BOOKS ABOUT TO BECOME MOVIES
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER by Stephen Chbosky
Status: Set for release September 2012.
Who's involved: Author Chbosky adapted his own book and directs it, with a cast that includes Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Melanie Lynskey, Mae Whitman and Johnny Simmons.
Why you should read the book first: Because it's written as a series of first-person letters from our hero, Charlie, that are so personal and frequently heartbreaking it's hard to know how any movie could recapture them. Chbosky's book captures so many pains of being a teenager-- from loving someone who doesn't love you back to simply not understanding how your body works and what it wants-- that it feels kind of like traveling back to your own adolescence, and there's a personal connection you get inside of Charlie's head that's impossible to recreate onscreen. There's a great cast lined up for the movie version, and Chbosky clearly knows his way around his own book, but the best way to meet Charlie and his friends is to imagine them in your head first.
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