Tangled. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1812 book, Rapunzel: A Fairy Tale Adventure
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Rapunzel: A Fairy Tale Adventure
Jacob Grimm, Wilhem Grimm, 1812
movie vs book
Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, 2010

Long ago, a drop of liquid sunlight sprouts a magical healing flower. For centuries, Mother Gothel has used the flower to retain her youth, and she is angered when soldiers from a nearby kingdom pluck it to heal their ailing and pregnant queen. Shortly afterward, the Queen gives birth to Princess Rapunzel, whose golden hair contains the flower’s healing properties.


Tangled. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Tangled: The Junior Novelization
Irene Trimble, 2010
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Nathan Greno, Byron Howard, 2010

Long ago, a drop of liquid sunlight sprouts a magical healing flower. For centuries, Mother Gothel has used the flower to retain her youth, and she is angered when soldiers from a nearby kingdom pluck it to heal their ailing and pregnant queen. Shortly afterward, the Queen gives birth to Princess Rapunzel, whose golden hair contains the flower’s healing properties.


Girl, Interrupted. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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Girl, Interrupted
Susanna Kaysen, 1993
movie vs book
James Mangold, 1999

In 1967 New England, aimless 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen has a nervous breakdown and overdoses on aspirin, after which she is checked into Claymoore, a local psychiatric hospital. Through regular therapy sessions with Dr. Melvin Potts, Susanna comes to learn she has borderline personality disorder, a fact Dr. Potts initially keeps concealed from her.


Meet Joe Black. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1957 book, Death Takes a Holiday
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Death Takes a Holiday
Alberto Casella, 1957
movie vs book
Martin Brest, 1998

Billionaire media mogul Bill Parrish is considering a merger between his company and another media giant and is about to celebrate his 65th birthday with an elaborate party planned by his elder daughter, Allison. His younger daughter, Susan, a resident in internal medicine, is in a relationship with one of Bill’s board members, Drew. When she asks for the short version of his impassioned speech, he simply says, ‘Stay open’.


The Death of Stalin. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 comic book
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The Death of Stalin
Fabien Nury, Thierry Robin, 2010
movie vs comic book
Armando Iannucci, 2017

The year is 1953, and the Soviet Union is still in the grasp of the paranoia of Premier and General Secretary of the Communist Party Joseph Stalin. The concert has to be hurriedly repeated and recorded, but the pianist, Maria Yudina, hides a note to Stalin in the sleeve of the record, saying he has ruined the country.


Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1993 comic book, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
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Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Mike Mignola, John Byrne, 1993
movie vs comic book
Guillermo del Toro, 2008

During Christmas 1955, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm, of an ancient war between human and magical creatures. During the fight Nuada questions why he fights for the humans when they have driven the magical creatures into hiding, of which he too is one. Nuala is taken under the B.P.R.D.


Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Robert Greenberger, 2008
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Guillermo del Toro, 2008

During Christmas 1955, a young Hellboy is told a bedtime story by his adoptive father, Trevor Bruttenholm, of an ancient war between human and magical creatures. During the fight Nuada questions why he fights for the humans when they have driven the magical creatures into hiding, of which he too is one. Nuala is taken under the B.P.R.D.


Hellboy. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1993 comic book, Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
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Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Mike Mignola, John Byrne, 1993
movie vs comic book
Guillermo del Toro, 2004

In 1944, with the help of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, the Nazis build a dimensional portal off the coast of Scotland and intend to free the Ogdru Jahad to aid them in defeating the Allies. An Allied team destroys the portal, guided by a young scientist named Trevor Bruttenholm (colloquially known as Broom).


Hellboy. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hellboy
Yvonne Navarro, 1997
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Guillermo del Toro, 2004

In 1944, with the help of Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin, the Nazis build a dimensional portal off the coast of Scotland and intend to free the Ogdru Jahad to aid them in defeating the Allies. An Allied team destroys the portal, guided by a young scientist named Trevor Bruttenholm (colloquially known as Broom).


Trolls. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Trolls: The Junior Novelization
David Lewman, 2016
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Mike Mitchell, Walt Dohrn, 2016

The Trolls are small, colorful creatures who live in an almost perpetual state of happiness, singing, dancing, hugging, and having fun all day. The Trolls, led by their king, King Peppy, with his infant daughter, Princess Poppy, escape through tunnels on the day of Trollstice when Prince Gristle Jr. was going to eat his first Troll.


The Man Who Captured Eichmann. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1990 book, Eichmann in My Hands
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Eichmann in My Hands
Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein, 1990
movie vs book
William A. Graham, 1996

An Israeli man uncoversing the location of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi responsible for sending millions of Jews to Hitler’s concentration camps, along with other agents from the Israeli Mossad, devise a complex plan to capture and transport Eichmann from Argentina to Israel for trial.


Muppets from Space. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Muppets from Space: The Junior Novelization
Ellen Weiss, 1999
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tim Hill, 1999

Gonzo has always been identified as a whatever; but, after having disturbing dreams of abandonment and rejection, including him being denied entry to Noah’s Ark, he begins to realize just how alone he is in the world. After an alien race appears to be trying to send him a strange mysterious message through his bowl of Kap’n Alphabet cereal, Gonzo realizes that he may not be so alone after all.