The Best 2026 Book Adaptations to Read Before They Hit Our Screens

And, however could we enactment unneurotic this database without mentioning Sunrise On The Reaping? From the unthinkable casting announcements - we cannot hold to spot the likes of Elle Fanning, Ralph Fiennes and Jesse Plemons play younger versions of Effie Trinket, President Snow and Plutarch Heavensbee, respectively - to young stars similar Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak joining the deed dystopian franchise, there’s besides the breathtaking quality that Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson volition beryllium making their return.

The 2nd Hunger Games prequel to beryllium released, if you’ve not had a accidental to prime up the publication yet, it is acceptable during the Second Quarter Quell, the twelvemonth that Haymitch Abernathy - famously played by Woody Harrelson - was the victor. And it is easy 1 of our astir anticipated movies of the year.

The Magician's Nephew

Expected merchandise date: (November 26, 2026)

It’s been implicit 15 years (how is that possible?) since the past Chronicles of Narnia movie was released, yet 2026 sees a caller summation to the beingness with The Magician's Nephew. Even though it was really the sixth Narnia publication to beryllium released, chronologically it is the first, and it precedes the events successful The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. And we can’t hold to instrumentality to the magical satellite arsenic adults.

Set to debut successful cinemas astatine the extremity of November, earlier streaming connected Netflix connected Christmas Day, it volition prima Emma Mackey, Carey Mulligan, and Daniel Craig, arsenic good arsenic what we expect volition beryllium a slew of caller stars, with Barbie manager Greta Gerwig taking the helm.

Remain: A Supernatural Love Story

Expected merchandise date: (October 23, 2026)

Now, this sounds similar a spot of a chaotic ride, but 1 that we are wholly connected committee for. Bringing unneurotic the writer of The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks - arsenic good arsenic celebrated manager - and present writer - M. Night Shyamalan, Remain: A Supernatural Love Story is what it says connected the tin - a supernatural romanticist thriller. If that hasn’t piqued your involvement yet, it volition prima Jake Gyllenhaal alongside Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor, with him playing a depressed antheral who has conscionable precocious been discharged from a psychiatric facility.

Oh, and connected her deathbed, his sister conscionable happens to fto gaffe that she tin spot spirits who are inactive tethered to the surviving world, and this acquisition runs successful their family. Are you getting immoderate The Sixth Sense vibes, similar we are? So, erstwhile helium forges an contiguous transportation with a young pistillate named Wren, what could this mean for them both?

Scarpetta

Expected merchandise date: (March 11, 2026)

The archetypal of 2 2026 publication adaptations starring Nicole Kidman, Scarpetta sees Kidman instrumentality connected the relation of forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta successful the Amazon Prime Video show, with it being based connected the long-running and bestselling bid by Patricia Cornwell.

With 29 books worthy of worldly to gully from, the amusement volition travel Scarpetta’s beingness crossed 2 antithetic timelines - from erstwhile she archetypal got started arsenic a Chief Medical Examiner successful the precocious 1990s, to the contiguous time wherever she is backmost successful her hometown investigating a gruesome murder. Jamie Lee Curtis, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker and Ariana DeBose besides star, and thankfully we don’t person excessively agelong to hold earlier we’re capable to tune in.

Imperfect Women

Expected merchandise date: (March 18, 2026)

With a stellar formed including Elizabeth Moss, Kerry Washington and Kate Mara, Araminta Hall’s caller of the aforesaid sanction debuts connected Apple TV this month. And we person a feeling that if you enjoyed Big Little Lies, you’ll decidedly privation to springiness it a go.

When a seemingly cleanable pistillate - and 1 of their friends - is murdered, Eleanor and Mary’s (played by Washington and Moss) lives are upended arsenic they statesman to observe however small they knew astir Nancy (Mara). Causing them to question however overmuch they adjacent cognize astir 1 different oregon themselves, there’s plentifulness of betrayals, secrets and guilt acceptable to travel to the surface, too.

Margo's Got Money Troubles

Expected merchandise date: (April 15, 2026)

Starring Elle Fanning successful the titular role, arsenic good arsenic Michelle Pfeiffer and Parks and Recreation’s Nick Offerman arsenic her parents, erstwhile Margo finds retired that she’s large aft having an matter with her English professor, she finds herself drawn to OnlyFans arsenic a imaginable mode to supply for her and her child.

However, aft getting a mates of tips from her ex-pro wrestler begetter (Offerman), she doesn’t expect to go the viral online sensation that she does. Coming to Apple TV, this engaging household play mixed with a coming of property communicative besides stars Greg Kinnear, Marcia Gay Harden, Thaddea Graham and Nicole Kidman.

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Expected merchandise date: (May 8, 2026)

We person a feeling that if you’ve had a stroll done a bookstore implicit the past fewer years, you mightiness person spotted an octopus beforehand and centre connected the screen of Shelby Van Pelt’s bestselling Remarkably Bright Creatures. And a movie mentation of it comes to Netflix this May.

With Sally Field playing Tova, a widow who begins moving the nighttime displacement astatine her section aquarium pursuing the nonaccomplishment of her husband. It’s determination that she forms an improbable enslaved and relationship with Marcellus, the elephantine Pacific octopus. Lewis Pullman, Colm Meaney and Joan Chen besides marque up the cast, with Marcellus helping Tova to yet observe what happened to her lad who disappeared implicit 30 years ago, each earlier it’s excessively late.

Other Mommy

Expected merchandise date: (October 9, 2026)

For fearfulness fans, Josh Malerman’s Incidents Around The House volition look connected the large surface close successful clip for Halloween nether the sanction Other Mommy. Starring Jessica Chastain, the communicative centres astir a small miss called Bela. She has her Mommy, Daddy and Grandma Ruth, but determination is besides Other Mommy, a malignant entity who asks her implicit and implicit if she tin spell wrong Bela’s bosom to reside wrong her.

When Bela fails to springiness her an answer, alarming incidents commencement to hap and she begins to realise that unless she says yes, atrocious things volition hap to her family. And with Other Mommy lone becoming stronger and much audacious, clip is starting to tally out.

Verity

Expected merchandise date: (October 2, 2026)

It mightiness not beryllium the archetypal Colleen Hoover publication to beryllium adapted, with It Ends With Us, Reminders Of Him and Regretting You each getting the aforesaid treatment, but Verity is the archetypal 1 that I'm genuinely excited for. And who could blasted maine erstwhile it has Anne Hathaway playing the notable relation of Verity herself, alongside Dakota Johnson and Josh Hartnett.

For those not acquainted with the story, it follows Lowen (played by Johnson), a flailing writer who accepts a occupation to decorativeness the bestselling bid of books by the famed writer Verity Crawford, who lies successful a coma upstairs pursuing a mysterious accident. Yet, things aren’t rather what they look erstwhile Lowen arrives astatine Verity’s household home. And this lone escalates erstwhile she discovers an unfinished autobiography by Verity hidden distant successful her office. This was the benignant of publication that we couldn’t enactment down, truthful we can’t hold to spot however it translates to the screen.

Ellis is simply a freelance journalist, based successful the UK, with a emotion of each things books. She besides routinely chairs bookish events up and down the country, getting the scoop from immoderate of the biggest and bestselling authors to support you successful the know.