Posted on August 13, 2026 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ...
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The trailer for the movie version of Colleen Hoover's Verity, starring Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, is out; the film comes to theaters October 2 (YouTube).
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Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, a bestselling novel by Ben Reeves, will become a movie (Deadline).
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Bob Chapek, whose thirty-year career at Disney concluded with a brief stint as CEO, will release a memoir; Behind the Castle Walls: My Thirty Years at the Happiest Place on Earth comes out September 29 (Deadline).
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A spinoff of the Netflix series Lincoln Lawyer, based on Michael Connelly's novels, will focus on the title character's half-sister (Variety).
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Fans got a first look at the animated series Warrior Cats, based on the books by Erin Hunter (Variety).
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Netflix's animated Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory will have a theatrical release November 5, then come to streaming on December 22; the movie imagines a Willy Wonka who's just released from prison and will include the voices of Kate Winslet, Helena Bonham Carter, and Taika Waititi (The Hollywood Reporter).
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Miye Lee's bestselling The Dallergut Dream Department Store novels will be adapted into a live-action movie (The Hollywood Reporter).
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