Book to Screen
Track recent announcements for film, television, and limited-series adaptations.
EXCLUSIVE: His & Hers became one of Netflix’s most-watched series ever after launching earlier this year. The team behind the Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson-led thriller have once again teamed with Fifth Season to adapt the next book from His & Hers author Alice Feeney. William Oldroyd will return to write and direct a series […]
Another hockey book adaptation has entered the chat. Netflix is currently building out its cast for the series adaptation of Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker book that kicks off the Maple Hill series. This in addition to their show The Sticks that is also currently in the works. For everything we know about Netflix’s Icebreaker book adaptation […]
There is more Olive Smith and Adam Carlsen in our future, Ali Hazelwood, author of bestseller The Love Hypothesis, announced Tuesday that she is releasing a book sequel, titled The Two-Body Problem, in February. Additionally, MRC is developing a film for Amazon MGM Studios, based on the sequel, she revealed. “I wrote a sequel to […]
Netflix has rounded out the series regular cast for its college hockey romance drama series Icebreaker, based on Hannah Grace’s bestselling novel. Gabriel Tierney (Rivals, Enola Holmes 2), Auliʻi Cravalho (Moana), newcomer and professional athlete Peter Berry, Chaneil Kular (Best of the Best, Sex Education), Devin Craig (Sex Lives of College Girls, Maize) and Aidan […]
EXCLUSIVE: David Barron, the British film producer with credits on six Harry Potter films, is entering the generative artificial intelligence space. Barron has agreed to produce an AI adaptation of Jack London’s 1903 novel The Call of the Wild, which is written and directed by Simon Rumley (Crushed, Red White & Blue). The film will be generated […]
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a fun one. We can reveal that a Mary Poppins TV series is in the works. Rather than retelling the Disney film Mary Poppins starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke from the 1960s, we understand the live action TV adaptation plans to go back to P. L. Travers’ original eight Mary Poppins […]
As Lili Reinhart celebrates her role in The Love Hypothesis, she’s ready to sink her teeth into another romantic book adaptation. Without revealing the title, the actress recently teased that she’s trying to adapt a novella “about lesbian vampires” but is having trouble finding a studio that’s willing to take on the source material. “People […]
SPOILER ALERT: This post spoils the entirety of Prime Video’s The Love Hypothesis movie. Editor’s Note: Trigger Warning – The following contains mention of sexual harassment. Help is available at the National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673. A cathartic scene towards the end of The Love Hypothesis, adapted from the bestselling book by Ali Hazelwood and […]
Hulu is developing The Parsifal Mosaic, a drama series based on Robert Ludlum’s bestselling novel, starring and executive produced by Sam Worthington and Sofia Carson, from Legendary Entertainment, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Wes Tooke, in The Parsifal Mosaic, after years of dangerous field work for the CIA, Michael Havelock (Worthington) is ready to get […]
EXCLUSIVE: Andy Serkis (Lord of the Rings) is set to narrate Odysseus Rising, a new Audible Original sci-fi adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey, written by novelist and popular science fiction and fantasy writer Adrian Tchaikovsky (Children Of Time). The project has been in development since late 2024 and is now being lined up to launch […]
EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Television Studios is developing and adapting Keith Rosson’s horror novel Coffin Moon for TV with Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple’s Iron Ocean, through the prodco’s first-look deal with the studio. The writing and producing team of Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Painkiller) are attached to develop, adapt, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Jensen Ackles continues to be an Amazon MGM Studios MVP by pulling double duty. The Vought Rising star is set to headline and executive produce original drama series Rules of Prey, which has been greenlighted by MGM+. It is based on the first novel in John Sandford’s Prey book series. Created by Bruce Terris […]