Literary adaptations: April 21, 2026

Here's a roundup of news and reflections on literary adaptations and crossovers.

• Character.ai is adding a feature that uses AI to allow users to insert themselves into literature from the public domain like Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Frankenstein (Variety).

• Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, author of Chain Gang All-Stars and Friday Black, talks about how his creativity and storytelling have evolved into a musical album (Electric Literature).

• Rebecca Joines Schinsky recaps the biggest adaptation news out of CinemaCon, the biggest annual convention for film industry professionals and media (Book Riot).

• We don't have a release date yet, but there are other confirmed, public details about the movie adaptation of Emily Henry's Beach Read (Deadline).

• In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez is becoming a graphic novel this fall (Comics Beat).

• Amazon MGM will develop the sapphic sports romance novel Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner into a show called Playing the Field (Deadline).