Movie · 2008
Is Journey to the Center of the Earth based on a book?
Quick answer
Yes. Journey to the Center of the Earth is based on the book A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864).
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth is book 3 of the Voyages Extraordinaires series.
The movie was released in 2008.
The book behind Journey to the Center of the Earth
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
by Jules Verne · first published 1864 · lost world fiction, subterranean fiction, scientific romance
1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne.
Voyages Extraordinaires: books in order
- Cinq Semaines en ballon (1863)
- The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1864)
- A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1865)
- In Search of the Castaways (1864)
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869)
- Around the Moon (1870)
- A Floating City (1871)
- The Adventures of Three Englishmen and Three Russians in South Africa (1872)
- The Fur Country (1873)
- Around the World in Eighty Days (1872)
- The Mysterious Island (1888)
- The Survivors of the Chancellor (1875)
- Michael Strogoff (1876)
- Off on a Comet
- The Child of the Cavern (1877)
- Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen (1878)
- The Begum's Fortune (1879)
- Tribulations of a Chinaman in China (1879)
- The Steam House (1880)
- Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon (1881)
- Godfrey Morgan (1882)
- The Green Ray (1882)
- Kéraban the Inflexible (1883)
- The Vanished Diamond (1884)
- The Archipelago on Fire (1884)
- Mathias Sandorf (1885)
- The Lottery Ticket (1886)
- Robur the Conqueror (1886)
- Texar's Revenge, or, North Against South (1887)
- The Flight to France (1887)
- Two Years' Vacation (1888)
- Family Without a Name (1889)
- The Purchase of the North Pole (1889)
- César Cascabel (1890)
- Mistress Branican (1891)
- The Castle From Carpathians (1892)
- Claudius Bombarnac (1892)
- Foundling Mick (1893)
- Captain Antifer (1894)
- Propeller Island (1895)
- Facing the Flag (1896)
- Clovis Dardentor (1896)
- An Antarctic Mystery (1897)
- The Mighty Orinoco (1898)
- The Will of an Eccentric (1899)
- The Castaways of the Flag (1900)
- The Village in the Treetops (1901)
- The Sea Serpent (1901)
- The Kip Brothers (1902)
- Traveling Scholarships (1903)
- A Drama in Livonia (1904)
- Master of the World (1904)
Other adaptations of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth
- Journey to the Center of the Earth (film, 1959)
Common questions
Is Journey to the Center of the Earth based on a book?
Yes. Journey to the Center of the Earth is based on the book A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne (1864).
Who wrote the book Journey to the Center of the Earth is based on?
A Journey to the Centre of the Earth was written by Jules Verne and first published in 1864.
Is A Journey to the Centre of the Earth part of a series?
Yes, it is book 3 in the Voyages Extraordinaires series (16 books listed below in reading order).
Should I read the book before watching?
Start with Cinq Semaines en ballon, book 1 of A Journey to the Centre of the Earth. If you like knowing the full story and characters first, read it before you watch. Adaptations often change or cut plotlines, so the book is a different experience even if you've seen the movie.
More screen adaptations of Jules Verne's books
- A Trip to the Moon (film, 1902)
- Around the World in 80 Days (film, 1956)
- Around the World in 80 Days (film, 2004)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (film, 1954)
- Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (film, 2012)
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (film, 1916)