Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Lehane's Shutter Island - the movie

Dennis Lehane is fast becoming an author whose novels wind up as movies. First it was Mystic River (Book| Movie), then Gone Baby Gone (Book | Movie), and now, Shutter Island (Book | IMDB page). Heavy hitters have signed on, too, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, and Michelle Williams, all directed by Martin Scorsese...wow. I was pretty sure as soon as I read Shutter Island that it would be picked for the big screen, since it is cinematic in setting, character and a monster twist. I just found a copy of the screenplay and look forward to reading it. The movie is due out this fall. And for the record, Lehane is four for eight--four movies from eight novels (the fourth is from a short story of his, Until Gwen, supposedly in the works).

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