Posted on June 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's a roundup of news and reflections on literary adaptations and crossovers.
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Seth MacFarlane will adapt Matt Dinnaman’s popular Dungeon Crawler Carl books into a TV series for Peacock (The Hollywood Reporter).
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Author Harlan Coben, who's up to thirteen Netflix adaptation projects, shares his tricks to ensuring that a novel translates well to the screen (People).
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The rights holder for Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series has announced that an animated TV show, a set of films, and a video game based on the fantasy novels are all in the works (Collider).
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Jim Carrey and Ron Howard are expected to return — in front of and behind the camera, respectively — for a sequel to the movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Variety).
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Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking books are becoming an animated TV series as well as a feature film (Variety).
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