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Upcoming thriller adaptations to watch: ‘The Good Daughter,’ ‘Rivals’ and more
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Upcoming dystopian adaptations to watch: ‘Neuromancer,’ ‘Blade Runner 2099′
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It’s a Halloween miracle: HBO Max releases surprise episode of ‘It: Welcome to Derry’
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Upcoming horror adaptations to watch: ‘The Institute,’ ‘The Exorcist: Martyrs’ and more
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‘Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 3’ trailer brings the gore

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Morgan Spector’s literary life: ‘The Mist’ to Robert Langdon

August 18, 2026

“Gilded Age” Train Daddy, Morgan Spector, will take on the role of Robert Langdon in a new Dan Brown series, but it is not the first time he has starred in an adaptation. The 45-year-old actor has appeared in several literary adaptations since 2013. That year he starred in “Burning Blue,” a film based on…
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Review: ‘Lanterns’ grounds space cop saga in a small town mystery

August 18, 2026

The premiere episode of “Lanterns,” the latest TV entry in James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DC Universe, makes the counterintuitive choice of taking space cop Green Lantern, often the star of sprawling space opera stories, and keeping him–or, rather, them–constrained to Earth.
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Series review: ‘Hide and Seek’ adaptation gets it right—almost

August 17, 2026

The good, the bad, and the ugly. Not a Western in this instance, but another excellent Scandi Noir series currently available on Netflix—“The Chestnut Man: Hide and Seek.” That’s the good part. The book that it’s based on, Soren Sveistrup’s “Hide and Seek” is the ugly. Only somewhat ugly, to be fair. Having buckled down…
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Adaptation Index

November 3, 2026Homestead: The Series Season 2
November 4, 2026A Dog’s Perfect Christmas
November 5, 2026One Year to Live, Buy a Man
November 6, 2026Being Heumann
November 6, 2026Paradise Lost (2026)
November 6, 2026Devils’ Crest
November 6, 2026The Cat in the Hat (2026)
November 6, 2026Ramayana
November 8, 2026The Institute Season 2
November 11, 2026The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3
November 12, 2026The Good Daughter
November 13, 2026The Child
November 13, 2026Snoopy Presents: 12 Days of Snoopy
November 13, 2026Ebenezer
November 18, 2026Guarding Stars
November 20, 2026Steps
November 20, 2026The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping
November 23, 2026Dig
November 25, 2026Blade Runner 2099
November 25, 2026Way of the Warrior Kid

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