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Peter Jackson's The Lovely Bones is getting more and more buzz! Watch a featurette with the cast discussing the movie, their roles and Susie Salmon, the major character portrayed by Saoirse Ronan (currently ranked #1 in our Top 50 hitlist). I have such high expectation for this movie, and I am quite sure Peter Jackson will deliver. I also expect some amazing performances - especially from Ms. Ronan!

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Why are people so fascinated with Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones and Susie Salmon? Here's an article written for the NY Times that somehow explain the start of people's fascination with the book and yes, the upcoming film...

Plus the new clip, after the jump!

How the book, originally positioned as a first novel with promise, rose to the top of best-seller lists reflects its strength in a wave of literary novels, many of which have become substantial best sellers, including ''Atonement'' by Ian McEwan (Doubleday) and ''The Corrections'' by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). It is a trend that appears to be blurring the boundaries of literary and commercial fiction.

The book's success also speaks to the power of publishing-house enthusiasm, the power of TV to sell books even after the demise of Oprah's Book Club and the unpredictable value of word of mouth.

''There is an enormous audience out there for quality literature,'' said Lawrence J. Kirshbaum, chairman and chief of the AOL Time Warner Book Group, which owns Little, Brown, the book's publisher. ''The lesson here is that literary books can work if you really get behind them. They need marketing muscle, but the book has to be correct. They need that joy of discovery.''

That joy was apparently shared across-the-board at Little, Brown by the editorial, marketing and sales staff. This helped focus what Mr. Kirshbaum called an unusually concentrated team effort that ''tapped into the ground swell'' created by every good break the book got, including favorable reviews. [ read more ]

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The Lovely Bones Featurette:

What's on your mind? Are you looking forward to watching The Lovely Bones? Are you a fan of Peter Jackson and the young actress Saoirse Ronan? Let us know what you think!