2012 is shaping up to be a very literate year in motion pictures. Over 30 films on the release schedule are based on books, short stories or comic books. Below are 10 of the most notable.

1. BEING FLYNN

Based on: Another Bullsh*t Night in Suck City by Nick Flynn

Basic plot: A guy who works at a homeless shelter finds his estranged, alcoholic, deadbeat dad wandering in one night.

Starring: Robert DeNiro, Paul Dano, Julianne Moore

Director: Paul Weitz

Why it’ll make you thankful: I’m guessing your father isn’t in a homeless shelter…

Release date: Opened March 2 (limited)

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I respect this film. I respect this film so much; I will not go on one of my idiotic rants or raves like I normally do. It’s not to say I don’t respect other films I’ve watched and/or reviewed, I do… It’s just from the start, Director, Marc Forster engages the audience within a realm I imagine most of us are familiar with, yet, not too in-tune when it comes to the realities which are going on, as we speak, on the other side of this big blue marble we share. The opening scene commands a large degree of respect, and what ties in after, takes us on such a deep, depressing, ride of realities… A...

Filmmaker Martin Campbell has criticized bosses of the Bond franchise by blasting Quantum Of Solace as "lousy."

Campbell directed Pierce Brosnan's debut outing as the suave superspy in 1995's GoldenEye before returning to helm Daniel Craig's debut in "Casino Royale."

He was mooted as director for the follow-up, Quantum of Solace, in 2008, but the job eventually went to Marc Forster - and Campbell has now taken aim at the movie's producers, accusing them of ruining his good work on Casino Royale.

Campbell tells Total Film magazine, "The truth was it was a lousy film. Casino Royale really ...

First-time Bond film director Marc Forster insists the Aston Martin lake dive that reportedly sparked a string of 007 on-set accidents had nothing to do with the movie. Italian gossips claimed a James Bond stunt driver crashed 007's famous Aston Martin DBS into Italy's Lake Garda in April, just before filming on Quantum of Solace was due to start there - and the reports spread around the world like wildfire.

But now director Forster is talking about the incident for the first time, insisting the accident had nothing to do with his film.

He tells WENN, "The car wasn't owned by the ...

Quantum Of Solace director Marc Forster has confessed Amy Winehouse was his top choice for the new James Bond theme. Jack White and Alicia Keys eventually landed the job of writing and recording the coveted film theme, but Forster admits he always favoured Britain's troubled "Rehab" singer.

He tells WENN, "Amy Winehouse always wanted to write the song when I got involved and I felt that was a great idea because she's also from England, like Bond, and I felt she is such an interesting artist. Unfortunately she wasn't able to write the song and when I heard that Jack White was really int...

The "poignant, intimate epic" (Alissa Simon, Variety.com) based on Khaled Hosseini's best-selling novel, The Kite Runner, arrived on DVD March 25, 2008 from Paramount Home Entertainment.

Directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland), the sweeping and emotional tale of friendship, betrayal and redemption received widespread critical acclaim and an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Score, as well as Golden Globe® nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Score—Motion Picture.

Spanning several decades and set against the backdrop of first the Soviet in...

In a divided country on the verge of war, two childhood friends, Amir and Hassan, are about to be torn apart forever. Finding Neverland director Marc Forster adapts author Khaled Hosseini's novel about life in Afghanistan following the fall of the Taliban.

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James Bond is on the hunt for a lovely Latina for his next movie adventure - 007 bosses are looking for a new Bond girl in Mexico City.

Casting director Carla Hool hit the Mexican capital last week for a series of low-key auditions with actresses like Montserrat Olivier and Luz Elena Gonzalez, according to PeopleEnEspanol.com.

Olivier has since revealed the casting required aspiring Bond girls to learn three scenes from the previous 007 movie, Casino Royale.

The movie's working title will be Bond 22. Daniel Craig will return as the masterspy and fellow Brit Marc Forster wi...