If there’s one thing we love as much as books – it’s films and TV shows based on them. And while we’ve already had a megawatt year of book-to-film adaptations in 2026, we’re already looking ahead to the 2027 films and TV shows based on books that have entered our cultural radar.
There are sci-fi epics and fantasy blockbusters, AppleTV mini series’ and rom-coms and hockey romances galore. Consider this your companion guide to all the book-to-film-and-TV releases coming up.
1. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Release date: 15 January 2027
Based on Tomi Adeyemi’s bestselling West African-inspired fantasy novel, the first instalment in the Legacy of Orïsha trilogy follows Zélie Adebola, a young woman determined to restore magic to her kingdom after a ruthless monarchy attempts to eradicate it. The film adaptation is set to be directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and boasts a star-studded cast including Thuso Mbedu, Amandla Stenberg, Damson Idris, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo and Chiwetel Ejiofor.
2. Neuromancer by William Gibson
Release date: 22 January 2027
William Gibson’s groundbreaking 1984 cyberpunk novel (which helped popularise the concept of cyberspace and won the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick Awards) is being adapted into a 10-episode Apple TV+ series starring Callum Turner, Briana Middleton and Peter Sarsgaard. It’s set in this kind of dystopian future and follows Case (Turner), a washed-up computer hacker recruited for an ambitious digital heist alongside the mysterious assassin Molly (Middleton).
3. Remain by Nicholas Sparks and M. Night Shyamalan
Release date: 5 February 2027
It’s been a minute since we’ve seen the name Nicholas Sparks return to our cinemas. And this new story comes in the form of a supernatural love story about a New York architect recovering from personal tragedy, who encounters a mysterious young woman named Wren while staying in Cape Cod. The story was written with Sixth Sense and Signs director M. Night Shyamalan (random, but we’re sat) and will star Jake Gyllenhaal and Phoebe Dynevor.
4. The Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Release date: 10 February 2027
If there’s anyone who could resurrect Narnia once more, it’s Greta freaking Gerwig. She’s been quiet since the monolith that was the Barbie movie, but now she’s bringing C.S. Lewis’s beloved Chronicles of Narnia universe back to the screen for Netflix. She’ll be tackling one of the lesser adapted stories first up – The Magician’s Nephew – which, for those not familiar, is the prequel that explores the creation of Narnia and the origins of the White Witch. The cast is obviously stacked, too: Emma Mackey, Daniel Craig and Carey Mulligan et al.
5. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Release date: 19 March 2027
Kristin Hannah’s internationally bestselling historical novel, which has sold millions of copies worldwide, is being adapted for the screen with real-life sisters Dakota and Elle Fanning playing French sisters Vianne and Isabelle, whose lives take dramatically different paths during the Nazi occupation of France. Directed by Michael Morris, the film explores love, resistance and the extraordinary courage of women during the Second World War, bringing one of modern historical fiction’s most beloved stories to life.
6. Beach Read by Emily Henry
Release date: 7 May 2027
Emily Henry’s bestselling romantic comedy is being spun for film. The story follows January Andrews, a romance novelist struggling with writer’s block, and Augustus Everett, a literary fiction author, who become neighbours for the summer and challenge each other to swap genres. With Yulin Kuang attached to write and direct, the adaptation promises the sharp dialogue, slow-burning chemistry and emotional complexity that helped establish Henry as one of contemporary romance’s most successful authors.
7. Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Release date: 11 November 2027
Stevenson’s 1883 adventure classic returns to the screen, revisiting the story of young Jim Hawkins, a mysterious treasure map and a dangerous voyage in search of Captain Flint’s buried fortune. The inimitable Ridley Scott will be at the film’s helm, alongside Hugh Jackman.
8. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
Release date: 12 November 2027
Zevin’s bestselling literary sensation, which became a New York Times bestseller and won Goodreads’ Choice Award for Best Fiction in 2022, follows childhood friends Sam Masur and Sadie Green as they reunite in college and build a successful video game company together. The film adaptation is being developed by Paramount, and already has Daisy Edgar-Jones attached. We still think Hudson Williams would be a perfect leading man, too…
9. Old Country by Harrison Query and Matt Query
Release date: 12 November 2027
Originally published as a viral 2020 Reddit horror story titled My Wife and I Bought a Ranch, Matt and Harrison Query’s chilling tale was expanded into a 2022 novel and is now becoming a feature film titled Seasons, starring Lily James, Jack Reynor, Ron Perlman and Elizabeth McGovern. The story follows Harry (Reynor) and Sasha (James), a couple who relocate to an isolated Idaho ranch only to discover, through warnings from their neighbours Dan (Perlman) and Lucy (McGovern), that the property is inhabited by sinister spirits.
10. The Housemaid’s Secret by Freida McFadden
Release date: 17 December 2027
Following the blockbuster success of 2025’s The Housemaid, director Paul Feig and Sydney Sweeney are set to reunite for an adaptation of Freida McFadden’s second psychological thriller in the bestselling series, with Kirsten Dunst and Paul Anthony Kelly joining the cast. This time, Sweeney’s Millie accepts a housekeeping job in a luxurious New York apartment owned by wealthy CEO Douglas Garrick (Kelly), who insists she must never disturb his supposedly ill wife Wendy (Dunst).
11. Alone at Dawn by John A. Chapman
Release date: 25 December 2027
Howard directs this gripping true-life military drama based on Alone at Dawn, the nonfiction book by Dan Schilling and Lori Chapman Longfritz, recounting the extraordinary bravery of US Air Force combat controller John A. Chapman during a deadly 2002 battle in Afghanistan. Adam Driver, himself a former US Marine himself, stars as Chapman, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honour for his actions.
12. The SCP Foundation by anonymous
Release date: Expected late 2027
Born from a collaborative online fiction community, the SCP Foundation has grown into an enormous science-fiction horror universe featuring thousands of user-created stories about a secret organisation tasked with containing supernatural creatures, unexplained phenomena and dangerous anomalies. A screen adaptation is currently being fought over by both A24 and Neon. We’ll see where this one lands soon.
13. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Release date: Expected late 2027
Robert Eggers – the Gothic visionary director behind The Witch, The Lighthouse and Nosferatu – is reportedly developing his own interpretation of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy, following the doomed romance between two young lovers from feuding Veronese families. While casting details have yet to be announced, Eggers’ reputation for meticulously researched period settings and unsettling visual storytelling makes the prospect of his take on Romeo and Juliet particularly intriguing.
14. Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick
Release date: Expected late 2027
Based on comedian and social media star Brooke Averick‘s romantic comedy, Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It follows a young woman navigating the increasingly chaotic intersection of love, friendship and her own expectations of adulthood.
15. American Psycho by Brett Easton Ellis
Release date: Expected late 2027
Luca Guadagnino has long been attached to a new adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis’s controversial 1991 novel. But rather than remaking the cult 2000 film starring Christian Bale, the project is being developed as a fresh interpretation of Ellis’s savage satire of wealth, consumerism and violence in 1980s New York. There are rumours swirling that Drew Starkey (a Guadagnino fave) is currently the frontrunner for starring as our leading man.
16. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune
Release date: Expected 2027
Fortune’s bestselling 2024 summer romance is heading to Netflix as a series starring Sophie Nélisse (who we love from Yellowjackets) and Roby Attal, following Lucy, a young woman whose annual visits to Prince Edward Island are complicated by her irresistible attraction to her best friend’s younger brother, Felix. It’s a story set against a backdrop of coastal beaches, oyster shacks and long summer evenings. Hopefully it’ll be out for an Aussie summer next year.
17. You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle
Release date: Expected early 2027
What’s better than an enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy? This one is being directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein, with Meghann Fahy and Penn Badgley starring as Naomi and Nick, an engaged couple who have fallen spectacularly out of love but refuse to call off their expensive wedding. With neither willing to shoulder the nonrefundable costs, the pair embark on an increasingly outrageous campaign of pranks, sabotage and psychological warfare, while Justin Long and Delaney Rowe round out the cast.
18. The Long Game by Rachel Reid
Release date: Expected late 2027
The much-loved follow-up to Heated Rivalry in her Game Changers hockey romance series continues the story of rival professional hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov as they navigate their secret relationship and the pressures of life in professional sport. We know that Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams are currently on set filming S2 and S3, so we’re hoping for more morsels soon.
19. Heat 2 by Michael Mann
Release date: Expected 2027
Michael Mann is returning to the world of his legendary 1995 crime thriller Heat with an adaptation of the bestselling novel he co-wrote with Meg Gardiner, which serves as both a sequel and prequel to the original film starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro and Val Kilmer. Moving between the aftermath of the original’s explosive events and the earlier lives of its central characters, the new film is set to feature Leonardo DiCaprio as Chris Shiherlis, Christian Bale as Vincent Hanna and Stephen Graham as Neil McCauley. Pretty epic casting if you ask us.
20. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Release date: Expected 2027
The seminal 1963 novel is receiving a new screen adaptation written and directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Sarah Polley, with Billie Eilish starring as Esther Greenwood and Carey Mulligan as her mother.
21. The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe
Release date: Expected 2027
Oscar winner Mikey Madison is set to return to the screen alongside Léa Seydoux in director Charlie Polinger’s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s gothic horror classic – and she’s reportedly playing both twin sisters. Originally published in 1842, Poe’s story follows Prince Prospero, who attempts to escape a devastating plague by retreating into a fortified abbey and hosting an extravagant masquerade ball, only to discover that death cannot be kept outside.
22. Cry to Heaven by Anne Rice
Release date: Expected 2027
Fashion designer and filmmaker Tom Ford is returning to directing after nearly a decade with an adaptation of Anne Rice’s 1982 historical novel Cry to Heaven, a lavish tale of music, ambition and betrayal set within the world of 18th-century Italian opera. Following the intertwined lives of Venetian nobleman Tonio Treschi and castrato singer Guido Maffeo, the film has assembled an extraordinary ensemble including Nicholas Hoult, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Colin Firth, Hunter Schafer, Thandiwe Newton, Paul Bettany, George MacKay, Lux Pascal and Adele in her acting debut.
23. Deep Cuts by Holly Brickley
Release date: Expected 2027
Sean Durkin, the filmmaker behind The Iron Claw, is adapting Holly Brickley’s acclaimed debut novel Deep Cuts, with Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny starring as Joe and Percy, two college students who meet in a bar in 2000 and forge an intense connection through their shared obsession with music. Spanning two decades of indie music culture, creative ambition and an emotionally complicated relationship, the story examines the blurred lines between artistic collaboration, friendship and love.
24. The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine
Release date: Expected 2027
Robert Zemeckis is directing Netflix’s adaptation of Liv Constantine’s bestselling 2017 psychological thriller, starring Isabel May as Amber Patterson, Jennifer Lopez as glamorous socialite Daphne Parrish and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Daphne’s wealthy husband Jackson. The story follows Amber, a calculating outsider determined to infiltrate Daphne’s seemingly perfect life and steal her husband, only to discover that the luxurious world she covets conceals secrets far darker than she imagined.
25. The Executioner’s Song by Norman Mailer
Release date: Expected 2027
Jacob Elordi has jumped at the opportunity to produce and star in Mailer’s 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning book. The book is a true-to-life chronicle of Gilmore, a murderer who, after being tried and convicted for killing two men in Utah, insisted on being executed for his crimes.
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