Posted on October 21, 2026 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek
Here's how pop culture and literature have been intersecting lately ...
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Jeff Daniels will star in the TV series Bannerman, based on John R. Maxim's spy novels (Deadline).
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Jim Smith's Barry Loser children's book series is being adapted into an animated TV series (Variety).
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Kristy Woodson Harvey’s 2025 novel Beach House Rules is also becoming a TV series (People).
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Joanne Greenberg’s 1964 novel about mental illness, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, is becoming a movie (Deadline).
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HarperCollins is releasing new movie tie-in editions of C.S. Lewis's Narnia series, with additional special editions of The Magician’s Nephew, in connection with the upcoming Greta Gerwig movie adaptation (People).
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's next Broadway production is Warriors, based on the 1965 novel of the same name by Sol Yurick, and some cast members have been announced (Variety).
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Actress Bethany Joy Lenz has released a Jack the Ripper-era thriller novel called The Betrayal of Cora Wexford (The Hollywood Reporter).
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Amarah Hasham-Steele reflects on bad literary adaptations — namely, what makes them bad and what are the stakes involved in an adaptation being good or bad (The Walrus).
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