Book-to-screen adaptations are big this year and provide plenty of fodder for anyone who loves to debate which was better: the book or the movie. From adaptations like Netflix’s recent Anatomy of a Scandal, based on Sarah Vaughan’s best-selling novel, to an upcoming version of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends on Hulu, readers eager to see the characters they’ve only seen on their heads I’m sure you’ll get excited.
here are 14 book-to-screen to look forward to in 2022.
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Anatomy of a Scandal (Netflix, April 15)
Get ready for slow-moving suspense in this #metoo-era courtroom thriller, focusing on the misbehavior of Britain’s elite. James (rupert friend), a prominent politician, and his wife, sophie (sienna miller), are seemingly prospering until james is accused of professional misconduct, and then much worse. The novel, published in 2018, was adapted for Netflix by David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson. the six-episode television version is a timely examination of entitlement and consent.
heartstopper (netflix, april 22)
Alice Oseman’s sweet webcomic, which began in 2016 and was eventually published as a series of graphic novels, Heartstopper traces the relationship between Charlie and Nick, two elementary school boys who unexpectedly fall in love. While the eight-part Netflix series is unlikely to stop your heart, it will almost certainly warm it.
Under Heaven’s Banner(fx and hulu, April 28)
jon krakauer’s 2003 true crime bestseller is being adapted into a seven-episode limited series. investigates the gruesome 1984 murder of Brenda Wright Lafferty (Daisy Edgar-Jones) and her young daughter in Salt Lake City. Andrew Garfield stars as Detective Jeb Pyre, a devout Mormon who has to wrestle with his faith as he unravels the murders and how they relate to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
conversations with friends (hulu, May 15)
perhaps you too have been waiting for another adaptation of a sally rooney novel since you finished getting drunk with normal people. It’s Finally Here: The Irish author’s debut novel is being reimagined as a 12-episode series starring Alison Oliver, Joe Alwyn, Sasha Lane and Jemima Kirke. follows a pair of best friends, Frances and Bobbi, as they grow closer to an eccentric married couple and explore their sexuality, testing the limits of their friendship.
where the locusts sing (in theaters July 15)
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Delia Owens’ best-selling novel of 2018 finally gets the big-screen treatment. The story centers on Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones), who was abandoned at a young age and raised in the swamps of North Carolina. Years later, the mysterious lonely girl is framed for murdering town heartthrob Chase (Harris Dickinson), who had fallen in love with her but kept her affair a secret from her family. Reese Witherspoon is among the film’s producers, and Olivia Newman is directing. (Taylor Swift recently revealed that she wrote a song for the film, but faced backlash due to Owens’ controversial involvement in a poaching incident.)
salem’s lot (in theaters September 9)
A small New England town is overrun by vampires in Salem’s Lot, Stephen King’s latest thriller is being adapted into a movie. (The novel, King’s Second, published in 1975, was also the inspiration for a 2004 TNT miniseries.) It’s about Ben (Lewis Pullman), a troubled writer who heads to his home in Maine, where his childhood demons are transformed into real demons. . he joins a group of locals to fight evil vampires.
she said (in theaters November 18)
megan twohey and jodi kantor, reporters for the new york times, won a pulitzer prize in 2018 for exposing the harvey weinstein sexual abuse scandal, which contributed to the birth of the #metoo movement. narrated how they did it in She Said, a 2019 book that took readers behind the scenes of her investigative reporting. Now, Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan will play the journalists in a film adaptation of the high-profile, game-changing case.
luckiest girl alive (netflix, 2022)
Jessica Knoll, who wrote the 2015 thriller The Luckiest Girl in the World, also penned the screenplay for the film adaptation, set for release this year, starring and being produced by Mila Kunis. The story, which was inspired in part by Knoll’s personal experiences, is about a woman who reinvents herself after being raped as a teenager. years later, she seemingly has it all, until her past roars back, fraying the edges of her carefully constructed life.
a man named otto (in theaters December 25)
In Swedish author Fredrik Backman’s delightful debut novel, A Man Called Ove, the titular curmudgeon has a heart that’s too big, literally, but also metaphorically. That story is getting the big screen treatment in the US. In the U.S., following the success of a Swedish adaptation that was nominated for an Academy Award in 2017. Ove has been renamed the more pronounceable Otto in this iteration, starring Tom Hanks (whose wife, Rita Wilson, is among the producers). ).
summer I became pretty (amazon prime video, to be confirmed)
Before all the boys I’ve loved before, there was the summer I got pretty. Jenny Han’s now-romance trilogy, which was released in 2009, will premiere as a video series this year. It’s about Belly (Lola Tung), a teenage girl who gets a crash course in love when she develops a relationship with two guys who fight for her affections. she’s hoping for a fun, fluffy coming-of-age story that makes you long for the youthful summers you spent on the coast.
pieces of her (netflix, currently available)
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What happens when you think you know everything there is to know about your mother and then find out she specializes in secrets? That question is at the heart of Karin Matanza’s poignant novel, which was the basis for this eight-episode inaugural season. Andy (bella heathcote) and his mother (toni collette) are involved in a shooting at a local restaurant, igniting a media storm and forcing andy to realize that his mother has quite a shocking story that has been hidden for a long time. a long time.
death on the nile (hbo max and hulu, currently available)
Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) puts his “little gray cells” to good use in this film adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie murder mystery. It takes place on a glamorous Nile River cruise ship in 1937, as newlyweds Linnett (Gal Gadot) and Simon (Armie Hammer) celebrate their marriage. Things get complicated when Simon’s spurned ex-girlfriend Jackie (Emma Mackey) shows up, and even more so when Linnet ends up dead. Even if you know exactly what the brilliant Detective Poirot will discover, it’s fun to see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.
no output (hulu, currently available)
In this exciting film based on the 2017 novel by Taylor Adams, a woman named Darby (Havana Rose Liu) is stranded at a rest stop where she’s forced to take shelter with a group of strangers. That could be awkward under the best of circumstances, but tensions quickly build when she discovers a bound and gagged girl in one of the stranger’s trucks, clearly a kidnapping in progress. Darby has to find out who is responsible and how to save the girl and herself in this claustrophobic adaptation.
pachinko (apple tv+, currently available)
min jin lee’s pachinko, a sweeping historical fiction novel published in 2017, was loved by many readers, including barack obama, who recommended it for its resilience and compassion. the saga follows a family of Korean immigrants through four generations. In March, an eight-episode adaptation premiered on Apple TV+ as one of the biggest multilingual shows in history. The series stars Jin Ha, Minha Kim, and Lee Minho.
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