10 Book-To-Movie Adaptations Coming In 2026 To A Theater Near You

Already a best-seller and sure to be a blockbuster, this book from Andy Weir follows a school teacher-turned-spaceman who must save Earth with the help of a new friend. Just like “The Martian,” Weir’s previous book, this book leans heavily into science but also humor and humanity. Ryan Gosling stars in the film version as the reluctant astronaut.

Emily Brontë’s gothic tale of class, obsession, and romance has been adapted by Emerald Fennell (“Saltburn”) into a film also called “’Wuthering Heights’” (yes, the director insists on the quotation marks to differentiate from the novel), and it widely deviates from the book in many ways but stands on its own as a deeply gorgeous and moving film. See it for Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi’s heartbreaking turns as Catherine and Heathcliffe, not to get an A+ on your English paper.

Sure to be an epic spectacle, Christopher Nolan (“Oppenheimer”) takes a swing with this movie based on the timeless Greek story. In it, a king named Odysseus (Matt Damon) makes his long journey home following the Trojan War. The film also stars Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Zendaya, Charlize Theron and many more.

A second prequel to the Hunger Games trilogy, this story follows young Haymitch Abernathy, future mentor to Katniss Everdeen, as he competes in the 50th Hunger Games. The film version, “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping,” has a voiceover from Woody Harrelson as an older Haymitch, but Joseph Zada plays him as a young tribute.

Frank Herbert originally wrote this book, the second of six Dune novels, in 1969. In 2026, Denis Villeneuve adapts and directs it as his third Dune movie, his final installment of his film trilogy, called “Dune: Part Three.” Timothée Chalamet returns as Paul Atreides along with co-stars Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Florence Pugh, Anya Taylor-Joy, Jason Momoa and Robert Pattinson.

“Practical Magic” fans rejoiced when they heard that Alice Hoffman’s 2021 sequel was getting adapted into “Practical Magic 2.” Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, reprising their roles from the first film, play sisters with witchy powers who must break a family curse. Stockard Channing and Dianne Wiest also return as their aunts.

Though this novel is a romance about a Ph.D. candidate and a professor, it is supposed to be fan fiction about Star Wars characters Rey and Kylo Ren. A best-seller, the movie version will star Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman. Fun fact: Bateman is married to Daisy Ridley in real life, who portrayed none other than Rey in the Star Wars sequels.

Craig Gillespie will direct Milly Alcock as Kara Zor-El in “Supergirl,” based on the DC Comic. If you remember, Kara popped up at the end of James Gunn’s “Superman” as his party-girl alien cousin. In this story, she travels the galaxy seeking revenge.

In “Verity,” writer Lowen is hired to ghostwrite for incapacitated author Verity Crawford. She discovers Verity’s disturbing, secret-filled memoir and becomes entangled with Verity’s husband, leading the story into psychological thriller territory. For the adaptation, Michael Showalter directs, and Anne Hathaway, Josh Hartnett and Dakota Johnson star.

Another Colleen Hoover book coming to screen, this one romantic, “Reminders of Him” follows Kenna, an ex-con who loses her boyfriend in a car accident and then goes to prison. Upon her release, she falls in love with a local bar owner, who also happens to be the guardian of her daughter. The film adaptation stars Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Lainey Wilson, Lauren Graham and Bradley Whitford.