Winter's Tale is only a movie.
Winter 's Tale ( released in the United Kingdom as A New York Winter 's Tale ) is a 2014 American supernatural fantasy mystery romantic drama film and fable based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Mark Helprin . The film is produced ( with Marc E. Platt , Michael Tadross and Tony Allard ) , written and directed by Akiva Goldsman ( in his directorial debut ) , edited by Wayne Wahrman and Tim Squyres , distributed by Warner Bros. . Winter 's Tale is a 1983 novel by Mark Helprin . Winter (dolphin) . She is the subject of the book Dolphin Tale , and the 2011 film of the same name , a dramatization of her story , and the sequel Dolphin Tale 2 .