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Book to Screen's 100 Greatest Film Adaptations
Our editorial ranking of 100 outstanding films adapted from books and other published works.
#1
The Godfather
1972
#2
The Godfather Part II
1974
#3
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
2001
#4
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2003
#5
The Shawshank Redemption
1994
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When the Black-Eyed Children Knock
Based on When the Black-Eyed Children Knock
EXCLUSIVE: A newly-established microdrama business geared towards horror is adapting genre classic Night of the Living Dead ahead of its full launch. L.A.-based Room418 is positioning itself as a studio and platform that puts “vertical-first originals at the center of a dedicated destination for horror fans, alongside curated programming in vertical, horizontal and mixed formats.” […]
The Great Dictator
Based on The Great Dictator
EXCLUSIVE: Eagle Eye Drama has acquired the rights to The Great Dictator, Matthew Sweet’s biography of the flamboyant and eccentric late Dame Barbara Cartland. Historian, novelist and screenwriter Sweet’s book tells the story of author known as ‘The Queen of Romance’ Cartland, who was one of the UK’s most recognizable figures across the 20th century. […]
The Lords’ Day
Based on The Lords’ Day
EXCLUSIVE: Chanel Cresswell, star of This is England and The Gentlemen, has boarded Netflix’s upcoming series The Lords’ Day. The BAFTA-winning star will play an as-yet-unrevealed role in the high-stakes political thriller starring Damson Idris in the lead role. Cresswell plays Freddy’s wife Tammy in fellow Netflix UK series The Gentlemen and has a wealth […]
Ladies of the House
Based on Ladies of the House
As Sweet Magnolias comes to an end on Netflix, Sheryl J. Anderson is bidding farewell to Serenity, South Carolina. On Saturday, the series creator thanked fans for their “passion for our characters” in a statement after Netflix canceled the romantic drama based on Sherryl Woods’ books after five seasons. “Living in Serenity for five seasons […]
The Five-Star Weekend
Based on The Five-Star Weekend
The series adaptation of Elin Hiderbrand’s The Five-Star Weekend dropped on Peacock this week. Based on her 2023 novel, the series stars Jennifer Garner. Bekah Brunstetter (Maid, This Is Us) created and wrote the series adaptation. The first adaptation of her work, The Perfect Couple, was a hit for Netflix and has spawned a Season 2, which will be […]
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Throttled
Based on Throttled
EXCLUSIVE: Spanish-American actress Nicole Wallace has landed the female lead opposite Off Campus‘ Josh Heuston in Throttled, Amazon MGM’s romance based on the first book in Lauren Asher’s bestselling Dirty Air series. Wallace will play Maya Alatorre, an ambitious young woman who joins her brother on the racing circuit and falls into a forbidden, high-stakes […]
Being Heumann
Based on Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist
Bold decisions during filming, biggest challenges and first Directors Guild of America cards were among some of the topics we that came up during Deadline and the DGA’s Art of Directing panel at the Toronto Film Festival that featured a conversation with Curry Barker, Siân Heder, Alex Gibney, Rachel Morrison and Bassam Tariq. Check out […]
Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew
Based on The Magician’s Nephew
As Greta Gerwig leads Netflix viewers through the wardrobe with her take on Narnia, one major character will feature an instantly recognizable voice. The 4x Oscar nominee explained the “list is not a long one” when it came to narrowing down her search for Aslan to Meryl Streep, who will voice the lion in Narnia: […]
The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Based on Sunrise on the Reaping
Suzanne Collins gave her readers a huge gift in returning to the world of The Hunger Games series, the first three books of which she wrote in 2008, 2009 and 2010, for the prequel story of one Haymitch Abernathy. Haymitch, portrayed by Woody Harrelson in the quartet of films based on Collins’ original book trilogy, […]
Smokeshow
Based on Smokeshow
EXCLUSIVE: Meghann Fahy, the two-time Emmy-nominated star of Sirens and The White Lotus, has inked a deal to star in Smokeshow, a new limited series based on the upcoming novel by Catriona Stewart, which has landed with SK Global and David E. Kelley Productions following a highly competitive bidding war. The package is set to […]
The Mafia Nanny
Based on The Mafia Nanny
EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is developing The Mafia Nanny, a drama series based on Webtoon’s popular action romance title. It comes from executive producer Charlize Theron and 20th Television. This is believed to be the first English-language live-action series adaptation of Webtoon IP, which has been popular source material in Korean and Japanese television. (Webtoon and sibling […]
Rose Hill
Based on Rose Hill
Prime Video’s Rose Hill series has added 5 to its cast, including Siobhan McGroarty, Sophia Reid-Gantzert, West Mulholland, Gigi Zumbado, and Curtis Hamilton. Rose Hill, based on the best-selling book series from Elsie Silver, follows best friends and neighbors West Belmont (Jake Weary), a rancher with commitment issues, and brooding record label owner Ford Grant […]
Stuck Up & Stupid
Based on Stuck Up & Stupid
EXCLUSIVE: Australia’s Stan is remaking iconic rural series McLeod’s Daughters and has greenlit shows starring Rachel Griffiths, Angourie Rice and Anna Friel. The revival of Nine Network’s McLeod’s Daughters comes 25 years after the original, an early 2000s drama about sisters who take over a cattle ranch in South Australia. A lot has happened since […]
Drawn Together
Based on Marfil
Mercedes Ron’s hot streak on Prime Video is continuing. Drawn Together (Enfrentados: Marfil) has gone straight in at No. 1 on the streamer’s viewing top 10. The Prime Video original tops both the overall and non-English-language rankings. Ron is no stranger to success on Prime Video; the adaptations of her Culpables books are the streamer’s […]
One Italian Summer
Based on One Italian Summer
EXCLUSIVE: Room Best Actress Oscar winner Brie Larson is set to star as Katy Silver and executive produce Paramount Pictures’ feature adaptation of Rebecca Serle’s New York Times bestselling novel One Italian Summer. Enola Holmes franchise filmmaker, Harry Bradbeer, is set to helm the Temple Hill Entertainment production. A theatrical release for Mother’s Day weekend, […]
Crimson Moth Series
Based on Crimson Moth Series
Georgia Lee (The Expanse), Joe Henderson (Lucifer) and Chad Kennedy have acquired the rights to the internationally bestselling fantasy romance Crimson Moth series by Kristen Ciccarelli. The trio are developing the project for television with Kim Shumway (The 100) adapting. The script is currently being shopped to buyers. In addition, Wednesday Books, an imprint under St. Martin’s Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers, has acquired books three and four in the bestselling Crimson Moth series in a major deal. Book three, Dark Descent, is slated for publication in August 2027. Foreign rights have already been sold in Brazil, the UK, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, and more.
The Paying Guests
Based on The Paying Guests
EXCLUSIVE: Every book in the canon of British author Sarah Waters has been adapted for screen – except one. That’s about to change. Deadline understands BBC Studios Fiction has optioned The Paying Guests, the 2014 book about a 1922 love affair that turns into a twisting crime thriller. We hear In My Skin and Killing […]
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