Literary adaptations: September 4, 2024

Here's a news roundup exclusively on adaptations or productions of literature.

• August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, The Piano Lesson, has become a movie on Netflix; watch the trailer if you're curious about whether to watch it in full (YouTube).

• You'll have to wait for December to see the movie adaptation of Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder, though it too has a trailer available now (YouTube).

• Here's what we know so far about the Prime adaptation of We Were Liars by E. Lockhart into a TV series (Deadline).

• The eighth season of Outlander will be its last, and Diana Gabaldon — author of the books upon which the show is based — has confirmed that the TV series will end differently than the novels (Reactor).

• George R.R. Martin promises he will explain "everything that's gone wrong with House of The Dragon," the TV series based on his Song of Ice and Fire prequel Fire & Blood, later (GRRM's blog).

• The latest adaptation of Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot will premiere on streaming in October; take a look at the film's long journey with the director (Variety).