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.

‘La Bola Negra’

Netflix on Tuesday released a trailer for the U.S. release of “La Bola Negra,” which is now expected to hit theaters earlier than expected—Oct. 16. The streaming platform acquired the Spanish-language film after it won best director for Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi at the Cannes Film Festival. 

“La Bola Negra,” or “The Black Ball” in English, adapts the final, unfinished play by Federico García Lorca by the same name as well as the play “La Piedra Oscura” or “The Dark Stone” by Alberto Conejero. It tells the story of three gay men across different eras in time. Glenn Close and Penélope Cruz join Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Julio Torres and Carlos Gonzàlez.

‘Kill Jackie’

AMC shared a trailer Wednesday for the revenge thriller “Kill Jackie.” The series, based on the novel “The Price You Pay” by Nick Harkaway, who wrote on the pseudonym Aidan Truhen, stars Catherine Zeta-Jones as the titular character. Daniel Ings and Sidse Babett Knudsen also star. 

The description from AMC reads: “Kill Jackie follows Jackie Price (Zeta-Jones), who has spent the last twenty years living a quiet, luxurious existence selling fine art while remaining anonymous after escaping a criminal past. Her carefully constructed world is shattered when she discovers that The Seven Demons, a squad of ruthless assassins, have been hired to kill her. Jackie will need to unleash her old instincts and execute a dangerous plan to take down the Demons.”

The series is expected to release Oct. 2.

‘East of Eden’

Netflix released a full trailer Wednesday of its adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “East of Eden.” The limited series stars Florence Pugh as Cath Ames; Christopher Abbott as her husband Adam Trask; Joseph Zada and Joe Anders as their children Caleb and Aron; and Zoe Phillips as the twins’ love interest. The series tells “the multigenerational saga of the Trask family, focusing new attention on its indelible antihero, Cathy Ames,” a synopsis of the series reads. 

The series also stars Hoon Lee, Tracy Letts, Martha Plimpton and Ciaran Hinds. Zoe Kazan serves as creator and showrunner. “East of Eden” debuts Oct. 1.

‘Being Heumann’

Apple TV released a trailer for “Being Heumann” on Wednesday. The film is an adaptation of Judith Heumann’s autobiography “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.” It stars Ruth Madeley as Heumann, Mark Ruffalo and Dylan O’Brien. The film, directed by Sian Heder, is set to hit theaters Nov. 6 before heading to streaming Nov. 13.

‘A Talent For Murder’

The trailer for Bleecker Street’s “A Talent for Murder” starring Helen Mirren was released Aug. 28. The film is an adaptation of Joanna Murray-Smith’s play, “Switzerland.” The playwright also wrote the screenplay. 

“The film follows a mysterious young man from a New York publisher (Alden Ehrenreich) who is sent to Switzerland to persuade the renowned writer Patricia Highsmith (Mirren) to write one final installment of the Ripley anthology.” 

Also starring Olivia Cooke, the film hits theaters Oct. 23.