Adaptations are all the rage this month of September! From comic books to novels, check out what movies are up for this month.
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1.) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy
Tempo Prediction: 4.0 stars
A group of mutated warriors face off against an evil kingpin who wants to take over New York.
Fun Fact: The film was originally to be called just “Ninja Turtles”, but the “Teenage Mutant” part was put in to please the fans when they expressed negative feedback about it.
Directed by: Jonathan Liebesman
Cast: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, William Fichtner
2.) Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
Tempo Prediction: 4 stars
Some of Sin City’s most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Fun Fact: Besides the sequel coming in 7 years later, the script is expected to incorporate two original Sin City graphic novel stories, “A Dame to Kill For” and “Just Another Saturday Night.”
Directed by: Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez
Cast: Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Josh Brolin
3.) The Giver
Genre: Drama | Sci-fi
Tempo Prediction: 3.5 stars
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the “real” world.
Fun Fact: In the original novel, Jonas and his friends are twelve years old. However, for the film they were aged up by four years.
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Brenton Thwaites, Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep
4.) If I Stay
Genre: Drama
Tempo Prediction: 4.5 stars
Life changes in an instant for young Mia Hall after a car accident puts her in a coma. During an out-of-body experience, she must decide whether to wake up and live a life far different than she had imagined.
Fun Fact: The film was shot in Vancouver, Canada miles away from where lead Chloë shot her scary film, Carrie.
Directed by: R.J. Cutler
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Mireille Enos, Jamie Blackley
