Rooney Mara will star in the film adaptation of Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn. Better still: Nick Hornby will pen the script.
Curiosities
Big Screen Brooklyn
By Nick Moran posted at 12:30 pm on April 28, 2012 1
E-mail
Reddit
StumbleUpon
Support the Millions
subscribe to our RSS feed
become a fan on Facebook
Nick Moran is the social media editor for The Millions. He was born in Hoboken, NJ and he returned there after graduating from the University of Miami. Before leaving the publishing industry, he worked for Norton, John Wiley & Sons, and Oxford University Press. His interests can be followed on his Tumblr, Nick Recommends and Twitter, @nemoran3.
Don't miss: A Year in Reading 2012,
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Best of the Millennium; Readers' List
A new way to browse The Millions! Books and Reviews
Bookmark these links to stay on top of the hottest books:
Hot 100 | Awards | Movers & Shakers | Bargain Books | Kindle Bestsellers
Subscribe to RSS feeds for new releases: Literary fiction (for Kindle) | Biography | Graphic Novels | Food | History | Nonfiction | Science | Travel | New Release RSS Feeds for Movies, Music and More
2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Best of the Millennium; Readers' List
A new way to browse The Millions! Books and Reviews
Bookmark these links to stay on top of the hottest books:
Hot 100 | Awards | Movers & Shakers | Bargain Books | Kindle Bestsellers
Subscribe to RSS feeds for new releases: Literary fiction (for Kindle) | Biography | Graphic Novels | Food | History | Nonfiction | Science | Travel | New Release RSS Feeds for Movies, Music and More
More From Curiosities
- Longreads.edu May 19, 2013
- With Very Small Font, Of Course May 19, 2013
- “The Book Was Better.” Or Was It? May 19, 2013
- New Lorrie Moore on the Way May 19, 2013
- Hard Choices May 19, 2013
- View All
Other Recent Articles
- Capturing the Complexities of Time & Place: Ru Freeman May 17, 2013
- Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In May 17, 2013
- The Museum of Unhappy Women: Z by Therese Anne Fowler May 16, 2013
- Up Shit Creek, Sans Paddle: On David Waltner-Toews’s The Origin of Feces May 16, 2013
- You Can’t Repeat the Past, Old Sport: On Leo, Baz, Gatsby, and Me May 15, 2013
- View All
Recent Comments
- Arturo Ulises says "Unfortunately, no mention of Blade Runner."“The Book Was Better.” Or Was It?
- Alex Horne says "I didn’t see the movie, I probably won’t. But the book is so beautiful, the prose so magical, I would..."Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
- fred says "That the director might have used earlier texts and drafts seems silly. After all, a draft is not what the author finally..."Judging Luhrmann’s Gatsby: Five English Scholars Weigh In
- Ilana Masad says "I loved this essay and the way you describe the evolution of a relationship with a writer and a writer’s work, the coming to..."Still Merry and Bright? Rethinking Henry Miller
- Catherine Al-Meten says "Great article, and sound advice. Finding our style of writing…by that I mean whether we’re a one-project at a time..."Ask the Writing Teacher: A Spork in the Road
at 7:18 am on May 4, 2012
[...] of adaptations, Rooney Mara is set to star in the film adaption of Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn with a screenplay by Nick [...]