Excited for Hamnet? Geared up for Project Hail Mary? Ready to see The Odyssey come to life? Check out all the book adaptations coming to film this year – prepare your TBR!

Hamnet
Based on: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
Release date: 9th January
Director: Chloé Zhao
Cast: Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson
Synopsis: After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes (Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Mescal) grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

“Wuthering Heights”
Based on: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Release date: 13th February
Director: Emerald Fennell
Cast: Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Alison Oliver, Owen Cooper, Hong Chau, Martin Clunes
Synopsis: A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, exploring the intense and destructive relationship between Heathcliff (Elordi) and Catherine Earnshaw (Robbie).

The Bride!
Based on: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Release date: 6th March
Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Penélope Cruz, Annette Bening, Peter Sarsgaard
Synopsis: In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein (Gyllenhaal) asks Dr. Euphronius (Bening) to help create a companion. They give life to a murdered woman as the Bride (Buckley), sparking romance, police interest, and radical social change.

A Pale View of Hills
Based on: A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Release date: 13th March
Director: Kei Ishikawa
Cast: Suzu Hirose, Fumi Nikaidô, Yoh Yoshida
Synopsis: Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow’s memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

Reminders of Him
Based on: Reminders of Him by Colleen Hoover
Release date: 13th March
Director: Vanessa Caswill
Cast: Lauren Graham, Bradley Whitford, Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers
Synopsis: After prison, a woman attempts to reconnect with her young daughter but faces resistance from everyone except a bar owner with ties to her child. As they grow closer, she must confront her past mistakes to build a hopeful future.

Project Hail Mary
Based on: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Release date: 20th March
Directors: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz, Milana Vayntrub, Ken Leung
Synopsis: An astronaut tries to save Earth while alone in outer space.

The Magic Faraway Tree
Based on: The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton
Release date: 27th March
Director: Ben Gregor
Cast: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning, Rebecca Ferguson, Jennifer Saunders, Nonso Anozie, Mark Heap, Lenny Henry, Michael Palin
Synopsis: A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They’re transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.

Two Prosecutors
Based on: Zwei Staatsanwälte by Georgi Demidow
Release date: 27th March
Director: Sergey Loznitsa
Cast: Alexander Kuznetsov, Anatoliy Beliy, Dmitrijus Denisiukas
Synopsis: In the USSR in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous.

The Devil Wears Prada 2
Based on: Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Release date: 1st May
Director: David Frankel
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Stanley Tucci, Justin Theroux, Lucy Liu, Kenneth Branagh, Sydney Sweeney, Lady Gaga, Simone Ashley, B.J. Novak
Synopsis: Follows Miranda Priestly’s (Streep) struggle against Emily Charlton (Blunt), her former assistant turned rival executive, as they compete for advertising revenue amidst declining print media while Miranda nears retirement.

Supergirl
Based on: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King, Bilquis Evely & Matheus Lopes
Release date: 26th June
Director: Craig Gillespie
Cast: Millie Alcock, Eve Ridley, Matthias Schoenaerts, Emily Beecham, David Krumholtz, Jason Momoa, Ferdinand Kingsley, David Corenswet
Synopsis: It follows Kara Zor-El’s story and her darker origin before she finally made her way to Earth.

The Odyssey
Release date: 17th July
Based on: The Odyssey by Homer
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Charlize Theron, Benny Safdie, Mia Goth, Jon Bernthal, Elliot Page, John Leguizamo, Jovan Adepo, Samantha Morton, Ryan Hurst, Bill Irwin, James Remar
Synopsis: After the Trojan War, Odysseus (Damon) faces a dangerous voyage back to Ithaca, meeting creatures like the Cyclops Polyphemus, Sirens, and Circe (Theron) along the way.

The Dog Stars
Based on: The Dog Stars by Peter Heller
Release date: 28th August
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus wipes out humanity. Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers. Protagonist Hig (Elordi), a pilot, survived the flu but lost his wife.

Sense and Sensibility
Based on: Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Release date: 25th September
Director: Georgia Oakley
Cast: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Fiona Shaw, Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay, Esmé Creed-Miles, Frank Dillane
Synopsis: Sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood must leave their Sussex estate and move in with a distant relative, facing romance and money troubles.

Verity
Based on: Verity by Colleen Hoover
Release date: 2nd October
Director: Michael Showalter
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett, Dakota Johnson
Synopsis: Lowen Ashleigh (Johnson) gets hired by Jeremy Crawford (Hartnett) to ghostwrite novels for his bestselling author wife Verity (Hathaway), who’s unable to finish after an accident. Lowen uncovers Verity’s disturbing truths while residing at the Crawfords’ home to work.

Remain
Based on: Remain by Nicholas Sparks & M. Night Shyamalan
Release date: TBC
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Julie Hagerty, M. Night Shyamalan, Phoebe Dynevor
Synopsis: A grieving architect moves to Cape Cod for work after leaving a psychiatric facility. While staying at a historic B&B, he meets a mysterious woman who makes him question his rational beliefs about life and loss.

Whalefall
Based on: Whalefall by Daniel Kraus
Release date: TBC
Director: Brian Duffield
Cast: Josh Brolin, Jane Levy, Elisabeth Shue, Austin Abrams
Synopsis: Follows a scuba diver who, while looking for his father’s remains, is swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has just one hour to get out before his oxygen runs out.

The Cat in the Hat
Based on: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Release date: 6th November
Directors: Alessandro Carloni, Erica Rivinoja
Cast: Bill Hader, Xochitl Gomez, Tiago Martinez, America Ferrera, Matt Berry, Tituss Burgess, Giancarlo Esposito, Bowen Yang
Synopsis: Meet the Cat in the Hat you don’t know in an all-new, epic adventure where mischief, magic and mayhem reign supreme.

Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol
Based on: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Release date: 13th November
Director: Ti West
Cast: Johnny Depp, Andrea Riseborough, Daisy Ridley, Sam Claflin, Ian McKellen, Rupert Grint
Synopsis: A thrilling ghost story set in Dickens’ London, following one man’s supernatural journey to face his past, present and future as he fights for a second chance at redemption.

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
Based on: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins
Release date: 20th November
Director: Francis Lawrence
Cast: Joseph Zada, Maya Hawke, Mckenna Grace, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, Jesse Plemons, Jennifer Lawrence, Ralph Fiennes, Elle Fanning, Josh Hutcherson, Kara Tointon, Ben Wang
Synopsis: Explores Panem 24 years before Katniss’ (Lawrence) saga, starting on the morning of the reaping for the 50th Hunger Games, where a young Haymitch Abernathy (Zada) participates.

Dune: Part Three
Based on: Dune
Release date: 18th December
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, Robert Pattinson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Javier Bardem, Jason Momoa
Synopsis: It follows Muad’dib, heir to unimaginable power, as he brings to fruition the ancient scheme to create a superbeing ruler among men, not in the heavens.