Books You'll Want to Check Out Before They Hit the Screen in 2025

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Hugh Grant Gives Major Update On ‘Bridget Jones’ 4 Plot (Exclusive)

It is simply a information universally acknowledged that erstwhile 1 twelvemonth of unthinkable book-to-screen adaptations comes to an end, different volition instrumentality its place.

From the long-awaited accomplishment of It Ends With Us—which saw Blake Lively, Brandon Sklenar and Justin Baldoni instrumentality center signifier successful the Colleen Hoover adaptation—to Elin Hildebrand’s formation read thriller The Perfect Couple giving america yet another Nicole Kidman miniseries to swoon over, determination was plentifulness to emotion astir the adaptations that captivated viewers successful 2024.

But 2025 kicks disconnected with rather a bang arsenic yet another Bridget Jones makes its mode onto our screens—and into our hearts. Based connected the 3rd installment successful Helen Jones’ series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, the adaptation of the aforesaid sanction sees Renée Zellweger joined by some OG emotion interests Hugh Grant and Colin Firth—who is, rather literally, lone determination successful spirit—as good arsenic caller suitors successful Leo Woodall and Chiwetel Ejiofor.

Plus, aft skipping retired connected summertime successful Cousins past year, The Summer I Turned Pretty returns for play 3 successful 2025.

And creator Jenny Han—who besides wrote the trilogy the bid is based on—and cardinal trio Lola Tung (Belly Conklin), Christopher Briney (Conrad Fisher) and Gavin Casalegno (Jeremiah Fisher) person promised determination is simply a full batch of play inactive successful store, with Casalegno calling it a “magical” 3rd season.

One that whitethorn conscionable spot Belly continuing to unrecorded and learn, Han teased.

“We’re conscionable with her each measurement of the mode and hopefully having empathy for her and empathy for ourselves successful moments wherever we person acted little than perfectly,” she said astatine the Teen Vogue Summit successful November. “I deliberation it’s hard to spot characters truly similar spell done it oregon marque these large mistakes and accidental those things that they truly regret.”

Of course, she’s not the lone literate quality coming to life. Slow Horses returns for play five—based connected Mick Herron's London Rules—next twelvemonth and the 2nd portion of Wicked will proceed to defy gravity adjacent November and truthful overmuch more. Keep speechmaking to spot each the books heading to surface successful 2025 and beyond.

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Warner Bros.

Mickey 17 

Based On: The 2022 novel Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton

Starring: Robert PattinsonSteven YeunToni Collette, Naomi Ackie and Mark Ruffalo

Premieres: January 31

Why We’re Excited: R-Patz is astatine his champion erstwhile he’s capable to get a small weird. and Bong Joon Ho’s adaptation is promising each that and at slightest 18 iterations of the Twilight star arsenic helium plays a abstraction colonist who is sent connected missions guaranteed to termination him—but whose assemblage regenerates each clip helium dies. Except for 1 time where 1 of his change egos inexplicably survives and returns to conscionable the latest mentation of himself. 

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Based On: The 2013 3rd publication successful Helen JonesBridget Jones series 

Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall and Jim Broadbent

Premieres: Feb. 13 connected Peacock and internationally successful theaters Feb. 14

Why We’re Excited: We’re ever acceptable for different escapade with Bridget Jones—and this installment reunites her with a precise overmuch live Daniel Cleaver. Now navigating beingness arsenic a azygous ma of 2 aft the decease of Mark Darcy—though, fearfulness not, Firth inactive makes appearances successful the trailer successful a ghostly form—Bridget is backmost successful the spotlight. And it appears she has a caller brace of men to take between: Woodall’s dashing younger antheral and Ejiofor, who plays her son’s charming teacher. We may, successful fact, beryllium already seated. 

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Reacher Season 3

Based On: Persuader, the seventh publication successful Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series

Starring: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Anthony Michael Hall, Sonya Cassidy, Brian Tee, Johnny Berchtold, Robert Montesinos, Daniel David Stewart and Olivier Richters

Premieres: Feb. 20 connected Prime Video

Why We’re Excited: From the start, the Prime Video bid has been a thrilling, action-packed escapade that is simply amusive to watch. And the show’s 3rd outing is shaping up to beryllium nary antithetic arsenic the titular ex-Marine is connected the hunt, rescuing a DEA cause erstwhile helium stumbles into a immense transgression endeavor that forces him to face immoderate secrets from his past.

Netflix

The Electric State

Based On: Simon Stalenhag’s 2018 graphic novel 

Starring: Millie Bobby BrownChris PrattKe Huy QuanStanley TucciWoody HarrelsonAnthony MackieJenny SlateBrian Cox and Giancarlo Esposito

Premieres: March 14

Why We’re Excited: In this mentation of the ‘90s, a civilian warfare betwixt humans and robots has breached retired and successful the mediate of each of this, orphan Michelle (Brown) is disconnected connected an escapade to find her missing brother. Joining her is Keats (Pratt) a smuggler she meets on the way. The Russo Brothers are nary strangers to blockbuster movies and with a beauteous stellar formed of live-action and dependable actors successful the mix, it’ll beryllium definite to beryllium a chaotic thrust from commencement to finish.

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Snow White

Based On: The Brothers Grimm’s 1812 story 

Starring: Rachel ZieglerAndrew Burlap and Gal Gadot

Premieres: In theaters March 21

Why We’re Excited: At last, the OG Disney animated movie—itself based connected the Brothers Grimm tale—is getting the live-action treatment. And with Greta Gerwig, joined by Erin Cressida Wilson, penning the screenplay, we cognize we’re successful for a magical coming of property adventure. 

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The Amateur

Based onRobert Littell’s 1981 book

Starring: Rami MalekRachel BrosnahanLaurence Fishburne and Caitríona Balfe
Premieres:
April 11

Why We’re excited: Two words: Espionage thriller. It’s clip for Jack Reacher, Jack Ryan, Ethan Hunt and Jason Bourne to measurement speech to springiness Charles Heller—a CIA cryptographer looking to instrumentality revenge connected the terrorists who killed his wife—his clip successful the spotlight. 

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The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3

Based On: We’ll Always Have Summer by Jenny Han

Starring: Lola TungChristopher BrineyGavin CasalegnoSean Kaufman, and Rain Spencer
Premieres:  Summer 2025 connected Prime Video

Why We’re Excited: After spending Summer 2024 distant from Cousins, viewers are clamoring for different travel to check successful connected the ever-evolving emotion triangle betwixt Belly Conklin and brothers Conrad and Jeremiah Fisher. While Team Jeremiah is presently feeling the love, the 11-episode 3rd installment whitethorn conscionable uncover which Fisher member is Belly’s extremity game.

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

I Know What You Did Last Summer 

Based On: The 1973 publication of the aforesaid sanction by Lois Duncan

Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr.Chase Sui Wonders, Madelyn ClineSarah PidgeonTyriq WithersJonah Hauer-King, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander ChavezAustin Nichols and Gabbriette

Premieres: In theaters July 18

Why We’re Excited: The 4th installment of the beloved fearfulness franchise volition beryllium the archetypal to diagnostic an OG formed member—and possibly two—in much than 2 decades. The caller film, a follow-up to the 1998 sequel I Still Know What You Did Last Summerfollows a caller acceptable of teens terrorized implicit an incidental successful their past. Though, with Prinze reprising his relation arsenic subsister Ray Bronson—Jennifer Love Hewitt is reportedly successful talks to instrumentality arsenic Julie James—this adjacent procreation has a amended changeable astatine making it retired alive. Suffice to say, we cognize what we’re doing this summer. 

Apple TV+

Slow Horses Season 5

Based On: London Rules, publication 5 of Mick Herron’s Slow Horses series

Starring: Gary OldmanJack Lowden and Kristin Scott Thomas

Premieres: TBD 2025 connected Apple TV+

Why We’re Excited: Once again, Jackson Lamb and his ragtag unit of MI-5 misfits retired of Slough House are connected the lawsuit arsenic they’re assigned to support the premier curate from a bid of threats portion juggling a menace to 1 of the team. But arsenic this is the Slow Horses we’re talking about, hole for galore blunders, Lamb to devour a bid of disgusting snacks and hopefully fewer casualties.

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We Were Liars 

Header: Based On: E. Lockhart’s 2014 YA novel

Starring: Emily Alyn LindSubham MaheshwariEsther McGregorJoseph ZadaMamie GummerCandice KingCaitlin FitzGerald and Rahul Kohli 

Premieres: TBD connected Prime Video

Why We’re Excited: This YA thriller dominated societal media agelong earlier BookTok dictated TBR lists. And with bully crushed arsenic it centers connected affluent teen Cadence Sinclair, who returns to her family’s backstage land 2 years aft an mishap near her with amnesia. Once she’s connected the island, memories of the summertime wherever her beingness changed everlastingly commencement to travel back—and the twists don’t extremity there. And with Family of Liars also getting the adaptation treatment, our clip with the Sinclair household is lone getting started. 

Signet Books

The Running Man

Based On: Stephen King’s 1982 caller (writing as Richard Bachman)

StarringGlen PowellJosh BrolinLee PaceKaty O'BrianMichael CeraEmilia JonesDaniel Ezra and William H. Macy

Premieres: In theaters Nov. 21

Why We’re Excited: Let the play of Glen Powell continue. The Hit Man star takes on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s relation successful the remake, which follows a man’s quest to past a crippled amusement that sees radical chased astir the satellite by murderous “Hunters” for money. Making this each the much sinister? The film, similar its merchandise date, is acceptable successful a rapidly approaching 2025. We’re perfectly connected committee for this one—although a spot terrified, tbh. 

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Wicked 

Based On: The Broadway play of the aforesaid sanction and Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
Starring: Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Peter Dinklage, Bowen Yang, and Keala Settle
Premieres:
Part 2, Nov. 21
Why We’re Excited: Look nary further than the formed list, for starters. Add successful that it’s the iconic Broadway musical—based, of course, disconnected the Wizard Of Oz prequel tome—split into 2 rousing parts and we are booked and engaged for the adjacent 2 Thanksgiving weekends.

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The Thursday Murder Club 

Based On: The 2020 publication of the aforesaid sanction by Richard Osman

Starring: Helen MirrenPierce BrosnanBen KingsleyCelia ImrieDavid TennantNaomi Ackie and Jonathan Pryce

Premieres: TBD 2025 connected Netflix

Why We’re Excited: The books themselves, pursuing 4 retirees who person an oculus for solving crimes, are simply delightful. Add this formed into the premix and we’re successful for a cozy enigma for the ages. 

Riverhead Books

Long Bright River 

Based On: Liz Moore’s 2020 novel

Starring: Amanda SeyfriedNicholas Pinnock and Ashleigh Cummings

Premieres: TBD connected Peacock

Why We’re Excited: Seyfried returns to TV successful this Philadelphia-set play astir a constabulary serviceman who sets retired to find her missing sister amid a drawstring of murders successful their opioid-ravaged neighborhood. Dark and moody, this series sounds like it’ll person america connected the borderline of our seats the full precise tense time.

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The Woman successful Cabin 10

Based On: Ruth Ware’s 2016 caller of the aforesaid name

Starring: Keira KnightleyGuy PierceHannah WaddinghamDaniel IngsKaya ScodelarioDavid Adala and Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Premieres: TBD connected Netflix

Why We’re Excited: Being trapped connected a cruise is already a nightmare for galore but ideate witnessing idiosyncratic get tossed overboard—only to not beryllium taken earnestly erstwhile trying to rise the alarm. That and a full batch of information is what Knightley is facing successful the Netflix adaptation of 1 of Ware’s earlier thrillers. 

Berkley

People We Meet connected Vacation

Based On: The 2021 Emily Henry novel of the aforesaid name
Starring: Tom BlythEmily BaderLucian LaviscountJameela JamilLukas Gage and Sarah Catherine Hook

Premieres: TBD connected Netflix

Why We’re Excited: Henry has already taken women’s lit by tempest successful caller years, truthful it was lone a substance of clip earlier her novels got the large surface treatment. And aft large turns in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and My Lady Jane, respectively, Blyth and Bader person proven they whitethorn conscionable beryllium the cleanable Alex and Poppy. 

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Kay Scarpetta

Based On: Patricia Cornwell's mega-popular bid of the aforesaid sanction that has 26 books successful total
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ariana DeBose, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Baker and Jake Cannavale
Premieres: TBD connected Amazon Prime Video
Why We're Excited: If it's based connected a publication and Kidman stars successful it, we volition binge the s--t retired of it. (See: Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, The Undoing and the information that this is her 2nd quality connected this list.) Add successful that the Oscar winners volition beryllium playing crime-fighting sisters and it's already go our favourite caller amusement of the year.

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Frankenstein

Based On: Mary Shelley’s iconic 1818 gothic horror

Starring: Jacob ElordiOscar IsaacMia Goth and Christoph Waltz

Premieres: TBD 2025 connected Netflix

Why we’re excited: Knowing Isaac is starring as Victor Frankenstein and Elordi will play the monster himself is capable to person america seated already. Still, portion determination person been countless works based connected the iconic novel, Guillermo Del Toro—whose vision volition come to beingness astatine Netflix aft astir 2 decades—has proven clip and clip again that erstwhile it comes to gothic horror, cipher does it better. 

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Bridgerton Season 4

Based On: An Offer From A Gentleman

Starring: Luke ThompsonYerin HaJonathan BaileyClaudia JessieNicola CoughlanLuke NewtonAdjoa AndohRuth GemmellKatie LeungMichelle Mao and Isabella Wei.

Release Date: TBD connected Netflix

Why We’re Excited: After 3 seasons trying to cement a spot successful his household and discovering himself, fan-favorite Benedict Bridgerton astatine past finds love successful the upcoming installment. And newcomer Ha is joining the Netflix hit’s ever-growing ensemble arsenic his emotion involvement Sophie Baek.

Flatiron Books

His & Hers

Based on: Alice Feeney’s 2020 Novel

Starring: Tessa ThompsonJon BernthalPablo SchreiberCrystal FoxSunita Mani, and Rebecca Rittenhouse

Premieres: TBD connected Netflix

Why We’re Excited: A twisty thriller that brings a recluse backmost to their hometown is ever an contiguous yes, and successful this constricted series, it’s Thompson’s Anna whose instrumentality pursuing a execution captivates a section detective (new Emmy victor Bernthal) who is besides investigating the crime. 

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Wuthering Heights

Based on: Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel

Release Date: February 13, 2026

Starring: Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie

Why We’re Excited: Cue the Kate Bush classic, we’re heading backmost to the moors. Filmmaker Emerald Fennell is reteaming with her Saltburn collaborators—Elordi starred and Robbie produced—for a instrumentality connected Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff that we’ve surely ne'er seen before.

Ballantine Books

Project Hail Mary

Based On: Andy Weir’s 2021 caller of the aforesaid name

Starring: Ryan GoslingSandra Hüller and Milana Vayntrub

Release Date: March 20, 2026

Why We’re Excited: Sure, Gosling’s been to abstraction arsenic the archetypal man, but his latest ngo takes him retired of this postulation arsenic helium wakes up from a coma arsenic the sole subsister successful an expedition to the Tau Ceti star system—a chill 12 light-years distant from Earth. Things lone get worse now that he’s solo and must proceed his ngo to reverse star dimming and prevention humanity from extinction. NBD!

Lionsgate

The Hunger Games: Sunrise connected the Reaping

Based On: Suzanne Collins’ forthcoming publication of the aforesaid name

Starring: TBD
Premieres: November 20, 2026

Why We’re Excited: On the aforesaid time Collins’ latest travel to Panem was announced (the publication volition driblet successful March 2025), Lionsgate confirmed it would be adapting the much-anticipated communicative pursuing a young Haymitch Abernathy—Peeta and Katniss’ famously haunted mentor successful the 74th Hunger Games—during his winning battle in the 50th Games. 

Hachette Books

 The Housemaid

Based On: Freida McFadden’s 2022 novel

Starring: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar and Michele Marrone

Premieres: TBD

Why We’re Excited: The formed unsocial is capable to person america seated for the adaptation, which follows a maid to a affluent household with immoderate precise sinister secrets bubbling nether the surface. But Paul Feig, who is nary alien to a twisty communicative with A Simple Favor—and its forthcoming sequel—is astatine the helm truthful it’s harmless to accidental we’re successful for rather a ride. 

William Morrow

Margo’s Got Money Troubles

Based on: Rufi Thorpe’s 2024 novel
Starring: Elle FanningMichelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman

Premieres: TBD connected Apple TV+
Why we’re Excited: Is it truly a constricted bid if it doesn’t person Kidman popping up successful it? Thorpe’s book—following the daughter of a erstwhile Hooters waitress and a onetime pro-wrestler who turns to OnlyFans aft becoming a azygous ma at 20—is already excellent connected its own. But this casting has surely placed this eight-episode bid astatine the apical of the must-watch list. 

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