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1 day ago · Book adaptations have become more popular, and Netflix has taken the chance to obtain a good range of those movies that have been made from books. From romance novels to sci-fi fantasy series, the ...
- Young Adult Adaptations. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz. Lin Manuel-Miranda is producing this YA adaptation, which is written and directed by Aitch Alberto in her feature directorial debut.
- Literary Fiction Adaptations. Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson. Charmaine Wilkerson’s debut novel Black Cake will soon be a series on Hulu. Before the novel was even published, Oprah Winfrey’s production company Harpo Films purchased the TV rights.
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy Adaptations. Dune by Frank Herbert. Fans of Dune won’t have to wait much longer for part 2 to release. The second half of the adaptation of Frank Herbert’s Dune will be out on November 3, 2023.
- Romance Adaptations. Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston. Amazon Studios is adapting Casey McQuiston’s debut novel Red, White, and Royal Blue into a film.
Sep 21, 2022 · Netflix has some of the best adaptations from books out there. Bridgerton, You, The Queen's Gambit, Longmire, and more have all been adapted from novels.
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Ever wonder what the end of life as we know it might look like? Sam Esmail’s unsettling adaptation of Rumaan Alam’s novel posits that it could resemble an ordinary day — until it very much would not. When a Brooklyn couple (Julia Roberts and Ethan Hawke) go on vacation with their children, their getaway is interrupted by a pair of strangers(Mahersh...
Following its private publication in 1928, D.H. Lawrence’s novel was banned for obscenity in the United States for over 30 years; luckily, as the book approaches its 100th anniversary, there’s nothing stopping you from streaming Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s 2022 adaptation of it. Emma Corrin starsas the lady of the title, Constance Chatterley, whos...
Is there any variety of personal drama more intense than the kind that comes between middle-school besties? You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah would suggest there isn’t. Based on Fiona Rosenbloom’s young adult novel of the same name, Sammi Cohen’s coming-of-age comedy stars Sunny Sandler (whose real-life dad, Adam Sandler, produces and plays ...
There was plenty of noise for All Quiet on the Western Front when it came out in 2022: Edward Berger’s German adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel collected nine Oscar nominations, winning four (Best International Feature Film, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, and Best Production Design). The stunning anti-war epic follows an id...
Poetically, actor turned director Rebecca Hall chose to shoot her adaptation of Nella Larsen’s seminal 1929 novel in expressive black and white; Passing tells the story of two childhood friends — both Black women with light complexions — who meet again as adults in New York in the 1920s. One of them (Tessa Thompson) lives in Harlem and is married t...
Few filmmakers can get away with making a three-and-a-half-hour movie (and expecting people to watch the whole thing), but it’s safe to say that Martin Scorsese is among them — and The Irishman earns all of its 209 minutes. Based on former investigator Charles Brandt’s nonfiction book I Heard You Paint Houses, which recounts the life of mob enforce...
Nobody writes love letters anymore, but a good case is made for picking up the old-fashioned practice in Susan Johnson’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, based on Jenny Han’s YA novel of the same name (it’s the first of a trilogy; the film’s sequels P.S. I Still Love Youand Always and Foreverare available to stream as well). Lana Condor and Noah ...
There’s no straightforward way to describe the kaleidoscopic I’m Thinking of Ending Things, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman and based on Iain Reid’s 2016 novel, but here’s an attempt: A young man (Jesse Plemons) takes his girlfriend (Jessie Buckley) on a trip to meet his parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis). Simple, right? Except that’...
The Old Guard got the film treatment in 2020 with Gina Prince-Bythewood’s take on Greg Rucka’s comic, about a group of immortals who have spent hundreds of years taking on dangerous missions for the good of humanity. Charlize Theron stars as the leader of the centuries-old team of mercenaries, who enter a new era of their eternal lives when a new h...
How about an adaptation of a reinvention? Nancy Springer’s series of young adult detective novels imagines the younger sister of Sherlock Holmes — the titular Enola — as a clever young woman in Victorian England solving her own mysteries, despite the limiting conventions of the era. Millie Bobby Brown produced and starred in Harry Bradbeer’s charmi...
Sep 17, 2018 · Netflix and chill with these certified fresh (according to Rotten Tomatoes) book-to-film adaptations. Movies The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
Oct 13, 2022 · Hulu's series "Kindred" is the latest in a list of TV series adapted from, or inspired by, books. That list also includes Prime Video's "The Lord of the Ring: The Rings of Power" and HBO's...
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Jan 27, 2019 · There are so many great book adaptations on Amazon Prime for adults and kids. Prime has some fantastic original series that are based on books and they are fantastic. If you have not had a chance to watch them, they are worth it. Below you will find our favorite FREE book adaptations on Amazon Prime.
