More Books in Theaters this Fall

THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Based on the novel by Giles Foden
Directed by Kevin Macdonald, screenplay by Peter Morgan & Jeremy Brock; staring Forest Whitaker (as Idi Amin), James McAvoy, Kerry Washington, and Gillian Anderson. RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2006  (select cities)

THE CHILDREN OF MEN (Universal Pictures)
Based on the novel by P.D. James
Staring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Charlie Hunnam, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor; directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban); screenplay by Timothy Sexton.
RELEASE DATE: September 29, 2006

INFAMOUS (Warner Independent Films)
Based on the biography TRUMAN CAPOTE by George Plimpton
Film will explore the complex relationship between Capote and the Kansas killers he profiled in the book IN COLD BLOOD. 
Cast includes Toby Jones (Truman Capote), Sandra Bullock (Harper Lee), Daniel Craig (Perry Smith), Gwyneth Paltrow (Peggy Lee), Sigourney Weaver (Babe Paley), Jeff Daniels, Isabella Rossellini and Hope Davis.
RELEASE DATE: October 2006 (select cities)

MARIE ANTOINETTE (Columbia Pictures/American Zeotrope) 
Based on the Book by Antonia Fraser
Sofia Coppola wrote/directed. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn, Judy Davis, and Asia Argento.
RELEASE DATE: October 13, 2006 (wide release)

A GOOD YEAR (Fox 2000)
Based on the novel by Peter Mayle
“A Good Year” is the story of a failing London banker who moves to Provence after inheriting a vineyard, only to encounter a beautiful Californian who has her own claim on the estate. Ridley Scott will produce and direct. Script by  scribe Marc Klein (Serendipity).  Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Aaron Eckhart, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hollander and Didier Bourdon will star.  Filming begins soon.
RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2006 (wide release)

PERFUME (DreamWorks/Paramount) 
Based on Patrick Suskind’s novel
Staring Dustin Hoffman, Ben Winshaw, Alan Rickman, and Rachel Hurd-Wood.  Produced by Bernd Eichinger (The Never-Ending Story; The Name of the Rose); Directed by Tom Tykwer. 
RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2006 (limited release)

THE PAINTED VEIL (Warner Independent Films)
Based on the novel by Somerset Maugham
Director John Curran, Produced by Edward Norton. Starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts and veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong is his US Debut. Directed by Caroline Link. Screenwriter Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia).
RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2006 (select cities)