Literature is adapted into pedigree films for awards season all the time, though few are coming with more
anticipation this autumn than
The Kite Runner.
Paramount Vantage has just given us an exclusive look at the poster to the film, based
on the bestselling novel by Khaled Hosseini.
Spending countless time on
the book charts and discussed in book circles, The Kite Runner tells the
timely story of Amir, an Afghanistan émigré living in California with guilt over
abandoning his country and past. When Amir learns that a childhood friend and
his son are in trouble, he returns to Afghanistan to save them and redeem
himself.
Below is the poster to
The Kite Runner,
out in theaters November 2nd.
Paramount Vantage calls it “an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that
takes us from the final days of Afghanistan’s monarchy to the atrocities of
the Taliban reign.”
David Benioff wrote the screenplay while Marc Forster directed. Forster was
recently hired to direct Bond 22 and while not necessarily action-packed, The
Kite Runner is something of a thriller and is set in a variety of exotic
locations. How Forster
presents these elements should give us a little taste for how he’ll handle
similar elements in the next Bond flick.
