This week, a bunch of books took their first big steps toward the screen. Here’s a roundup of the teasers and trailers that dropped this week.

‘In the Hand of Dante’

Netflix released the trailer for its drama “In the Hand of Dante” starring Oscar Isaac. It tells two parallel stories about the poet Dante Alighieri (Isaac) and he attempts to write the text for which he comes best known, “The Divine.” Isaac also plays modern-day Nick, who is tasked with steal the original copy of the text. 

The film, which also stars Gal Gadot, Gerard Butler, John Malkovich, Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Jason Momoa, is set to debut June 24.

‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3

HBO geared up viewers for a bloody, deadly showdown between the Targaryens and the Hightowers in a new, full trailer for “House of the Dragon.” 

It’s the third trailer for Season 3 of the high-fantasy series from the mind of author George R.R. Martin. Starring Emma D’Arcy, Matt Smith and Olivia Cooke, the “Game of Thrones” spinoff is set to debut June 21. The series is adapted from George R.R. Martin’s “Fire & Blood.”

‘The Get Out’

Russell Crowe stars as an aging nightclub owner trying to retire in the trailer for filmmaker Derrick Borte’s “The Get Out.” He’s “forced back into a violent game of cat and mouse when masked gunmen (Nina Dobrev, Aaron Paul), cartel threats and a mysterious buyer (Luke Evans) turn his escape plan into a deadly trap,” a summary of the film says. The film, which also stars Teresa Palmer, premieres June 26.

‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’

The adaptation of Azar Nafisi’s memoir of living in Iran during the revolution, “Reading Lolita in Tehran” is finally heading to the United States after premiering in 2024 at the Rome Film Festival. The film is directed by Eran Riklis and stars Golshifteh Rarahani, Zar Amir and Mina Kavani. It’s expected to hit theaters nationwide sometime this summer.

‘Zorro’

Jean Dujardin portrays Don Diego de la Vega, aka Zorro, in this French-language series. Now mayor, he realizes he’ll need to resurrect his alter-ego to restore justice to his town. It’s one of dozens of adaptations of the original pulp novels by Johnston McCulley. The series originally debuted in 2024 in Belgium and will stream June 30 in the United States on MHz Choice.

‘The Ribbon Hero’

Netflix released a trailer for its new anime, “The Ribbon Hero,” adapted from the classic anime “Princess Knight” by Osamu Tezuka. The story “follows Sapphire as she overcomes loss and trauma to protect those she holds dear,” a synopsis of the film reads. The film premieres August 8.

‘X-Men ‘97’ Season 2

Marvel Entertainment dropped a trailer for Season 2 of animated series “X-Men ’97,” promising plenty of comics-inspired time-traveling mutant mayhem.

The trailer picks up from the cliffhanger ending of Season 1, which found Marvel’s premiere band of merry mutants sent through time — half to the distant past, where they encounter a young version of the villainous Apocalypse, and half to the far-future, where Apocalypse rules over the world with an iron fist.

“X-Men ’97” Season 2 premieres July 1 on Disney+.

‘Enola Holmes 3’

The “Enola Holmes 3” teaser shows Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) and Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge), far from London, basking in their new love. Things are going smoothly, Tewkesbury proposes, and though surprised, Enola is pleased.

Our hero faces complications when she finds out her brother,  Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill), has been kidnapped. The third film in the franchise is an adaptation of the third book in the “Enola Holmes Mysteries” by Nancy Springer, “The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets.”

Directed by Philip Barantini, “Enola Holmes 3” premieres July 1 on Netflix.

About the writer

Danielle Haynes is the co-founder and co-editor of Booked & Screened, covering book-to-screen adaptations, film and TV development. She’s currently reading “Katabasis” by R.F. Kuang and watching “Letterkenny.”