Bridge to Terabithia: Coming to Theaters February 2007
I was just surfing around on the IMDB, and I discovered that Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson is coming to the big screen in February 2007. The only name that I recognize in the cast list is Zooey Deschanel, who played Trillian in the most recent Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy film. She is playing Miss Edmunds. Wait! I also recognize AnnaSophia Robb, who is playing Leslie Burke. She played Violet Beauregarde in the last Charlie and the Chocolate Factory film. Quite the literary cast, it would seem. The last time that this Newbery award-winning book was made into a film it appeared as a made-for-tv movie in 1985. Now, I remember reading this book. I enjoyed it when I read it. It did, however, hurt my brain at the time. So much so that I still remember the hurt brain twenty years later. I guess that I just wasn’t prepared for the ending. (No, I’m not going to spoil the ending for you.) I guess that we’ll just have to see how this adaptaion turns out. Walden Media, mighty filmer of all kinds of cool books, as usual offers some teaching tools to go along with this film. If you are interested in learning more about Katherine Paterson and her books, check out her website called: Teribithia.
Bridge to Terabithia, Katherine Paterson
November 26th, 2006 at 9:30 pm
I’m completely excited about this…I saw the trailer in the theatre and just had these fantastic memories of the book I read as a girl…
November 26th, 2006 at 9:39 pm
Well, Walden Media has done a good job with their films so far. So, I’m hopeful for this one.
November 27th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
I always fear adaptations of really good books. For example, Narnia and the made-for-tv (which is always iffy anyway) Wrinkle in Time. But it sounds like it could work.
November 27th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
There are always the exceptions, like Return From Witch Mountain. That was really close to the book. Truthfully, I generally wait until someone else has seen the film…and ask them about it first.