Several upcoming Hollywood films are based on popular books. The Love Hypothesis is streaming now, while the Verity adaptation features Anne Hathaway. Fans can also watch the Klara and the Sun film on October 23. Many stories, including the final sci-fi saga on December 18, bring literary worlds to life.
Several of the latest and upcoming Hollywood releases are based on literary sources. From popular rom-coms to sci-fi classics, no genre is left behind; have you read these books before watching the films?
Originally Rey/Kylo Ren fanfiction, author Ali Hazelwood turned The Love Hypothesis into a 2021 novel. Tom Bateman and Lili Reinhart play Professor Dr Adam Carlsen and PhD student Olive Smith, respectively, who enter into a fake relationship and develop real feelings. The Amazon Prime Video rom-com is now streaming.
Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, and Stockard Channing all return as the Owens family in the spooky sequel directed by Susanne Bier. Joey King and Maisie Williams join the franchise as the next generation of Owens, as the family bonds to break a curse that has plagued them for decades. It is based on The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman, the second book in the series.
Directed by Michael Showalter, Verity is the third Hollywood film adaptation from author Colleen Hoover after It Ends With Us and Regretting You. Verity Crawford's (Anne Hathaway) husband, Jeremy (Josh Hartnett), hires a ghostwriter, Lowen (Dakota Johnson), to finish off his wife's book series after an accident when Lowen begins to get a strange feeling about the family.
The upcoming survival thriller, directed by Brian Duffield, is based on Daniel Kraus' 2023 novel. Resident Evil star Austin Abrams plays a scuba driver searching for the remains of his father (Josh Brolin) when he is swallowed alive by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale. He has one of oxygen left before he can escape.
Writer Kazuo Ishiguro's 2021 sci-fi novel follows Klara (Jenna Ortega), a solar-powered AF (Artificial Friend), who is bought by the terminally ill Josie (Mia Tharia) to be her companion. Amy Adams plays Josie's mother, Chrissie, Josie's mother, in the upcoming October 23 film co-written and directed by Taika Waititi.
This holiday season, get ready for a festive time loop Netflix film out December 2. Directed by Tiffany Paulsen, the rom-com stars Maddie Ziegler as Maelyn, who makes a Christmas wish at her family vacation and is stuck between two brothers living the same day again. Author duo Christina Lauren have adapted their hit novel, which also stars Graham Phillips and Rob Lowe
On December 18, Denis Villeneuve's epic sci-fi saga finally ends with star Timothée Chalamet as the increasingly powerful Emperor Paul Atreides. The film franchise is based on Frank Herbert's Dune novels; the third film is based on the second book, Dune Messiah. which is set 12 years after the events of Dune.