The Open Road Blog

According to the Midcontinent Public Library and Based on the Book, more than 1,200 books, novels, short stories, and plays have been made into English language feature films—and that's just since 1980! In fact, all but two of this year's Academy Award Best Picture nominees are based on books including The Descendants, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Moneyball, and War Horse.  

Of course it's no secret that Hollywood producers and bestselling authors don't always see eye-to-eye when it comes to writing the all-important screenplay adaptation; but with patience, respect, and determination, success—and maybe ...

“A powerful, moving novel that probes the heart of man’s most heartless activity—war.”

—Chicago Sunday Tribune

On December 20, 2011, Open Road Integrated Media will publish The Thin Red Line by iconic author James Jones, best known for his novel From Here to Eternity. Jones is regarded as one of the most successful American authors from the World War II generation. Fellow celebrated author Norman Mailer, called Jones “the only one of my contemporaries who I felt had more talent than myself.” Jones’s experiences serving in the US Army from 1939 to 1944 influenced a number of ...

On October 11, 2011, Open Road Integrated Media will publish To the End of the War: Unpublished Fiction by the late James Jones (1921–1977). Recognized as “one of the significant writers of his generation” by the New York Times, Jones is best known as the author of From Here to Eternity, which was reissued to great acclaim, with previously censored scenes and dialogue, by Open Road earlier this year.

To the End of the War contains twelve never-before-published stories by James Jones. Edited and with introductory material by George Hendrick, stories in To the End of the ...

Personally, I was very excited to see this: A Spanish company is starting what can only be described as "Netflix for Books," launching later this summer. Also, Amazon to start Kindle Library Lending Program with Overdrive.—Pablo

This week in The Guardian, David Thomson writes about the movies of Terrence Malick and the anticipation surrounding the release of his latest film The Tree of Life. Malick is one of my favorite contemporary American directors and, like countless others, I'm anxious to see The Tree of Life. The movie is set to open May 4 in the U.K., but there ...