The Time Traveler's Wife - The Movie (update)
October 1st 2008 05:51
The highly anticipated film The Time Traveler’s Wife (2008) is set for a US theatrical release on 25 December 2008, and touted for an Australian release on either the same date, or earlier on 26 November 2008, depending on who your sources are…
After phoning Village Roadshow (the Australian distributer for New Line Cinema/Warner Bros), one could safely assume the release date here is TBA (it wasn’t listed). This isn’t promising news, considering the US have already pushed back the June 2008 release.
In the meantime, let’s cast out mind to the incredible screen experience Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel (of the same name) hopes to offer, when, and if, the film hits our screens.
Chicago librarian, Henry DeTamble (played by Aussie Eric Bana) is cursed and blessed with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel through time when he becomes the slightest bit stressed. In a series of disappearances, he tries to sustain a passionate yet tumultuous relationship with his true love and gifted artist, Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams).
The story cuts through time with no apologies and readers of the best-selling novel found this approach sophisticated, refreshing and unique, while others just couldn’t follow.
The film is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and adapted for the screen, in the first instance, by Jeremy Neven (The Notebook) then by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost). Spielberg, Gus Van Sant and David Fincher were rumored to have shown interest in the project in its early stages, but failed to reach successful negotiations.
The book made headlines in 2003 when just prior to its public release, hot couple (at the time) Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt bought the film rights and were reportedly planning on portraying the main characters in the screen version. Ultimately, Pitt’s production company Plan B remained as producer on the film.
While readers of the novel are eager to see the characters come to life on the big screen (present company included) there are natural hesitations to seeing an intricate detailed story compressed into a 90 minute commercialized fanfare of a love story. And given the past success of novels adapted for the screen – especially love stories – the approach could be hit or miss….or could fare somewhere in between for fans of the book.
All in all, it’s an exciting prospect – regardless of when the movie finally graces our screens. Its dubious release date, allows those who are yet to – to get cracking on the novel. You won’t be disappointed!
After phoning Village Roadshow (the Australian distributer for New Line Cinema/Warner Bros), one could safely assume the release date here is TBA (it wasn’t listed). This isn’t promising news, considering the US have already pushed back the June 2008 release.
Chicago librarian, Henry DeTamble (played by Aussie Eric Bana) is cursed and blessed with a genetic disorder that causes him to time travel through time when he becomes the slightest bit stressed. In a series of disappearances, he tries to sustain a passionate yet tumultuous relationship with his true love and gifted artist, Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams).
The film is directed by Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and adapted for the screen, in the first instance, by Jeremy Neven (The Notebook) then by Bruce Joel Rubin (Ghost). Spielberg, Gus Van Sant and David Fincher were rumored to have shown interest in the project in its early stages, but failed to reach successful negotiations.
The book made headlines in 2003 when just prior to its public release, hot couple (at the time) Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt bought the film rights and were reportedly planning on portraying the main characters in the screen version. Ultimately, Pitt’s production company Plan B remained as producer on the film.
While readers of the novel are eager to see the characters come to life on the big screen (present company included) there are natural hesitations to seeing an intricate detailed story compressed into a 90 minute commercialized fanfare of a love story. And given the past success of novels adapted for the screen – especially love stories – the approach could be hit or miss….or could fare somewhere in between for fans of the book.
All in all, it’s an exciting prospect – regardless of when the movie finally graces our screens. Its dubious release date, allows those who are yet to – to get cracking on the novel. You won’t be disappointed!
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Comment by JohnDoe
Film & TV on DVD
Did you ever see Darren Aronofsky's The Fountain? A fantastic film that covered explored much teh same territory as teh book but with far more complexity/
Comment by Raquelle
Comment by David O'Connell
Screen Fanatic
Eric Bana seems like a decent choice for Henry but I think his ordinary American accents can be very distracting in films at times, hopefully that's not the case here.
Comment by Raquelle
Cant wait til they announce a release day. I do hope that the film lives up to the book's hype.
thanks for your comments R