Posted on June 8, 2026 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ...
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Tickets to see Christopher Nolan's film version of the epic poem The Odyssey in IMAX hit $1,000 on eBay in some places (Forbes).
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The movie adaptation of the novel Kockroach, written by William Lasher as Tyler Knox, has wrapped up filming; here's a first look at the film (Deadline).
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Anna Kendrick will direct the Netflix adaptation of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (The Hollywood Reporter).
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Sadie Sink will star in FX's limited series adaptation of The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides (Variety).
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The End of The World Running Club by Adrian J. Walker has been optioned for film (Deadline).
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Classic literature won big at the Tony Awards: Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller) took home six Tonys; Ragtime (based on E.L. Doctorow's novel), four; and Cats: The Jellicle Ball (inspired by T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats), three (The Hollywood Reporter).
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