movie novelizations
Cinema turned prose
Movie novelizations are books adapted from film screenplays, typically published alongside a movie's release.
They expand on the film's story, sometimes including scenes cut from the final edit or additional character interiority.
The genre is considered commercial rather than literary, often written quickly by hired authors working from scripts: I read the novelization before the movie came out.
- tie-insRelated promotional merchandise
- paperbacksBooks with flexible covers
- mass marketProduced for general consumers
- blockbustersHugely successful entertainment products
- screenplaysWritten works for films
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Works reimagined for new media
source material · literary fiction · primary texts · original manuscripts · debut novels
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Uncopied creative productions
debut novels · spec scripts · literary fiction · creative works · primary sources
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Movies based on books
screen adaptations · literary adaptations · cinematic adaptations
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