For moviegoers who love literary adaptations, 2022 is already shaping up to be a very good year. In 2022, long-anticipated and delayed releases such as The Nightingale and The Stars at Noon are set to finally premiere, but that’s not all! Between major bestsellers like Where the Crawdads Sing and new takes on classics like Persuasion and Peter Pan, there’s something for everyone among the book-to-screen adaptations coming out in the year ahead.
While some of 2022’s most anticipated adaptations don’t have an exact date as of yet, a handful of them already have staked out their spot on the calendar. It’s definitely going to be a very good year for book and movie lovers alike!
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Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith
- What it’s about: A couple in a loveless marriage agree to an arrangement, allowing the wife to have affairs in order to avoid a messy divorce. When the husband grows jealous, deadly psychological mind games ensue.
- Who’s starring: Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas
- Buy Deep Water on Booktopia.
- Release date: Jan. 14
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The Black Phone by Joe Hill
- What it’s about:Finney Shaw is a young boy who is kidnapped by a serial killer. While imprisoned in a soundproof basement, he finds a strange telephone that conveys the voices of the killer’s previous victims, who each try to help him escape.
- Who’s starring: Mason Thames, Ethan Hawke, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, and James Ransone
- Watch the trailer for The Black Phone.
- Read “The Black Phone” in 20th Century Ghosts (buy it here on Booktopia).
- Release date: Feb. 4
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Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie
- What it’s about:Detective Poirot’s vacation is interrupted by a murder on a luxury cruise on the Nile River. Poirot must solve the mystery, but first he has to figure out what his fellow vacationers are hiding.
- Who’s starring: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, Emma Mackey, Russell Brand, Sophie Okonedo, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, and Ali Fazal
- Watch the trailer for Death on the Nile.
- Buy Death on the Nile on Booktopia.
- Release date: Feb. 22
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Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris by Paul Gallico
- What it’s about: In 1950s London, a cleaning lady discovers a Dior dress in the home of one of her clients. Falling in love with fashion, she saves up enough to head to Paris and pursue her dreams.
- Who’s starring: Lesley Manville, Isabelle Huppert, Jason Isaacs, Lambert Wilson, Alba Baptista, Lucas Bravo, and Rose Williams
- Buy Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris on Booktopia.
- Release date: March 4
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- What it’s about: Kya Clark, the “Marsh Girl,” grows up alone and something of a local legend in 1960s North Carolina. When a local celebrity turns up dead, Mya is the prime suspect, but there’s much more to her story than anyone knows.
- Who’s starring: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Taylor John Smith, Harris Dickinson, David Strathairn, and Jayson Warner Smith
- Buy Where the Crawdads Sing on Booktopia.
- Release date: June 24
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White Bird by R.J. Palacio
- What it’s about: Palacio’s graphic novel traces the story of Sara, a young Jewish girl seeking refuge in a Nazi-occupied village in France during World War II. With her life on the line, the outcast boy she and her friends ignored becomes her best friend and companion.
- Who’s starring: Gillian Anderson, Helen Mirren, Ariella Glaser, Bryce Gheisar, Jo Stone-Fewings, and Orlando Schwerdt
- Buy White Bird on Booktopia.
- Release date: Sept. 16
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She Said by Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey
- What it’s about: The nonfiction story traces how Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, two New York Times reporters, broke the Harvey Weinstein story and sent shockwaves through the entire entertainment industry.
- Who’s starring: Zoe Kazan, Carey Mulligan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Tom Pelphrey, and Adam Shapiro
- Buy She Said on Booktopia.
- Release date: Nov. 28
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The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
- What it’s about: Two French sisters in World War II deal with the Nazi occupation in different ways. Vianne, the elder sister, is forced to allow a German officer to stay in her home while her husband is at the frontline. On the other hand, the younger sister, Isabelle, joins the French resistance.
- Who’s starring: Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning
- Buy The Nightingale on Booktopia.
- Release date: Dec. 23
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The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
- What it’s about: In a world of twisted fairy tales, best friends Sophie and Agatha are sure of where they’ll be placed at the School of Good and Evil. When their fortunes are shockingly reversed, they struggle to preserve their friendship and find their way home again.
- Who’s starring: Sofia Wylie, Sophia Anne Caruso, Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Michelle Yeoh, Laurence Fishburne, Kit Young, Ben Kingsley, Rachel Bloom, Patti LuPone
- Buy The School for Good and Evil on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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Persuasion by Jane Austen
- What it’s about: Anne Elliot is the overlooked middle daughter of a proud family falling on hard times. At the worst possible time, she crosses paths again with Captain Frederick Wentworth, her first love who she was convinced to reject years ago.
- Who’s starring: Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Henry Golding, Suki Waterhouse, Richard E. Grant, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ben Bailey Smith, Izuka Hoyle, Mia McKenna-Bruce, and Nia Towle
- Buy Persuasion on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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White Noise by Don DeLillo
- What it’s about: Jack Gladney, a professor of Hitler studies, his wife Babette, and their four children have their lives turned upside down when a horrifying train accident sends chemical waste spreading over their town.
- Who’s starring: Greta Gerwig, Adam Driver, Raffey Cassidy, Jodie Turner-Smith, Don Cheadle, André Benjamin, May Nivola, Sam Nivola
- Buy White Noise on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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The Stars at Noon by Denis Johnson
- What it’s about: In 1984 Nicaragua, revolution puts everyone in danger. An enigmatic British businessman and a strong-willed American journalist fall in love, but are forced to quickly rely on each other to survive and escape the country.
- Who’s starring: Joe Alwyn and Margaret Qualley
- Buy The Stars at Noon on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
- What it’s about: Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, certain that it will be a quick and glorious war. As the true horrors of the first modern war set in, Paul vows that he will spend his life fighting against the kind of hate that starts wars – if he makes it out alive.
- Who’s starring: Daniel Brühl, Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hülk, Felix Kammerer, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic and Devid Striesow
- Buy All Quiet on the Western Front on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
- What it’s about: Lib Wright, a young nurse, arrives in rural Ireland to see an 11-year-old girl named Anna whose family claims she never eats and lives off of “manna from heaven.” As people flock to see what they believe to be a miracle, Lib tries to uncover the truth in order to keep young Anna alive.
- Who’s starring: Florence Pugh, Ciarán Hinds, Kíla Lord Cassidy, Toby Jones, and Niamh Algar
- Buy The Wonder on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
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Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
- What it’s about: In a Disney+ remake called Peter Pan & Wendy, the classic story of the boy who wouldn’t grow up gets a refresh. It’s still the same basic story you know and love: the Darling siblings fly to Neverland with the help of Peter Pan, where they encounter pirates, mermaids, pixies, and other magical adventures.
- Who’s starring: Alexander Molony, Ever Anderson, Yara Shahidi, Joshua Pickering, Jacobi Jupe, Alyssa Wapanatâhk, Molly Parker, Alan Tudyk, Jim Gaffigan, and Jude Law
- Buy Peter Pan on Booktopia.
- Release date: TBA 2022
