Literary adaptations: August 19, 2026

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

MOVIES

• Christian Kang Bachini, the filmmaker who wrote the horror novel Haunting Skies, is adapting his book into a movie (Variety).

• Filming has wrapped on the big-screen adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Geraldine Brooks's book People of The Book (Deadline).

TV

• Steve Buscemi and Wanda Sykes are part of a long list of cast additions to season two of Murderbot, based on the book series of the same name by Martha Wells (Variety).

• Aoife Hinds and Billy Howe will star as Sophy and Commander Graham Gore in the limited-series adaptation of Kaliane Bradley’s bestselling novel The Ministry of Time (The Hollywood Reporter).

• Hear from some of the stars of Netflix's adaptation of 100 Years Of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez and see the trailer for the finale (Deadline).

• Check out the first photos to be released from the adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden; the limited series premieres October 1 (Deadline).

• HBO has renewed It: Welcome to Derry for a second season; the show is a prequel to Stephen King's iconic horror novel It (Deadline).

• Here's how reporters know that House of the Dragon cast member Gayle Rankin has really, truly, deeply read the George R.R. Martin novel upon which the show is based (The Hollywood Reporter).