The Dark Knight Rises. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Dark Knight Rises
Greg Cox, 2012
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Christopher Nolan, 2012

Bane, a masked terrorist and former member of the League of Shadows, abducts nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel from a CIA aircraft over Uzbekistan before crashing the aircraft. Bane sets up his base in the city sewers, and prompts Wayne’s corporate rival John Daggett to buy Wayne’s fingerprints.


The Dark Knight Rises. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 1940 comic book, Batman
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Batman
Bob Kane, Bill Finger, 1940
movie vs comic book
Christopher Nolan, 2012

Bane, a masked terrorist and former member of the League of Shadows, abducts nuclear physicist Dr. Leonid Pavel from a CIA aircraft over Uzbekistan before crashing the aircraft. Bruce Wayne has become a recluse, and Wayne Enterprises is losing money after Wayne discontinued his fusion reactor project when he learned that it could be weaponized.


Mysterious Skin. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Mysterious Skin
Scott Heim, 1995
movie vs book
Gregg Araki, 2004

Two eight-year-old Little League teammates, Neil McCormick and Brian Lackey, both experience life-altering events during the summer of 1981 in Hutchinson, Kansas. In New York, Neil has an emotional encounter with a client, Zeke, who is dying from AIDS and only wants to feel another person’s touch.


10 Things I Hate About You. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1593 book, The Taming of the Shrew
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The Taming of the Shrew
William Shakespeare, 1593
movie vs book
Gil Junger, 1999

Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes instantly smitten with popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the shrewish Kat, to date.


Lincoln. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the 2005 book, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin, 2005
movie vs book
Steven Spielberg, 2012

In January 1865, United States President Abraham Lincoln expects the Civil War to end soon, with the defeat of the Confederate States. He is concerned that his 1863 Emancipation Proclamation may be discarded by the courts after the war and that the proposed Thirteenth Amendment will be defeated by the returning slave states.


The Walk. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2002 book, To Reach the Clouds
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To Reach the Clouds
Philippe Petit, 2002
movie vs book
Robert Zemeckis, 2015

In 1974, French street performer Philippe Petit is trying to make a living in Paris with juggling acts and wire walking, much to the chagrin of his father. Jean-Louis introduces Jeff, another accomplice who has a fear of heights, to Philippe and Annie, while explaining his idea to use a bow and arrow tied to a fishing line to get the cable across the Towers.


Snowden. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2014 book, The Snowden Files
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The Snowden Files
Luke Harding, 2014
movie vs book
Oliver Stone, 2016

In 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with documentarian Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. Poitras later released a documentary about this meeting titled Citizenfour, this in turn was used in a scene within the film Snowden. He eventually fractures his tibia, and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge and that he may serve his country in other ways.


Snowden. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2015 book, Time of the Octopus
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Time of the Octopus
Anatoly Kucherena, 2015
movie vs book
Oliver Stone, 2016

In 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with documentarian Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. Poitras later released a documentary about this meeting titled Citizenfour, this in turn was used in a scene within the film Snowden. He eventually fractures his tibia, and is informed that he will be receiving an administrative discharge and that he may serve his country in other ways.


Super Pumped. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2019 book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac, 2019
TV series vs book
Brian Koppelman, David Levien, 2022-

The roller-coaster ride of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive companies, Uber, from the perspective of the company’s CEO Travis Kalanick, who is ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup after tense internal and external battles that ripple with unpredictable consequences.


10 Things I Hate About You. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the book novelization
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10 Things I Hate About You
David Levithan, 1999
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Gil Junger, 1999

Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes instantly smitten with popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the shrewish Kat, to date.


Treasure Planet. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1879 book, Treasure Island
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Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879
movie vs book
Ron Clements, John Musker, 2002

On the planet Montressor, young Jim Hawkins is enchanted by stories of the legendary pirate Captain Nathaniel Flint and his ability to appear from out of nowhere, raid passing ships, and disappear in order to hide the loot on the mysterious Treasure Planet. 12 years later, Jim has grown into an aloof and isolated troublemaker due to his father abandoning him and his mother.


A River Runs Through It. Poster of the 1992 movie and cover of the 1976 book
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A River Runs Through It
Norman Maclean, 1976
movie vs book
Robert Redford, 1992

The Maclean brothers, Norman and Paul, grow up in Missoula, Montana with their father, Presbyterian minister John, from whom they learn a love of fly fishing for trout in the Blackfoot River. Norman leaves to attend college at Dartmouth; when he returns six years later, he finds that Paul has become a skilled fisherman.