Reading is dreaming with open eyes. Often times, we picture right in our heads what is it gonna be like when these books appear right before the screens?
Calm those To-Be-Read pile and check these books with upcoming film adaptations:
Where The Crawdads Sing
Where The Crawdads Sing is about a girl who grew up in the marshes and is now the suspect in the murder of a man she was in love with. This is a mystery book written by Delia Owens. The main casts include Daisy Edgar Jones and Taylor John Smith. The movie is set to be on screen around June 2022.
The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah’s The Nightingale is about the lives of two sisters living in France who are torn apart because of the World War II. The pre-production of this movie started last March 2020 but halted because of the pandemic.
Real-life sisters, Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning, are set to star this film. The Nightingale is expected to be in theaters around December 2022.
Salem’s Lot
Salem’s Lot is a novel by Stephen King and this is about a guy who has returned to his hometown to write a book about a haunted house existing there. Later on, he figured that the owner of the haunted house is actually a vampire who turns people into an army of undead slaves.
There was actually a miniseries about this in 1979 but a movie is pushing through this time around September 2022.
The School of Good and Evil
This is a young adult fantasy series written by Soman Chainani. The plot takes place about a group of boys and girls taken to an institution where they will trained to become fairytale heroes and villains.
Star-studded casts include Jamie Flatters, Sofia Wylie, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Charlize Teron. This will be directed by Paul Feig, one of the directors of Ghostbusters.
Persuasion
This classic novel by Jane Austen will have another film adaptation after the 1995 and 2007 releases. Persuasion is a romance novel about second chances. Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth reawakens their love after ending years of relationship where they decided not to marry each other.
This centers on the love needing to wait at the right time with the same exact person. This will be starred by Dakota Johnson and is slated to air this 2022.
