, when 300 Jewish lives had been imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto when Germany invaded Poland in 1939.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rJNFeHHGGN4?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>The Dark Tower<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Another of Stephen King\u2019s novels, <em>The Dark Tower<\/em> featuring Idris Elba is set to premiere this year on the big screen. A science fantasy western horror, the film follows Roland Deschain, the Gunslinger, searching for a fabled Dark Tower to help save his world from extinction.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><em>The Lost City of Z<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>David Grann\u2019s book of the same name portrays the true story of Percy Fawcett, a British explorer, who travelled to the Amazon in the beginning of the 20<sup>th<\/sup> century. His findings of an unknown civilisation who appeared to have inhabited the region are ridiculed by the scientific establishment but Fawcett keeps returning to the Amazon. He eventually mysteriously disappears in 1925.<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwjtdOqTmrA?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Book adaptations to film aren\u2019t a recent thing; in fact, many books have been adapted to the big screen before. You might even have your favourite ones at home, trapped in cine format! At Cine2DVD Transfers we ensure you can enjoy your favourite films in DVD format, so you don\u2019t lose what\u2019s important to you.<\/p>\n<p>Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cine2dvdtransfers.co.uk\/contact\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get in touch<\/a> with our friendly team on <a href=\"tel:0800592433\">0800 592433<\/a>; we\u2019re always happy to help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Books have the amazing capability of transporting us to new worlds due to their imaginative narratives. When adapted to the big\u00a0screen, films can truly bring to life our favourite characters and add another level of emotional impact. 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