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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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Verity
Based on Verity
Colleen Hoover’s thriller Verity will hit theaters following the feature adaptation of Regretting You. Both films have big shoes to fill after the feature adaptation of It Ends With Us starring Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni, who directed the film. Verity is another one of Hoover’s popular novels, and it has a thriller bent. The […]
When In Rome
Based on When In Rome
Rebelle Media and MGM Television have acquired the rights to adapt Sarah Adams’ book series Rebel Moon for the small screen. Co-Founder of Rebelle Media Amanda Palley announced the news at San Diego Comic-Con in the “Romance on the Big Screen: Why It’s About Damn Time” panel Thursday. “You guys know this series, correct?” cofounder […]
Her Hidden Fire
Based on Her Hidden Fire
EXCLUSIVE: Irish production company Great Island has optioned Clíodhna O’Sullivan’s bestselling romantasy novel Her Hidden Fire for a young adult series adaptation. The eight-part series will follow Éadha, a servant who has learned to survive by remaining unseen in a stratified world where magic is fuelled by enslaved ‘Fodder.’ Éadha hides her own power that she generates from within, but when […]
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 […]
The Kane Chronicles
Based on The Kane Chronicles
Disney is bringing more of Rick Riordan‘s expansive mythological universe to life. A live-action series adaptation of The Kane Chronicles is currently in development at Disney+. Riordan will create the series with Angela Robinson (How to Get Away with Murder, True Blood, The L Word).
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Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Based on Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Amazon MGM Studios has announced a series order for Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone, a darkly comedic murder mystery from Fifth Season and Made Up Stories, based on the bestselling book series by Benjamin Stevenson. You‘s Penn Badgley will star, with David Hemingson (The Holdovers) set as showrunner and executive producer. Badgley returns to […]
The Bodyguard
Based on The Bodyguard
Netflix has set a fall release date for Guarding Stars, the film adaptation of Katherine Center’s novel The Bodyguard, starring Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki. The holiday rom com will arrive on the streamer Nov. 18 as the latest in a lineup of films based on books with Western lean. Because there is already the […]
Wolf’s Belly
Based on Wolf’s Belly
EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures is very excited for screenwriter John August’s graphic novel retelling of “Little Red Riding Hood,” Wolf’s Belly, and beat several other studios for the IP including Amazon, we understand. August will adapt his work for the big screen with 4x Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón producing. August became inspired to write Wolf’s Belly […]
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Based on Dungeon Crawler Carl
Dungeon Crawler Carl has found its showrunners. The Peacock drama series, which is an adaptation of Matt Dinniman’s popular science fantasy LitRPG (role-playing game) books, was handed a straight-to-series order in June. Chris Yost and Eric Heisserer have been named co-showrunners. Yost was previously named as writer of the project, which comes from Seth MacFarlane’s […]
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
Based on The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
EXCLUSIVE: Monarch Media has enlisted Kali Bailey to adapt the screenplay for The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, a live-action feature adaptation of the children’s book by L. Frank Baum. First published in 1902, Baum’s book follows Santa Claus from an abandoned baby in a magical forest near Oz, to his beloved role of spreading peace, […]
Bannerman
Based on The Bannerman Solution
Netflix is now in the series co-production business. The streamer has made a deal with AMC Studios to jointly develop and produce original series, believed to be the first of its kind for the global platform. The first greenlight to come out of the arrangement is drama Bannerman, from Shane Black (Lethal Weapon) and Craig […]
Dolly All the Time
Based on Dolly All the Time
EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Sony’s 3000 Pictures has acquired the bestselling hot summer novel Dolly All the Time. Gemma Burgess will adapt the novel by Annabel Monaghan, and Temple Hill Entertainment is set to produce with Annika Patton overseeing it for the producer. Dolly All the Time came out at the beginning of the summer and […]
You Are Here
Based on You Are Here
Josiah Green-Mhlanga (Andy and the Band), Karla Crome (Possession) and Tom Stourton (Barbie) have joined Claire Foy and Matthew Macfadyen to star in BBC and Starz drama You Are Here. Based on David Nicholls’ bestselling book, the series stars Marnie (Foy) and Michael (Macfadyen), who unexpectedly fall in love when their mutual friend Cleo (Crome) […]
Cold Moon Rising
Based on Cold Moon Rising
EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Peddle, the director behind The Aggressives and Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later, has signed on to adapt the Southern crime thriller Cold Moon Rising by North Carolina author Michael Sledge. Cold Moon Rising is Sledge’s debut novel. The book tells the story of a violent home invasion that spirals into a web […]
Le Faux Soir
Based on Le “Faux” Soir: 9 novembre 1943
San Sebastián has set Le Faux Soir, a WWII feature directed by Belgian filmmaker Michaël R. Roskam, as the closing film of this year’s festival, which is set to run from September 18 to 26. Le Faux Soir will arrive at San Sebastian following its screening at TIFF. The film is based on the book […]
Paradox Inc.
Based on Paradox Inc.
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Miller, the production shingle for Academy Award-winning Project Hail Mary helmers Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, is set to produce a feature adaptation of Forrest Brazeal’s forthcoming debut novel Paradox Inc. for Universal Pictures. Daniel Roher, the Academy Award-winning Canadian filmmaker behind Navalny and this year’s Tuner, will direct and co-write a treatment for the film with Matthew Robinson. Writer […]
Theo Of Golden
Based on Theo Of Golden
EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros Pictures is in negotiations for the feature film rights to Allen Levi’s breakout novel Theo of Golden, a word-of-mouth juggernaut bestseller that has established the first-time author as a publishing phenomenon as he nears 70. Deal is being papered I’m told, and Tom Hanks is in talks to play the title character. […]
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