According to BuzzFeed, a social news and entertainment site, there are 21 movies being made from books this year. They include:
January release dates:
1. Still Alice, Lisa Genova; Starring: Julianne Moore, Alec Baldwin, Kate Bosworth, Kristen Stewart
2. The Mortdecai Trilogy, Kyril Bonfiglioli; Starring: Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Olivia Munn, Gwyneth Paltrow
February:
3. Where Rainbows End (Love, Rosie), Cecelia Ahern; Starring: Lily Collins, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse
4. The Last Apprentice (Seventh Son), Joseph Delaney; Starring: Jeff Bridges, Kit Harington, Julianne Moore, Ben Barnes
5. Fifty Shades of Grey, E.L. James; Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes
6. The DUFF, Kody Keplinger; Starring: Mae Whitman, Bella Thorne, Allison Janey, Robbie Amell
7. Dead Stars (Maps to the Stars), Bruce Wagner; Starring: Julianne Moore, John Cusack, Robert Pattinson
March:
8. In the Heart of the Sea, Nathaniel Philbrick; Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Charlotte Riley
9. Insurgent, Veronica Roth; Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Kate Winslet
10. Serena, Ron Rash; Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper
April:
11. The Longest Ride, Nicholas Sparks; Starring: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson
12.The Moon and the Sun, Vonda N. McIntyre;Starring: Pierce Brosnan, William Hurt, Benjamin Walker, Kaya Scodelario
13. Child 44, Tom Rob Smith; Starring: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace
May:
14. Far from the Madding Crowd, Thomas Hardy; Starring: Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Matthias Schoenaerts
June:
15. Paper Towns, John Green; Starring: Cara Delevingne, Nat Wolff
September:
16.The Scorch Trials, James Dashner; Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster
17. Black Mass, Dick Lehr and Gerald O’Neill; Starring: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson
October:
18. Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein), Mary Shelley; Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, James McAvoy
19. Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling; Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray, Lupita Nyong’o, Christopher Walken, Ben Kingsley
November:
20. Mockingjay (Part 2), Suzanne Collins; Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
21. The Martian, Andy Weir; Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels, Kristen Wiig
