Gone Girl. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2012 book
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Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn, 2012
movie vs book
David Fincher, 2014

On their fifth wedding anniversary, writing teacher Nick Dunne returns home to find his wife Amy missing. Amy and Nick had played treasure hunt games on every wedding anniversary; this year’s clues include profligate items purchased with Nick’s card, as well as a diary highlighting Amy’s growing isolation and ending with the fear that Nick will kill her.


Batman: Under the Red Hood. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2006 comic book, Batman: Under the Hood
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Batman: Under the Hood
Judd Winick, Doug Mahnke, 2006
movie vs comic book
Brandon Vietti, 2010

Ra’s al Ghul realizes his mistake in hiring the Joker to use him as a distraction while Ra’s destroyed Europe’s financial districts. In Sarajevo, Bosnia, the Joker has captured and brutally assaults Jason Todd, the second Robin, in an abandoned warehouse with a crowbar. Jason is locked in the warehouse with a bomb, which explodes and kills him before Batman arrives.


A Series of Unfortunate Events. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1999 book, The Bad Beginning
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The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket, 1999
TV series vs book
Mark Hudis, Barry Sonnenfeld, 2017-2019

When a mysterious fire destroys their home and kills their parents, the Baudelaire children, Violet, Klaus and Sunny, are placed in the care of their distant’relative’ Count Olaf, an actor who is determined to claim the family fortune for himself. Following Olaf’s failed attempt and his plot being exposed, the Baudelaires are placed in the custody of a series of inept or unsympathetic guardians.


Starship Troopers. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1959 book
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Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein, 1959
movie vs book
Paul Verhoeven, 1997

In the 23rd century, while colonizing new planets, humans have encountered a hostile non-technological insectoid species known as Arachnids, but commonly referred to as Bugs. After graduating from high school in Buenos Aires, John Johnny Rico, his girlfriend Carmen Ibanez, and psychic best friend Carl Jenkins enlist in the Federal Service, despite Rico’s parents’ disapproval of military service.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1978 book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett, 1978
movie vs book
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2009

Flint Lockwood is an aspiring scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy, but the Baby Brent Sardines cannery has closed and gone bankrupt due to worldwide disgust of sardines as food, which was all the residents had to eat from then on. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed father, and his pet monkey, Steve. When Flint turns the machine back on, it ends up rocketing through town which accidentally destroys the town square of the Sardine Land before ultimately rocketing up into the sky.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Stacia Deutsch, 2009
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Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, 2009

Flint Lockwood is an aspiring scientist who lives in Swallow Falls, a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean that has sardines as the base of its economy, but the Baby Brent Sardines cannery has closed and gone bankrupt due to worldwide disgust of sardines as food, which was all the residents had to eat from then on. Flint lives with Tim, his widowed father, and his pet monkey, Steve. When Flint turns the machine back on, it ends up rocketing through town which accidentally destroys the town square of the Sardine Land before ultimately rocketing up into the sky.


8-Bit Christmas. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 2013 book
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8-Bit Christmas
Kevin Jakubowski, 2013
movie vs book
Michael Dowse, 2021

Set in the late 1980s, a young boy named John Doyle plans to get a Nintendo Entertainment System, the Christmas gift of his generation and the latest and greatest video game system, before everyone else.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Stacia Deutsch, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn, 2013

Following the events of the first film, inventor Flint Lockwood and his friends celebrate their success in saving the world from the food storm created by the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator. Chester shows Flint that the FLDSMDFR is still functioning and creating food-animal hybrids.


Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 1978 book, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
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Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett, 1978
movie vs book
Cody Cameron, Kris Pearn, 2013

Following the events of the first film, inventor Flint Lockwood and his friends celebrate their success in saving the world from the food storm created by the Flint Lockwood Diatonic Super Mutating Dynamic Food Replicator. Chester shows Flint that the FLDSMDFR is still functioning and creating food-animal hybrids.


The Christmas Blessing. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 2003 book
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The Christmas Blessing
Donna VanLiere, 2003
movie vs book
Karen Arthur, 2005

Nathan Andrews has grown up and is now a medical resident. When the young doctor loses a patient, he begins to rethink his career and moves back home with his father. Just as Nathan is settling in his world begins to crumble when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young boy are in crisis. Nathan finds himself questioning God, fate and the fragility of life, all the while hoping for a Christmas Miracle.


A Million Ways to Die in the West. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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A Million Ways to Die in the West
Seth MacFarlane, 2014
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Seth MacFarlane, 2014

In 1882, in the town of Old Stump, Arizona, timid sheep farmer Albert Stark has broken up with his girlfriend Louise as a result of his refusal to a gunfight. Lewis and Anna arrive in Old Stump under the disguise of two siblings intending to build a farm, but Lewis is arrested after shooting the Pastor’s son in a saloon. Anna then spends the week teaching Albert how to shoot.


Beastly. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 2007 book
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Beastly
Alex Flinn, 2007
movie vs book
Daniel Barnz, 2011

Kyle Kingson is the arrogant and vain son of news anchor Rob Kingson. Kyle bullies Kendra Hilferty, not knowing she is a witch; she transforms him into a hairless, scarred, heavily tattooed shell of his former self. Both are comforts to Kyle when his father, unable to deal with his transformation, has abandoned him.