Pop culture news for readers: July 9, 2026

Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ... 

• Cast and crew members of Netflix's new Little House on the Prairie adaptation — which premieres today — discuss the various changes that fans of the original books and earlier TV adaptation can expect in this version (The New York Times).

• Variety and The Hollywood Reporter share their thoughts on the Little House reboot, in case you're curious.

• The list is short, but here are the names of the literary figures known to have attended the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding last weekend (Literary Hub).

• Take a sneak peek at the movie Dune: Part Three, which concludes the trilogy inspired by Frank Herbert’s novel Dune Messiah (Variety). 

• See what author Salman Rushdie had to say about screen adaptations of his work — and his life — along with artificial intelligence's place in creative work (Variety).

• The Fisherman, an award-winning supernatural horror novel by John Langan, has been picked up for adaptation, with Michael Bay — known for such blockbusters as Transformers and Armageddon — attached to the project (The Hollywood Reporter).

• Love and Other Words, a hit romance novel by Christina Lauren, is also being adapted for the big screen (The Hollywood Reporter).

• Author Tomi Adeyemi revealed on TikTok that she is “officially separating” her name from the movie adaptation of her 2018 bestselling novel Children of Blood and Bone (People).