Reading-allergic executives ( like Prez "T")
will rejoice to learn that Hollywood is now adapting bestselling business books into movies. October saw the debut of Freakonomics: The Movie (a documentary), and next year will bring Blink, a legal thriller based on the Malcolm Gladwell book (starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a virtuoso body-language expert). You can expect these other surefire blockbusters to start showing up soon in a theatre near you.
Book The Black Swan (by Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
Genre / Horror
Elevator pitch / Greed-is-good atmosphere of Wall Street meets the torture porn of Saw. Watch as a rogue economist (Bill Murray) takes revenge on selfish hedge fund managers using intricate traps laced with deadly financial instruments.
Tag line / There's more than one way to make a killing on the market.
Book What Color Is Your Parachute? (by Richard N. Bolles)
Genre / Musical
Elevator pitch / The songs of ABBA provide the backdrop for this gritty but uplifting story of a recently downsized music executive trying to find a company willing to "take a chance on me."
Tag line / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! a New Job.
Book The Wisdom of Crowds (by James Surowiecki)
Genre / Rom-Com
Elevator pitch / Grad student Janet (Zooey Deschanel) persuades her commitment-phobic economics professor Harold (Matt Damon) to let readers of her blog dictate all his decisions for one month. That's when Harold realizes what he really wants was in front of him all along.
Tag line /Everyone Has An Opinion About Romance. Literally.
Book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (by Stephen R. Covey)
Genre / Action-Adventure
Elevator pitch / A wizened CEO (Christopher Plummer) teaches office-drone Buck (Jackie Chan) the secret behind management manoeuvres like Sharpening the Saw, the Palm Heel Strike and the Upward Spiral, allowing Buck to win-win his way into a corner office.
Tag line / Watch Jackie Chan Kick Corporate Ass! Proactively!
AT THE BOX OFFICE
$23 million
Opening weekend ticket sales for The Social Network
will rejoice to learn that Hollywood is now adapting bestselling business books into movies. October saw the debut of Freakonomics: The Movie (a documentary), and next year will bring Blink, a legal thriller based on the Malcolm Gladwell book (starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a virtuoso body-language expert). You can expect these other surefire blockbusters to start showing up soon in a theatre near you.
Book The Black Swan (by Nassim Nicholas Taleb)
Genre / Horror
Elevator pitch / Greed-is-good atmosphere of Wall Street meets the torture porn of Saw. Watch as a rogue economist (Bill Murray) takes revenge on selfish hedge fund managers using intricate traps laced with deadly financial instruments.
Tag line / There's more than one way to make a killing on the market.
Book What Color Is Your Parachute? (by Richard N. Bolles)
Genre / Musical
Elevator pitch / The songs of ABBA provide the backdrop for this gritty but uplifting story of a recently downsized music executive trying to find a company willing to "take a chance on me."
Tag line / Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! a New Job.
Book The Wisdom of Crowds (by James Surowiecki)
Genre / Rom-Com
Elevator pitch / Grad student Janet (Zooey Deschanel) persuades her commitment-phobic economics professor Harold (Matt Damon) to let readers of her blog dictate all his decisions for one month. That's when Harold realizes what he really wants was in front of him all along.
Tag line /Everyone Has An Opinion About Romance. Literally.
Book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (by Stephen R. Covey)
Genre / Action-Adventure
Elevator pitch / A wizened CEO (Christopher Plummer) teaches office-drone Buck (Jackie Chan) the secret behind management manoeuvres like Sharpening the Saw, the Palm Heel Strike and the Upward Spiral, allowing Buck to win-win his way into a corner office.
Tag line / Watch Jackie Chan Kick Corporate Ass! Proactively!
AT THE BOX OFFICE
$23 million
Opening weekend ticket sales for The Social Network
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