Between now and Christmas, movie-goers might think they've wandered into a library thanks to all the literary classics which are due to hit screens.
The Hobbit,
On the Road, and
Les Miserables are just a few of the book-to-Hollywood adaptations we'll be seeing (also watch for
The Life of Pi,
Lincoln,
The Silver Linings Playbook, and
Anna Karenina--among others I might have missed. Baz Luhrmann's production of
The Great Gatsby was deemed unfit for holiday consumption and moved to the action-hero season of summer). I'm looking forward to seeing each of them when they eventually make their way to Butte. To whet your anticipation, here's a gallery of posters.
The Hobbit is stuffed full of characters and so marketers decided to give each of them their own poster:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v-SErwqrzJ58y0bsHr6zq35vm6RMFQtNilOdRIVzZZM8lNGgd-kMEeuHK6TH1Y0vb4qL2QtMCv5wE2bDxz6Xqiccz9zRRodoiOtuwVeN5erDcpEA-99XMXIRcL7LHWSMmqDSKn7VWe_W/s400/hobbit+bilbo.png) |
Martin Freeman as Bilbo |
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Ian McKellen as Gandalf |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMSZass-FJAJmMmkQf32fs3w7CC5ScoQkBqdyerjtMwdO3glXYbwcfsKPYXMc9bs-20DkAC6VIB1WVyj_kbysy26D1hvIQFclNat5Fry932q4Vm5IsMGZ2LdFuyMcXQAK-09e4Jlpqbnw/s400/hobbit+galadriel.png) |
Cate Blanchett as Galadriel |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_ZpIRTJUDXfgY3dQqk_X99kHPMct-o5wT1hhA6StzoA9Cxpz3ZkA7WNmr0lDIVdbwZVObi0YuDJ9R-jF73Mw55TeIz-okH_GhnM1cwqPcPUgOId7BlE3tZkSzMvA7giv2QXElCJVotEK/s400/hobbit+balin.png) |
Ken Stott as Balin |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsLSPOPNkz9Wn1attAdS2QYGlbjzVShPIc5Dizwmcz0BFc1NhkvUbn3oVkS-XQoUBct_jbVFiqZnoZ6-XFfP5LJ0GdqzO7aV2AiDLcQuZ_2no1tYe9txdGHc5RyZAZ17KJHQdynSKkT6X/s400/hobbit+bifur.png) |
William Kircher as Bifur |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjtY3nQKrh-0JaKBI_XKNeYD1EZvSlHhdAKAyr1PMTQ53C1oLk0uG2Z09CLDpk5ETzeskTjtwSfOYPOuQV3xnZ1pK4mZbaELdieZ_az1o1cRZEhYHxV7ex_osSkMntVu_IA31vHif1ICk/s400/hobbit+bofur.png) |
James Nesbitt as Bofur |
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Stephen Hunter as Bombur |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7HI85m-TWdYFkow7f4bvaoIpBO9x6m8Hs4zobM-fFYgPMTy04OzyuAWfixIPVN1Owhaz0uChq_I8qnADrcxbB2cxGYq4zHxKYKXszDIn7MBhVoxSyZe016c2rJPHbpeUxv3sKaXqj3OPE/s400/hobbit+dwalin.png) |
Graham McTavish as Dwalin |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWl5YRYGrcbiGASh_Uuh1fOOBdCszIxQDj9kdIds-aszB4NDTdiSrFPhn0KHXbtIZnlSFg5S8MSzQmGG1Qurqb0ROXOjT77Y9KlGfM15_8bvQ6i2Rl4RBKY7UVymMwyMThr9cnmdxHcAv/s400/hobbit+fili.png) |
Dean O'Gorman as Fili |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh58UCD0cjkHFEyAshxer9J_0hd0nU5HGB-Q-DgPdZVAm5SOvl4UeYfp8NC2oisQJPEcR1FtpUMe2Vk-BY5VILj90f9f4ZL6Tkg7cYDIDCiuBwT1g9754aKqgP0Rqve4DAbBnOpWCq3KANb/s400/hobbit+gloin.png) |
Peter Hambleton as Gloin |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSBs4NI4Xa8f8jG7BIjeL6AIA0SqXiMg33H4nLu42sj7aGYB35zB2Ssjln7RQZ0sqH33zW6n70TAUorasni57CoUzOSkM0eqlkIba4EgVCOzjLBKzBIzbF3B60NLi8SvFSsWnEYbKqOK0n/s400/hobbit+kili.png) |
Aidan Turner as Kili |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT-NME2UBE65H-pKpYJA8_DpKqmVyJJRW-K6dhJyNNn-lk1HgPz-EE-ydZCqYhR9PLX3MpNTn6GjhQzvA9AfOz6qpsZU1kzCabrDKMPudWS626ijlETfDkDRmwL8HotE6xudcEm_f1q_MV/s400/hobbit+nori.png) |
Jed Brophy as Nori |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53DRUCu573AYy8vqPV6Ey0PFK8oMrISib5M4tHLSzcZLV9jq6XBW1rFgc6vipeUbD5poAQ5ldq7YbuVjYnz0s_0CYMj1-8Ypa-Hv64kflfCPDphBkfo5VjPMTnsRTwMsEpgzfUGm2g9w5/s400/hobbit+oin.png) |
John Callen as Oin |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4IYHLX7ZC5YI4OXqHlAGio2ZuPGG0D0prrNWVhFjO3pC4D2yU91xsnaAvXerjeN7M39md6SKokzVIE4B4oW7UIi9-EomzwWZe7Yx5iaVWMFZGcAXNhP6ktA_BCM7pAIhyphenhyphenZp9_qZpzF0xK/s400/hobbit+ori.png) |
Adam Brown as Ori |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj756xNomztfIHrX72dxVMewagXqYOIXGWZjA2guvE05LXRYCBqS3CKN2P1p5yq-RWJbza2cBdLhQP-L8UsqWjj2kWtEt0qYYsAINk8kOFJrWR4nQeytQb_KQ8uYJFkIA6reUernAX09cuF/s400/hobbit+thorin.png) |
Richard Armitage as Thorin |
And my favorite character (at least in the movies):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBA_VocrBxOArSbbaF8NJEVDGw0CMKiBl8cozwtnoZQcSTRKEwV90WWMf7jcZetdefL-opwj0gKWZfokRZwnhUo58cD-rwxiwk5_MpXNonHWTR02SwoqjhvnQVfqCxyng2RUKDv1Yo6v4/s400/hobbit+gollum.png) |
Andy Serkis as Gollum |
The posters for
On the Road take an identical tack by devoting themselves to one character at a time and adding pithy quotes ("I love love," etc.):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipieu0qjce95p44IJV9Sg2nedrj_pkrvvTvP4EswIUkKX12_3_mWo1TJSgi341LRwkeY4IoO8OMgZeV6eRNq-G8Pko9RfVOaf7uG4_skDfUha1K0_XtopmGXSxav_Ks4YkWP72zKgiXscO/s400/on+the+road+hedlund.jpg) |
Garrett Hedlund as Dean Moriarty |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMoWBzm7x9xI_0Z0eKYD7qomoxmv0oODbSh6uM3z9n3sMK6gatFfACuQEWQPuvk5-eNkAxR9Qg-40UBs0KvWIIvRakOMJ8eiX9qCUvuF7cIwpCP_cGLFZcRYlX1Vxnq-mzyKjEOyLORxMW/s400/on+the+road+riley.jpg) |
Sam Riley as Sal Paradise |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MOK83mV3-a8Pb9-k7a-05J_weE6NkmbqMpixx63DkaivZaLqTT8u6Ih5uB59rVXf4z2gTq5ojoSxMNqI-cGBqjpqCWVcFL8pPvdi9G18AxQDqUur4GsPQ3MX_2t0n7IkgiVrnhFdeWck/s400/on+the+road+stewart.jpg) |
Kristen Stewart as Marylou |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZl6Hu5B6GiZHeDG4E3PMvMLJGlC28lPzTBFwM9qlanLNNrNEXDK5mh1UHNLNZDuyPwm2rreqDd0R8VnfZ7YtG2ntyz58DY8sNKyiVbFlK8kG9xi0XCfx57CX4tfCX0jARxtsWuK21vM3/s400/on+the+road+sturridge.jpg) |
Tom Sturridge as Carlo Marx |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPODtkmQW9VAIYNFP7U3dRbVDLuiRz2uak7G7zmGudCBz5zrx5Ir_a-WrWkfg72C_FD6EP6rC_r-wZVkh_yztvPknduFW3O0YDZnqjd1velYzL-2aFiHlzQiYPLOTqcxpiK10ohPuGV4tZ/s400/on+the+road+braga.jpg) |
Alice Braga as Terry |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lf7PUSRlaiVrYPCQrWpXmjBr98lmJHzzvN81STAarbzcaceEy16IR4buwQMw611rpbx1Y3IpJH1pybO83_NEXlS-67hSQP_FipnvzK72-qL52xfgTueT5tArhVJRAlXE2tW9QBL7OPxn/s400/on+the+road+dunst.jpg) |
Kirsten Dunst as Camille |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAEqwnP3jL-9DWcRi1agwVRG3y5tHqVRuBdIReVD9iKQFUjgHyzzWGWm0d1jXh5M1Dvq-wc5NuA0Ih3fN4eK3YaLZI0wZl51WOy_AKAmDv_pEgOBAwWE0m2vgUk0hcOIx19BEUyp8bHPd/s400/on+the+road+morgan.jpg) |
Danny Morgan as Ed Dunkel |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTurK4jQXekWvtVqDwdp9_R4T5_LjJKwC8hJX4ESJ8egrc3MytEAU7_fNelfl5SMCLsOiYQpim3kSbBdJACeyV89JaA5Df3A-MeHOYTDXIKZEtWeoWQhArDurNZguCBrvSJ2jLMggJhSBK/s400/on+the+road+mortensen.jpg) |
Vigggo Mortensen as Old Bull Lee |
At least Les Miserables saves paper by giving us two characters per poster (somewhere in Oregon, a tree is breathing a sigh of relief):
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDwU9oyNoW7VxGxUZ3zj9fFuMIQ_KJsUwwPis-MINLvbyp03hFgRuUEq0J33U8KmEzn2_KRX6cI0HWRTJWOu1GlvAZ4I0xRVRwe5p9ckylYctVHzBIZCUGyyA1oaKk0a9cCUL12Z_6bNh/s400/les+miz+poster+1.jpg) |
Sacha Baron Cohen as Thenardier and
Helena Bonham Carter as Madame Thenardier |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtJLhDiF_ZbAsNaVu0aBjb2EDE_dOlNTwSslMyHdpEHLjafuYrBXewF6Xi45dW_ZmRo1cRr8RrQZI54K2kNS_1zCevkJt-DIMI-sgTWLfpLWM_vS3k8z1vy7EuQCFKW1h3eBywSmqP5cif/s400/les+miz+poster+2.jpg) |
Amanda Seyfried as Cosette and
Eddie Redmayne as Marius |
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