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FROM BOOK TO BIG SCREEN You can’t complain about how much better the book was unless you read it first. THE AFTERMATH BY RHIDIAN BROOK Fox Searchlight’s adaptation of Rhidian Brook’s 2013 story focuses on love and betrayal. From director James Kent, the film centers around Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley), who relocates to Hamberg, Germany, from England with her husband to help rebuild the city that the British military destroyed. During the couple’s tenure in the city, they allow a widower named Stefan (Alexander Skarsgård) and his daughter to stay with them. Stefan and Rachael begin a love affair, with conflicting allegiances and home countries threatening to pull them apart. Ridley Scott executive produced the fim. The Aftermath will be in theaters on March 15.
THE GOLDFINCH BY DONNA TARTT This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel focuses on orphan Theo Decker, who steals a famous painting during a bombing at a museum after he’s thrust into this new underground world of art. As an adult, Theo navigates his job at an antiques store, alienated from the one he loves, and finds himself in the midst of a dangerous circle. The tale of survival and reinvention stars Sarah Paulson, Nicole Kidman, Ansel Elgort, and Luke Wilson. The Goldfinch will hit theaters on October 11.
THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY BY GERARD WAY In the comic series The Umbrella Academy, 43 babies were born on the same day to women who were not pregnant the day before. A millionaire adopts seven of the babies and creates an academy for his kids to save the day. The dysfunctional family of superheroes teams up to solve their father’s mysterious death and the impending apocalypse. The Netflix Original series stars Ellen Page, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro, Ashley Madekwe, and Kate Walsh. The series debuted on Netflix on February 15. 96 | Issue No. 2 | THE POP INSIDER
THE KNIFE OF NEVER LETTING GO BY PATRICK NESS The first book in Patrick Ness’ Chaos Walking trilogy, The Knife of Never Letting Go focuses on 12-year-old Todd Hewitt, the only boy in a town full of men in which everyone can hear each other’s thoughts. He flees the town with his dog, but not before he realizes something is not right. He then meets a girl, who somehow managed to survive whatever wiped out the female population. The film adaptation, titled Chaos Walking, stars Tom Holland as Todd Hewitt. Todd meets Viola Eade (Daisy Ridley), whose presence may be the key to unearthing the New World’s secrets. The film also stars Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Kurt Sutter, David Oyelowo, and Nick Jonas. Directed by Doug Liman, the film’s screenwriters include Charlie Kaufman, Gary Spinelli, Lindsey Beer, John Lee Hancock, and Ness. The big-budget adaptation is slated for a release in 2020.