World Book Day: 13 books that are becoming movies in 2018 you NEED to read
Find out about all the amazing book adaptations coming to a cinema near you
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
If you grew up reading the tales of Peter Rabbit and his friends then you’re in for a treat (or sheer horror, depending on how you view things) because he’s coming to the big screen in 2018.
Late Late Show host James Corden voices Peter in a new animated adaption of the kids classic about a bunny trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden. He’ll be joined by Margot Robbie (Suicide Squad) as Flopsy, Elizabeth Debicki (The Night Manager) as Mopsy and Daisy Ridley AKA Rey from Star Wars as Cottontail.
Peter Rabbit opens in UK cinemas on 16th March
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle
Madeleine L’Engle’s classic children’s sci-fi tale about a young boy who searches for his lost father through a wrinkle in time has been given quite the shake-up by Disney.
In the upcoming film it’s Meg (Charlie’s sister in the novel, played here by Storm Reid) who takes it upon herself to search for her long lost dad (Chris Pine). She does it with the assistance of Oprah Winfrey, Mindy Kaling, and Reece Witherspoon. Not bad company…
A Wrinkle in Time opens in UK cinemas on 23rd March
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Fans of 80s and 90s nostalgia will fall head over heels for Ernest Cline’s novel about a teenager who escapes the horrid reality of his post-apocalyptic world by playing a game that’s jam packed with late 20th century clues.
Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) spends most of his free time in a virtual realm known as OASIS and is desperate to win Anorak’s Game, a challenge developed by recently deceased OASIS creator James Halliday (Mark Rylance). What does the winner get? Full control of OASIS and the game creator’s $240 billion fortune.
Nobody’s been able to find the game’s ‘Easter Egg’, but when Wades comes across the key to the first puzzle things change. As he works with friends from the OASIS to find treasure, the corporate giant Innovative Online Industries (IOI) employs a number of players to try to discover it first and seize control of OASIS for themselves.
Ready Player One opens in UK cinemas on 30th March