The Most Anticipated Book-to-Screen Adaptations of 2024

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The beloved Broadway musical Wicked is based on a best-selling book by Gregory Maguire. This book is also the inspiration behind the movie starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande and Michelle Yeoh which hits theaters in November. 

Colleen Hoover's award-winning novel It Ends With Us is about a romance that is threatened when an old fling returns. Blake Lively stars in the new movie adaptation that just hit theaters this August.

With an all-star cast including Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel and Lil Rel Howery, you can expect big things from the movie adaptation of Harold and the Purple Crayon. The theatrical release date was pushed back a few times, but it is now available to view in select movie theaters.

Upon her 16th birthday, Tally will have surgery to become a "pretty," after which all she has to do for the rest of her life is have fun. But is it really going to be the paradise she's been promised? Scott Westerfeld's New York Times best-selling series is coming to Netflix in September and stars big names, including Joey King and Laverne Cox. 

Often sent on dangerous missions in outer space, Mickey is regenerated every time he dies. However, the seventh Mickey (known as Mickey7) decides to change things in the novel Mickey7 by Edward Ashton. Mickey 17, based on this story, stars Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo and is expected in theaters early next year.

Three unlikely individuals must work together to stop a deadly organism from infecting the planet in David Koepp's novel Cold Storage. Liam Neeson is set to star in the film adaptation that comes out sometime next year.

When a pioneer in abstract expressionism, Mark Rothko, died, his paintings were suspiciously sold by executors for a fraction of their value, causing major legal battles as documented in the book The Legacy Of Mark Rothko. Russell Crowe is set to star as the painter in Rothko, but the film has been delayed several times.

Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug's autobiography, Landing on My Feet: A Diary of Dreams, is being adapted into a film with the help of director Olivia Wilde. The movie, Perfect, is still in pre-production, so no premiere date has been set.

You might be saying to yourself, "Hasn't there already been a movie series based on The Lord of the Rings?" The answer is yes. However an upcoming film, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, expands on history from the second book.

A CIA agent is on the hunt for revenge when his fiancée is murdered by a terrorist in Robert Littell's novel The Amateur. Previously adapted into a film in 1981, the book is being revisited for an upcoming movie starring Rami Malek and Rachel Brosnahan.

Apple TV+ has a new animated series based on The Search for Wandla. The beautifully illustrated book centers around a young girl, Eva Nine who has been raised underground by a robot, but she must flee to the ground above when her hideout is found.

Elin Hilderbrand's book The Perfect Couple centers around a murder before a wedding where everyone is a suspect. The book is being turned into a Netflix limited series starring Dakota Fanning and Nicole Kidman.

The third season of Prime Video's The Summer I Turned Pretty is based on the third book in Jenny Han's series titled We'll Always Have Summer. Season 3 is expected to air sometime in 2025.

In Lady of the Lake, a 1960s housewife leaves the comfort of her life to become a reporter, investigating the murder of a missing girl. Natalie Portman stars in the new Apple TV+ series inspired by the book.

Another season of Netflix's Sandman is in the works. The next season will likely be based on Neil Gaiman's second book, The Sandman Vol. 2: The Doll's House.

The Electric State is an illustrated science fiction story by Simon Stålenhag about a runaway teen and her yellow robot travel companion. The book is being adapted as a Netflix film with major star power, including Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan and Stanley Tucci.

Trust by Hernan Diaz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a Wall Street tycoon and his wife, the daughter of an aristocrat. Kate Winslet is set to star in HBO's adaptation of the book.

Carley Fortune's best-selling romance novel Meet Me at the Lake is being adapted for Netflix by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. In the book, Fern's life was once full of potential, but now she's back home running her mom's lakeside resort, which she never wanted to do. Her life is turned upside down when a man from her past shows up offering to help.

The Bikeriders by Danny Lyon gives the history and personal stories of the Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club. The film by the same name stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer and Tom Hardy and is now available to stream on Peacock.

Colter Shaw is an expert tracker who helps the police find missing persons in The Never Game. CBS' hit show Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, is based on the series by Jeffery Deaver.

Damien Lewis's novel The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Downfall, Giving Birth to Modern-Day Black Ops gives a fascinating history lesson. The book is the inspiration for the Lionsgate film starring Henry Cavill. 

Roku adapted The Spiderwick Chronicles, a story about siblings who find a magical book in their new home that teaches them about the world of fairies. Christian Slater is one of the actors starring in the series that premiered in April.

John Green's novel was picked up to be adapted soon after it was published in 2017. Turtles All the Way Down premiered on Max in May 2024.

The third season of Netflix's Bridgerton is based on the third book in Julia Quinn's series: Romancing Mr. Bridgerton.

Apple TV turned this tale about the manhunt for John Wilkes Booth into a true crime drama series titled Manhunt, which premiered on March 15.

After the military sends signals to an alien race, the humans of Earth split into camps that either welcome them or plan to hurt them in Cixin Liu's novel The Three-Body Problem. Netflix is adapted the book, with the help of David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, into a streaming series that premiered in March.

Logan Lerman and Joey King star in Hulu's adaptation of We Were the Lucky Ones about a Jewish family separated during World War II. The series premiered on March 28. 

Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen tells the story of a double agent in the wake of the Vietnam War. HBO is adapted the book as a series with Robert Downey Jr.

A horror novel set in an Irish forest, The Watchers follows Mina, who is trapped in a concrete bunker and watched by creatures above. M. Night Shyamalan's daughter, Ishana Shyamalan, directed a film based on the book starring Dakota Fanning.

Madame Web is a Marvel superhero who sees into the future to help Spider-Man. Madame Web starring Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson is now streaming on Netflix.

Ryan Murphy's series Feud had a second season on FX, this time centering around Truman Capote and the high society wives of New York City he surrounded himself with, which is documented in Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for an Era. 

One of the most anticipated films of the year thus far, was Dune: Part Two, starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Florence Pugh and more huge Hollywood names. The film is based on Frank Herbert's original novel and is now streaming on Max. 

The inspiration for a Showtime series starring Ewan McGregor, A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel by Amor Towles is about Count Alexander Rostov who lives under house arrest watching history unfold from his attic.

Set in 17th-century Japan, Shōgun, written by James Cavall, is an FX series that premiered on Hulu in late February and gathered numerous Emmy nominations.

Spaceman of Bohemia is a fantasy novel inspired by Jakub Procházka, the first Czech astronaut. Netflix adapted the series with Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan. 

Amazon's Prime Video series, Expats stars Nicole Kidman, Sarayu Blue and Ji-young Yoo. It's based on Janice Y. K. Lee's book, The Expatriates, where women's lives are forever changed when one of their children goes missing while abroad. 

Paramount+ animated movie The Tiger's Apprentice is based on the novel of the same name. The book series is about Tom Lee, who is your average teenager until he learns he is part of a magical group of protectors called The Guardians. 

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