Book to Film Adaptations
January through March
Book to film posts are always some of my favorite to write because I get to so excited about book adaptations! And I get to learn about books that I’ve perhaps never heard of but now feel desperate to read before their adaptation drops.
I’m starting out with a movie that was released in December, but since I saw it yesterday and it’s based on a novel and I loved it, I had to include it.
I wish I had read this novel before seeing the movie, but I loved the film so much, I may go back and read the book, which is not the order in which I usually do things. This movie is a steampunk, surreal adventure about a woman finding her agency. I’ll leave it at that. I’m including the trailer, but I have to say, when I saw this trailer a few months ago, I had NO interest in seeing the film. But then my dad saw it and loved it and convinced me that the trailer didn’t do it justice. He was right!
JANUARY:
Jan 1 Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben
A widowed veteran gets the shock of her life in this impossible-to-put-down thriller from the bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger.
starring: Michelle Keegan, Richard Armitage, Joanna Lumely
Watch on Netflix.
Jan 11 Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton
A coming-of age story that is also a suspense, crime, romance novel with a touch of the supernatural about a boy living in Brisbane with a mother in jail, a drug dealing stepfather, a missing dad and and brother who doesn’t speak.
Starring: Simon Baker, Phoebe Tonkin and Deborah Mailman
Watch on Netflix
Jan 26 The Expatriates By Janice Y.K. Lee
In Hong Kong, three American Women’s lives collide after tragedy.
Starring: Nicole Kidman.
watch on Prime.
FEBRUARY
February 2: Argylle by Elly Conway
Argylle is a troubled agent with a tarnished past who may just have the skills to take on one of the most powerful men in the world. If only he can save himself first...
Starring: Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Sam Rockwell, Bryan Cranston and Catherine O’Hara.
Watch in Theaters.
Feb 8 Force of Nature by Jane Harper
Five women go on a hike. Only four return. Jane Harper, the New York Times bestselling author of The Dry, asks: How well do you really know the people you work with?
Starring: Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness
In Theaters. (perhaps in Australia first and then in the US?)
Feb 9 It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
After Lily’s father’s death, she looks for love and revisits her dark childhood memories.
Starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
In theaters.
Feb 9 Lisa Frankenstein. Okay, so this is a loose adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. The movie is written by Diablo Cody and directed by Zelda Williams (the late Robin Williams’s daughter.)
Starring: Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry
In theaters.
MARCH
March 1 Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert
Dune Messiah continues the story of Paul Atreides, better known--and feared--as the man christened Muad'Dib. This is the sequel to Dune.
Starring: Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Austin Butler
In theaters.
March 1 Spaceman of Bohemia Jaroslav Kalfař
An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery.
Starring: Adam Sandler, Carey Mulligan, Paul Dano, Isabella Rossellini
Netflix.
March 21 3 Body Problem by Cixin Liu (the book is titled The Three-Body Problem)
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth.
Starring: John Bradley and Liam Cunningham.
Netflix
March 22
Grimms' Fairy Tales: Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, and Other Stories
This is a Disney live action remake of the classic Grimms’ Fairy Tale, Snow White, first published in 1812.
starring: Rachel Ziegler, Gal Godot, Andrew Burlap
In theaters.
March 29 Mickey 17 by Edward Ashton (The book was originally titled Mickey 7)
Mickey7 is an Expendable: a disposable employee on a human expedition sent to colonize the ice world Niflheim. Whenever there's a mission that's too dangerous--even suicidal--the crew turns to Mickey. After one iteration dies, a new body is regenerated with most of his memories intact. Each time he goes missing, a new clone appears.
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun, Naomi Ackie, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo.
In theaters.
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Which one are you most excited to read / watch? Did I miss any? I’m most excited to read The Expatriate and to watch Lisa Frankenstein.
Oh wow, I had no idea that Poor Things was a book! I saw that movie last week and absolutely loved it. I might try to read it now as well.
What a great list. I haven’t read or seen any of these. Should I read the books first? If yes, which one should I start with?