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April 04

“The Social Network” DVD Sales Soar

After bringing home multiple Oscars and being nominated in numerous other categories <a href=”http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/”>“The Social Network”</a> was the timely hit of the year with its hard hitting dramatization of how the world’s biggest social network, Facebook, came to be. And because of its notoriety and popularity BookPal received a huge order of the DVD recently. You can watch the <a href=”http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285016/”>movie’s trailers here</a>.

<img class=”alignleft border” title=”The Social Network cover” src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4755005472_1d1941b93d.jpg” alt=”" width=”168″ height=”250″ />The movie has gotten so large in fact, much like Facebook itself, that Wikipedia has an entire entry chronicling the background of the movie. “The Social Network is a 2010 drama film about the founding of the social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. The film was directed by David Fincher and features a cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song, Armie Hammer, Max Minghella, Rashida Jones, Joseph Mazzello, and Rooney Mara.

Aaron Sorkin’s screenplay adapts Ben Mezrich’s 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires. Sorkin makes a cameo appearance as an unimpressed advertiser. Neither founder Mark Zuckerberg nor any other member of Facebook was involved with the project, although Eduardo Saverin was a consultant for Mezrich. The film was released in the United States by Columbia Pictures on October 1, 2010.”

The film received widespread acclaim, with critics praising it for its editing, acting, score and screenplay. The Social Network appeared on 78 critics’ top 10 list for 2010; of those critics 22 had the film in their number one spot. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers said “The Social Network is the movie of the year. But Fincher and Sorkin triumph by taking it further. Lacing their scathing wit with an aching sadness, they define the dark irony of the past decade.” It received eight <a title=”Academy Award” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award”>Academy Award</a> nominations, including <a title=”Academy Award for Best Picture” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture”>Best Picture</a>, <a title=”Academy Award for Best Director” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director”>Best Director</a> (David Fincher), and <a title=”Academy Award for Best Actor” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor”>Best Actor</a> (Jesse Eisenberg), and won three for <a title=”Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Writing_%28Adapted_Screenplay%29″>Best Adapted Screenplay</a>, <a title=”Academy Award for Best Original Score” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Score”>Best Original Score</a>, and <a title=”Academy Award for Best Film Editing” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Film_Editing”>Best Film Editing</a>. It also won the <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Motion_Picture_%E2%80%93_Drama”>Best Motion Picture – Drama Golden Globe</a> at the <a title=”68th Golden Globe Awards” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Golden_Globe_Awards”>68th Golden Globe Awards</a> on January 16, 2011. The film also won the awards for <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Director” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Director”>Best Director</a>, <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Screenplay”>Best Screenplay</a> and <a title=”Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score” href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Original_Score”>Best Original Score</a>, making it the film with the most wins of the night.”

Grab the <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Bulk-DVD-s-and-Blu-ray-Movies-s/2811.htm”>DVD in bulk</a> here at Book-Pal.com and share it with friends and co-workers who are still trying to catch up to the ever-evolving social media craze.

“The Hunger Games” a Novel by Suzanne Collins Heads to the Silver Screen

<img class=”alignleft” style=”border: 1px solid black; margin: 1px;” src=”http://collider.com/wp-content/uploads/hunger_games_book_cover_011.jpg” alt=”" width=”239″ height=”360″ />Another great novel, “<a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/The-Hunger-Games-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9780439023528.htm”>The Hunger Games</a>,” is making its way to becoming the next big blockbuster hit so look for its highly anticipated release next year. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are headed for the fight of their lives when this gripping story comes to life on screen.

The two stars have been cast in the movie adaptation as Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne, respectively. They join Jennifer Lawrence in the movie that is about a future, war-ravaged world run by a corrupt government. The books focus on Everdeen, Mellark and Hawthorne, participants in the Hunger Games Tournament. It’s a televised event in which children battle to the death.

Lionsgate hopes to make a film series out of what is an outrageously popular series of books. Hutcherson and Hemsworth are both emerging young stars; Hutcherson has featured in, among other films, “The Bridge to Terabithia,” “Journey to the Center of the Earth,” and his breakout supporting role in “The Kids Are All Right,” and will feature later this year in the remake of the 80′s action film “Red Dawn.”

Hemsworth played opposite Miley Cyrus in “The Last Song,” and will feature this year in “The Throwback” and “Arabian Nights.”

The story synopsis goes like this: “In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Each year, the districts are forced by the Capitol to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the Hunger Games, a brutal and terrifying fight to the death – televised for all of Panem to see.

Survival is second nature for sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who struggles to feed her mother and younger sister by secretly hunting and gathering beyond the fences of District 12. When Katniss steps in to take the place of her sister in the Hunger Games, she knows it may be her death sentence. If she is to survive, she must weigh survival against humanity and life against love.” Read more on <a href=”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/04/the-hunger-games-movie-hutcherson-hemsworth_n_844554.html”>The Huffington Post’s</a> website.

We will offer the <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Bulk-DVD-s-and-Blu-ray-Movies-s/2811.htm”>DVDs in bulk</a> when they become available but until then re-read the book to get ready for what has all the makings of a great movie!

Young-Adult Thriller ‘Heist Society’ Will Hit the Silver Screen!

<img class=”alignleft” src=”http://allycarter.com/sites/allycarter.com/files/imagecache/sidebar/books/images/cover-heist-large.png” alt=”" width=”224″ height=”327″ />America’s sweetheart, action hero and comedian, <a href=”http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/drew-barrymore-produce-direct-young-207349″>Drew Barrymore</a> is slated to produce and/or direct the movie adaptation of <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Heist-Society-Bulk-Wholesale-p/9781423116615.htm” title=”Heist Society”>Heist Society</a>, a young adult thriller being made by Warner Bros.

Barrymore joins Denise Di Novi and Di Novi Pictures’ Alison Greenspan as producers on the project, which Warners won last year in a multi-studio bidding war for the novel by Ally Carter. Screenwriter Shauna Cross is set to adapt this thrilling novel into a captivating movie.

The book follows a young woman named Katarina Bishop who hails from an extended family of cat burglars and master thieves. The girl leaves her illicit life behind, but when her father is the prime suspect in the case of a mobster’s missing art collection, she assembles a crew to track down the art and steal it back.

The studio is aging the characters a notch into their early 20s. Barrymore will also supervise the writing.

By attaching herself to Society, Barrymore is again working with Cross, who wrote Whip It, Barrymore’s well-regarded female-centric roller derby flick starring Ellen Page and Kristen Wiig, among others.

Barrymore, repped by CAA, is signed to helm How to Be Single, a New Line romantic comedy, and the plan is to tackle Society after that.

The novel Heist Society is available in bulk now so start your book club on it before the <a href=”http://www.book-pal.com/Bulk-DVD-s-and-Blu-ray-Movies-s/2811.htm”>movie</a> hits theaters!