Literary adaptations: July 31, 2026

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

• A film adaptation of Lynn Painter's bestselling novel Fake Skating will come out next summer, with the director behind The Fault In Our Stars on board for this project (Deadline). 

• Alan Opts Out by Courtney Maum will become a TV series on HBO (Deadline). 

• Since being added to Spotify's premium subscription, the Harry Potter audiobooks have seen huge listenership increases (People).

• Speaking of the boy wizard, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child hit its ten-year anniversary yesterday, making it the longest-running two-part production in modern West End history (Variety).

• Matthew Macfadyen and Claire Foy will star in the TV adaptation of You Are Here by David Nicholls (Variety).

• Author Joyce Carol Oates had some sharp words for translator Emily Wilson over the latter's critical review of the new Odyssey film (Variety).

• After a series of legal battles, the Russian-language adaptation of Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita finally has plans to be released in the US (Variety).

• And, finally, here are the literary adaptations that you can stream starting in August (Literary Hub).