Kids & YA Book Adaptations of the 2000s
Kids & YA book adaptations released in the 2000s
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- CreatorKaren HeathwoodStarsJohn RitterGrey GriffinKel MitchellThe adventures of a larger-than-life red dog on Bridwell Island.
- DirectorRandy BradshawStarsElisa MoolecherryHrant AlianakDavid CalderisiA fictionalized account of Cleopatra as a young girl.
- DirectorRené BonnièreStarsDaniel ClarkTamara HopeRon KennellA fictionalized account of the childhood of Queen Elizabeth I of England.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsJim CarreyTaylor MomsenKelleyOn the outskirts of Whoville lives a green, revenge-seeking Grinch who plans to ruin Christmas for all of the citizens of the town.
- DirectorLee StanleyStarsDennis HopperZachery Ty BryanKam HeskinFive spoiled high-school students are kidnapped and held for ransom in a remote swamp area.
- DirectorWilliam FruetStarsArturo FresoloneLisa JakubCara PifkoA fictional story about Queen Isabel of Spain as a teenaged princess.
- DirectorMichael D MooreKevin LimaStarsGlenn CloseGérard DepardieuIoan GruffuddCruella DeVil gets out of prison and goes after the puppies once more.Release Date: 11/22/00
Book: The Hundred and One Dalmatians
Author: Dodie Smith - DirectorGarry MarshallStarsJulie AndrewsAnne HathawayHector ElizondoMia Thermopolis has just found out that she is the heir apparent to the throne of Genovia. With her friends Lilly and Michael Moscovitz in tow, she tries to navigate through the rest of her sixteenth year.
- CreatorLeila BasenDavid PrestonMichael SpringateStarsMark RendallJohnny GriffinBrittany DrisdelleBastian, a boy who loses his imagination after the death of his mother, discovers a magical book that transports him to Fantasia, where he fights as Atreyu to save a world endangered by the Nothing.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonAn orphaned boy enrolls in a school of wizardry, where he learns the truth about himself, his family and the terrible evil that haunts the magical world.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsElijah WoodIan McKellenOrlando BloomA meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.
- DirectorRobin BuddDonovan CookStarsBlayne WeaverHarriet OwenCorey BurtonIn London during World War II, this is the story of Wendy's daughter, Jane, who is kidnapped by Captain Hook and Peter Pan must come to the rescue.
- DirectorChris ColumbusStarsDaniel RadcliffeRupert GrintEmma WatsonHarry Potter lives his second year at Hogwarts with Ron and Hermione when a message on the wall announces that the legendary Chamber of Secrets has been opened. The trio soon realize that, to save the school, it will take a lot of courage.
- DirectorRon ClementsJohn MuskerStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittEmma ThompsonMartin ShortJim Hawkins is a teenager who finds the map of a great treasure hidden by a space pirate. Together with some friends, he sets off in a large spaceship, shaped like a caravel, on his quest.
- DirectorSarah HardingStarsAmanda BurtonKenneth CranhamGeorgina TerryWealthy, impossible to please lady Polly, whom only gardener Tom's irresistibly charming, indomitably cheerful son Tim, the chauffeur-handyman, can handle, grudgingly lets her late sister's orphaned daughter Pollyanna (11) move into her grand home. The staff take to the playful child, who finds the grimly stern dignified house regime stifling, but often gets round it. The happy game Pollyanna's father taught her soon spreads friendship and joy in the village. After succeeding to adopt a stray cat and dog, she sets her mind to 'fellow orphan' Jimmy Bean. Finding recluse rich neighbour Pendleton with a broken leg and another accident starts a cascade involving his and her family's past.
- DirectorSteve TrenbirthStarsJohn GoodmanHaley Joel OsmentTony JayMowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.
- DirectorMike FallowsStarsScott BeaudinRebecca BrennerMary-Frances BufferyThe spiders Miss Spider and Holley marry and hatch five spiderlings. When one of them, Squirt, discovers a lost chicken egg, he goes on adventure to return it to his mother.
- DirectorAndrew DavisStarsShia LaBeoufSigourney WeaverJon VoightA wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.
- 1997–20231h 29mTV-G6.5 (2.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorKevin LimaStarsJulie AndrewsJeffrey TamborKenneth WelshEloise is an imaginative little girl living in New York City with her nanny, going on various adventures.
- DirectorPatrick GilmoreTim JohnsonStarsBrad PittCatherine Zeta-JonesJoseph FiennesThe sailor of legend is framed by the goddess Eris for the theft of the Book of Peace and must travel to her realm at the end of the world to retrieve it and save the life of his childhood friend Prince Proteus.Release Date: 7/2/03
Story: One Thousand and One Nights/Arabian Nights - DirectorClare KilnerStarsMandy MooreTrent FordDylan BakerA teenager (Moore), disillusioned by too many examples of love gone wrong, refuses to believe that true love exists. Then this new guy (Ford) comes along...
- DirectorMark WatersStarsJamie Lee CurtisLindsay LohanMark HarmonAn overworked mother and her daughter did not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the other's life for one freaky Friday.
- DirectorBo WelchStarsMike MyersSpencer BreslinDakota FanningTwo bored children have their lives turned upside down when a talking cat comes to visit them.
- 1997–20231h 29mTV-G6.9 (2.6K)TV EpisodeDirectorKevin LimaStarsJulie AndrewsSofia VassilievaKenneth WelshA 6-year-old girl tries to reunite a young woman with a former boyfriend before she marries another.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsJeremy SumpterJason IsaacsOlivia WilliamsThe Darling family children receive a visit from Peter Pan, who takes them to Never Never Land where an ongoing war with the evil Pirate Captain Hook is taking place.
- DirectorJessica SharzerStarsKristen StewartElizabeth PerkinsRichard HagermanAfter a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
- DirectorSara SugarmanStarsLindsay LohanMegan FoxAdam GarciaA teenage girl is convinced that her home city revolves around her until her family packs up and moves to the suburbs, where she finds herself competing for attention.
- DirectorRobert C. RamirezSteve TrenbirthStarsJohn RitterCree SummerKel MitchellWorried that he costs too much to feed, Clifford runs away to join a carnival act and help win a lifetime supply of Tummy Yummies.
- DirectorAlfonso CuarónStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry Potter, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third year of study, where they delve into the mystery surrounding an escaped prisoner who poses a dangerous threat to the young wizard.
- DirectorHayao MiyazakiStarsChieko BaishôTakuya KimuraTatsuya GashûinWhen an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
- CreatorNadine Van der VeldeDavid KirkStarsKristin DavisScott BeaudinRebecca BrennerA young green spider named Squirt - one of the many children of the caring arachnid, Miss Spider - experiences life from a bug's perspective.
- DirectorDanny BoyleStarsAlex EtelJames NesbittDaisy DonovanEthics, being human and the soul come to the fore when a 7-year old finds a bag of Pounds just days before the currency is switched to Euros and learns what we are really made of.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksChris CoppolaMichael JeterOn Christmas Eve, a young boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express, while learning about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.
- DirectorNadia TassStarsAnnaSophia RobbJordan BridgesRebecca MaderSet in 1904, "American Girls" revolves around Samantha as she moves in with her grandmother and learns how to become a proper Victorian young lady.
- DirectorWayne WangStarsAnnaSophia RobbJeff DanielsEva Marie SaintA mischievous dog befriends a lonely young girl in a new town and helps her make new friends.
- StarsJulito McCullumPooch HallSean NelsonMiracle's Boys is about three brothers on their own going through life.
- StarsCameron BancroftErin CottrellKyle ChavarriaLittle House on the Prairie is a TV miniseries based on the books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
- DirectorKirk R. ThatcherStarsAshantiJeffrey TamborQuentin TarantinoThis version of The Wizard of Oz is played by the Muppets. A remake of the 1939 film.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsAmber TamblynAlexis BledelAmerica FerreraFour best girlfriends hatch a plan to stay connected with one another as their lives start off in different directions: they pass around a pair of secondhand jeans that fits each of their bodies perfectly.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppFreddie HighmoreDavid KellyCharlie, a young boy from an impoverished family, and four other kids win a tour of an amazing chocolate factory run by an imaginative chocolatier, Willy Wonka, and his staff of Oompa-Loompas.
- CreatorLauren ChildKen BruceCaleb MeurerStarsMorgan GayleRyan HarrisDaniel MayersAnimation following a boy's efforts to get his stubborn little sister to try new things.
- DirectorMike NewellStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintHarry Potter finds himself competing in a hazardous tournament between rival schools of magic, but he is distracted by recurring nightmares.
- DirectorNadia TassStarsShailene WoodleyKevin ZegersDavid GardnerIn Colonial America, shortly before the American Revolution, a young girl tries to rescue a horse from an abusive owner.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsTilda SwintonGeorgie HenleyWilliam MoseleyWhile playing, Lucy and her siblings find a wardrobe that lands them in a mystical place called Narnia. Here they realize that it was fated and they must now unite with Aslan to defeat an evil queen.
- DirectorCharles SturridgeStarsJohn LynchSamantha MortonPeter O'TooleA family in financial crisis is forced to sell Lassie, their beloved dog. Hundreds of miles away from her true family, Lassie escapes and sets out on a journey home.
- StarsHolly Gauthier-FrankelTony DanielsTony RosatoFollow the comically-absurd tales of students on the top floor of Wayside, a quirky grammar school that was accidentally built 30-stories high.
- DirectorMatthew O'CallaghanStarsWill FerrellDrew BarrymoreEugene LevyThe Man in the Yellow Hat is an oddball museum employee who looks after his pet monkey, an inquisitive and wonderful creature whose enthusiasm often gets the best of him.
- DirectorElizabeth Allen RosenbaumStarsEmma RobertsJoJoSara PaxtonTwo teenage girls discover a mermaid in their beach club's swimming pool.
- DirectorBrian RobbinsStarsTim AllenKristin DavisCraig KilbornA man tries to live a normal life despite the fact that he sometimes turns into a sheepdog.
- DirectorWil ShrinerStarsLogan LermanLuke WilsonBrie LarsonA young man (Lerman) moves from Montana to Florida with his family, where he's compelled to engage in a fight to protect a population of endangered owls.
- DirectorPaul HoenStarsKay PanabakerDanielle PanabakerAlexandra KrosneyA shy, retiring high-school student develops a peculiar alter-ego that changes her life forever.
- DirectorJohn A. DavisStarsPaul GiamattiNicolas CageJulia RobertsAfter Lucas Nickle floods an ant colony with his water gun, he's magically shrunken down to insect size and sentenced to hard labor in the ruins.
- DirectorPeter HewittStarsTim AllenCourteney CoxChevy ChaseFormer superhero Jack is called back to work to transform an unlikely group of ragtag kids into superheroes at a private academy.
- DirectorBob DolmanStarsLuke BenwardHallie EisenbergAdam HicksDuring the first day of his new school year, a new kid in town squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within his class.
- CreatorJoe FallonStarsFrank WelkerJeff BennettRino RomanoFollows the mischievous adventures of a Monkey by the name of George.
- StarsMary MouserTim CurryLynn RedgraveAn animated series for children based on the classic "Eloise at the Plaza" books from the 1950s written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight.
- DirectorMichael MayerStarsAlison LohmanTim McGrawMaria BelloYoung Katy claims a wild horse as her own -- an effort to prove to her father that she is capable of taking over the family horse ranch one day.
- CreatorFrancesca SimonStarsLizzie WaterworthTamsin HeatleyEmma TateHorrible Henry, he lives an unfair life and feels that the rest of the world is against him and maintains a constant war with the adults.
- DirectorJoyce ChopraStarsMaya RitterDavid Aaron BakerTory GreenMolly is a girl living in the year 1943 and WWII has brought many changes to Molly's life. An English girl comes to live with Molly's family to escape the bombings. They slowly become good friends.
- DirectorGary WinickStarsDakota FanningJulia RobertsOprah WinfreyWilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
- DirectorStefen FangmeierStarsEd SpeleersSienna GuilloryJeremy IronsIn his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realizes he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsBen StillerCarla GuginoRicky GervaisA newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.
- DirectorKatja von GarnierStarsAgnes BrucknerHugh DancyOlivier MartinezA teenage werewolf is torn between honoring her family's secret and her love for a man.
- DirectorGabor CsupoStarsJosh HutchersonAnnaSophia RobbZooey DeschanelA preteen's life turns upside down when he befriends the new girl in school and they imagine a whole new fantasy world to escape reality.
- DirectorStephen J. AndersonStarsDaniel HansenWesley SingermanAngela BassettLewis is a brilliant inventor who meets mysterious stranger named Wilbur Robinson, whisking Lewis away in a time machine and together they team up to track down Bowler Hat Guy in a showdown that ends with an unexpected twist of fate.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsEmma RobertsTate DonovanMax ThieriotTeen detective Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintWith their warning about Lord Voldemort's return scoffed at, Harry and Dumbledore are targeted by the Wizard authorities as an authoritarian bureaucrat slowly seizes power at Hogwarts.
- CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.
- DirectorDavid L. CunninghamStarsAlexander LudwigIan McShaneChristopher EcclestonA boy's life is turned upside down when he learns that he is the last of a group of immortal warriors who have dedicated their lives to fighting the forces of the dark.
- DirectorSandy TungStarsAlyson StonerLuke PerryLucas GrabeelAlice and Lester move to a new town where their dad's bought a music store. Alice starts in 6th grade and joins the theater club, hoping to be the musical's princess. She's insecure but imagines herself cool, cute, and confident.
- DirectorChris WeitzStarsNicole KidmanDaniel CraigDakota Blue RichardsIn a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization.
- StarsZooey DeschanelAlan CummingNeal McDonoughA re-imagining of L. Frank Baum's classic "The Wizard of Oz."
- DirectorSandra GoldbacherStarsEmma WatsonYasmin PaigeLucy BoyntonIn 1930s London, three orphan girls are adopted by their great uncle, who is an eccentric paleontologist, and his niece.
- DirectorJimmy HaywardSteve MartinoStarsJim CarreySteve CarellCarol BurnettHorton the Elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
- DirectorJennifer FlackettMark LevinStarsJodie FosterGerard ButlerAbigail BreslinImagination and reality collide when young Nim's father goes missing at sea. Fate brings to her the author of the Alex Rover series, her favorite books, and together they try to find Nim's father.
- DirectorAndrew AdamsonStarsBen BarnesSkandar KeynesGeorgie HenleyThe Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
- DirectorPatricia RozemaStarsAbigail BreslinStanley TucciJoan CusackSet in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl, helps her mother run a boardinghouse after her father loses his job.
- DirectorGurinder ChadhaStarsGeorgia GroomeAaron Taylor-JohnsonKaren TaylorThe story centers on a 14-year-old girl who keeps a diary about the ups and downs of being a teenager, including the things she learns about kissing.
- DirectorSanaa HamriStarsAmerica FerreraAlexis BledelAmber TamblynFour college freshmen and best friends find that it may take more than a shared pair of jeans to help them stay in touch as their lives go in different directions.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsMichael CeraKat DenningsAaron YooTwo newly acquainted music-lovers spend the night scouting the streets of New York City in search of their favourite band's surprise secret show. All the while, they're both being chased after by their tempting but devious exes.
- DirectorGabor CsupoStarsIoan GruffuddDakota Blue RichardsTim CurryMaria inherits a book of secrets from her dad. She moves to her uncle's Moonacre estate. A family curse was cast on the valley. Only Maria can break it using her book.
- DirectorGil KenanStarsSaoirse RonanToby JonesBill MurrayFor generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker.
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonBilly BurkeWhen Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsBrendan FraserAndy SerkisEliza BennettA teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero.
- DirectorMartha CoolidgeStarsSamantha HanrattyAnnabeth GishTimothy BottomsA fourth grader and her friends deal with bullying from a more popular girl in their class.
- DirectorThor FreudenthalStarsEmma RobertsJake T. AustinLisa KudrowTwo kids secretly take in stray dogs at a vacant hotel.
- DirectorHenry SelickStarsDakota FanningTeri HatcherJohn HodgmanWandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, an 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the fantasy, she must make a frighteningly real sacrifice.
- DirectorAndy FickmanStarsDwayne JohnsonCarla GuginoAnnaSophia RobbA Las Vegas cabbie enlists the help of a U.F.O. expert to protect two siblings with paranormal powers from the clutches of an organization that wants to use the kids for their nefarious plans.
- DirectorShawn LevyStarsBen StillerOwen WilsonAmy AdamsSecurity guard Larry Daley infiltrates the Smithsonian Institution in order to rescue Jedediah and Octavius, who have been shipped to the museum by mistake.
- DirectorDavid YatesStarsDaniel RadcliffeEmma WatsonRupert GrintAs Harry Potter begins his sixth year at Hogwarts, he discovers an old book marked as "the property of the Half-Blood Prince" and begins to learn more about Lord Voldemort's dark past.
- DirectorJeff RenfroeStarsCatherine HicksAlexz JohnsonAndrew FrancisAfter the shocking untimely death of her husband, Shelley Stratton (Catherine Hicks) moves her daughter Alexis (Emily Hirst) and her adopted daughter Laurie (Alexz Johnson) to their remote summer house to give her family a fresh start. As Laurie begins to settle in and put her life back together, she gets the eerie feeling that she is constantly being watched. Her uneasiness grows when people start claiming to see her in places she has never been. The family's delicate state unravels when Laurie unearths her dark past, discovering a twin sister that she never knew she had. Laurie is forced to delve deeper into her twin's secrets, for it turns out her twin has been locked up for years. Laurie must now understand their strange connection in order to prevent her sister from taking over her life and harming her loved ones.
- CreatorJulie PlecKevin WilliamsonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderThe lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.
- DirectorPhil LordChristopher MillerStarsAnna FarisBill HaderBruce CampbellA local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know that things are about to take a turn for the worst.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsGeorge ClooneyMeryl StreepBill MurrayAn urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.
- DirectorPaul WeitzStarsChris MassogliaJohn C. ReillySalma HayekTeenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events, Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak, becoming a creature of the night.
- DirectorChris WeitzStarsKristen StewartRobert PattinsonTaylor LautnerAfter Edward leaves because of an incident involving Bella, Jacob Black becomes her best friend. But what Bella doesn't realize is that Jacob also has a secret that will change their lives suddenly.
- StarsJo WyattRick ZieffEmily GrayOlivia is an imaginative, and creative pig. She does everything with her best friends, Julian and Francine. Olivia is always up for fun, if it's at school, at home, or at a friends house.TV Series
Release Date: 3/25/09
Author: Ian Falconer