Book to Movie Adaptations
November - December 2023
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Every few months I write a post about what Book-to-TV/film adaptations are coming out.
I’m sure you’ve heard everyone bemoan the fact that there’s nothing to watch right now, well, I’m here to tell you that will change come November! I definitely try and read the book before I watch an adaptation. But there are only so many hours in a day!
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11/2 All the Light We Cannot See based on the novel by Anthony Doerr (Netflix).
A novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as they both try to survive the devastation of World War II.
-starring Aria Mia Loberti, Mark Ruffalo and Hugh Laurie
11/3 Priscilla based on the memoir Elvis and Me by Priscilla Presley with Sandra Harmon.
Priscilla Presley tells the story of their love, revealing the details of their first meeting, their marriage, their affairs, their divorce, and the unbreakable bond that has remained long after his tragic death.
-directed by Sofia Coppola
11/3 Nyad based on the memoir Find a Way by Diana Nyad (yes, this one is currently in theaters, but it will release on Netflix on 11/3.
Diana Nyad’s memoir is about being the first woman to swim from Cuba to Florida with no shark cage at sixty-four.
-starring Annette Bening and Jodie Foster
11/10 The Killer based on the graphic novel by Alexis “Matz” Nolent and Luc Jacamon. As an elite assassin suffers a psychological crisis as he attempts to remove himself from the political ramifications his killings have caused.
-directed by David Fincher, staring Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton and Arliss Howard
11/17 The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes based on the novel by Suzanne Collins. The early life of Coriolanus Snow from The Hunger Games.
12/1 Eileen based on the novel Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh. The Christmas season offers little cheer for Eileen Dunlop, an unassuming yet disturbed young woman trapped between her role as her alcoholic father's caretaker in a home whose squalor is the talk of the neighborhood and a day job as a secretary at the boys' prison, filled with its own quotidian horrors.
-starring Thomasin McKensie and Anne Hathaway
12/8 Poor Things based on the novel Poor Things by Alasdair Gray. A young woman frees herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve.
-starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
12/8 Origin based on the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. This incredible book examines the unspoken caste system that has shaped America and shows how our lives today are still defined by a hierarchy of human divisions.
12/15 American Fiction based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett. A blistering satire about race and writing.
-starring Jeffrey Wright
12/15 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory based on the novel by Roald Dahl. Yes, it’s being adapted AGAIN.
12/15 The Zone of Interest based on the novel by Martin Amis. Through three narrative threads, an exploration of life at Auschwitz.
12/22 All of Us Strangers based on the novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada. A man is thrust into a reality where his parents appear to be alive at the exact same age that they died.
-starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Calire Foy, Jamie Bell
12/25 The Color Purple based on the novel by Alice Walker. A powerful cultural touchstone of modern American literature, The Color Purple depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia.
-starring everyone!
12/25 Ferrari based on the biography Enzo Ferrari: The Man and the Machine by Brock Yates. The sweeping biography of the enigmatic racer and sports car mogul who built the Ferrari brand.
-starring Adam Driver, directed by Michael Mann
12/25 The Boys in the Boat based on the book by Daniel James Brown. Nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Olympics.
-directed by George Clooney
Click here to read my August – October book to film post.
Your turn! Did I miss anything? Tell me what you’re most looking forward to watching below! And happy reading and happy watching!
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