Pop culture news for readers: November 4, 2026

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

Movies 

• Kevin J. Anderson's sci-fi/horror novels Nether Station and Nether Vortex will be adapted into movies by a veteran of the Resident Evil films (Deadline). 

• The movie The Thing in the Hall, inspired by E.F. Benson's short story, has announced casting choices (Deadline). 

TV

• Stephen R. Bown‘s nonfiction book The Company: The Rise and Fall of the Hudson’s Bay Empire will become a TV drama series titled House of Hudson (Deadline). 

• Curtis Sittenfeld's novel Prep is becoming a TV show at Netflix; the book, her debut, might make it to the screen faster than her 2024 novel, Romantic Comedy, which is being adapted into a movie (The Hollywood Reporter).

Other

• A UK theme park is closing the World of David Walliams attraction, which brought to life characters from the author's works; the operator didn't comment on this directly, but Walliams has been accused of misconduct, which he denies (Deadline).

• The stage adaptation of The Housemaid — the movie based, of course, on Freida McFadden's bestselling novel — has a start date in London, though no casting details are public (Variety). 

• Hollywood historian and biographer Sam Wasson discusses his latest work, Frank Capra: A Life, a biography of the beloved filmmaker (The Hollywood Reporter).