10 Book To Movie/TV Adaptations Due Out This Year
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This year is an absolute gauntlet for readers and cinephiles alike, with several beloved books, including classics, thrillers, and science fiction, to hit the screen as TV series and movies. If you enjoy talking about whether the book was better than the movie, or you’re curious to see how your favorite book or your favorite author’s work translates to the screen, this is your year! Get ready to mark your calendars, because here are 15 book-to-screen adaptations due out in 2026!
10. The Love Hypothesis
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The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood famously began as a Reylo fan fiction story, inspired by Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver’s characters. Due to Reylo’s enthusiastic fans, this adaptation is highly anticipated and is expected sometime this summer. The movie stars Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman, who is married to Daisy Ridley in real life. Ridley knows all about the Reylo history this one has, and she has given it her blessing. This is one to look out for if you’re a Reylo shipper!
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9. People We Meet On Vacation
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Tropes are currently the most popular trend in fiction, and that’s exactly what People We Meet on Vacation, which is currently streaming on Netflix, is based on. This adaptation tells a friends-to-lovers story about two best friends named Poppy and Alex. The movie stars Emily Bader and Tom Blyth and is currently the number 1 movie on Netflix, so it’s not one to miss!
8. Wuthering Heights
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Emerald Fennell’s adaptation of Wuthering Heights has everyone scratching their heads from the first trailer, with many fans complaining that it appears to be a fan fiction inspired by Wuthering Heights more than a faithful adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic novel about love and revenge. If you’re looking for a loose adaptation of the original text, this one, with music by Charlie XCX and historically inaccurate costumes, is the one for you. Wuthering Heights, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, will be released in theaters on February 13.
7. Remain
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2026 is the year we’re getting a Nicholas Sparks novel adapted into a movie that’s directed by M. Night Shyamalan, in an unexpected collaboration that’s creating a lot of buzz. Remain is a supernatural thriller with a romantic twist starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor about a grieving architect (Gyllenhaal) who moves to Cape Cod and meets a mysterious woman played by Dynevor. This Sparks and Shyamalan collab hits theaters on October 23.
6. Verity
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It seems like every Colleen Hoover book is getting an adaptation, but Verity might be the best one so far. The psychological thriller is about a struggling writer who’s asked to fill in and complete a bestselling book series in place of its author, who is injured. The writer moves into the author’s home and discovers disturbing family secrets that make her question everything. Verity boasts an impressive cast, including Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett, and Dakota Johnson, and will be released in theatres on October 2.
5. An Offer From A Gentleman
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Julia Quinn’s novel, An Offer From A Gentleman, is Bridgerton Season 4, and part 1 already premiered on Netflix on January 29, with part 2 arriving February 26. Starring Luke Thompson and Yerin Ha, Bridgerton Season 4 tells the Regency-era love story of Benedict Bridgerton and Sophie Baek.
4. Sunrise On The Reaping
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Sunrise on the Reaping is The Hunger Games prequel about the story of Haymitch Abernathy’s 50th games. This prequel features fan favorites like Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin, and Elle Fanning joining the cast, and its Thanksgiving release date makes it poised to be a huge box office hit this year. Sunrise on the Reaping hits theaters on November 20.
3. Project Hail Mary
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Project Hail Mary is about a man who wakes up with amnesia on a spaceship, with no memory of how he got there. He soon realizes that he’s meant to solve the mystery behind what’s causing the sun to die out. There’s buzz that this might be Ryan Gosling’s best performance since La La Land. Project Hail Mary is based on Andy Weir’s 2021 science fiction novel and will be released on March 20.
2. Dune Messiah
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Dune Messiah is the final chapter of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune trilogy, starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Anya Taylor-Joy. This will mark the end of Paul Atreides’s saga, and it’s already the most anticipated film of the year, and perhaps, of this decade for Dune fans. You can expect this to be a massive critical and box office success after it releases on December 18.
1. The Odyssey
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Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is based on literature’s grandest journey that most people have probably read at some point in school. The Odyssey, by Homer, chronicles the tumultuous and epic journey and adventures of King Odysseus of Ithaca, as he journeys back to his home after the fall of Troy. Tickets for the IMAX release of the film are almost sold out, and its trailer is one of the most-watched trailers ever. The Odyssey stars Matt Damon, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, and Charlize Theron and premieres in theaters on July 17.
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