thursday movie picks is a web event hosted by wandering through the shelves
With just a quick research I found so many that sound brilliant, so here’s just five (plus a bonus series you can start watching now!) that are based on books, and that I can’t wait to check out.
5 Books Adapted to TV Series Coming in 2018
05. Castle Rock
Starring André Holland, Sissy Spacek and Melanie Lynskey
Adapted from Characters Created by Stephen King
A psychological-horror series set in the Stephen King multiverse that weaves a saga of darkness and light, played out on a few square miles of Maine woodland.
04. Watership Down
Starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega and Daniel Kuluuya
Adapted from Watership Down by Richard Adams
A band of rabbits takes a perilous journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the beloved novel.
03. Patrick Melrose
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving
Adapted from The Patrick Melrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
For more than twenty years, acclaimed author Edward St. Aubyn has chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose, painting an extraordinary portrait of the beleaguered and self-loathing world of privilege over the course of five novels. By turns harrowing and hilarious, these beautifully written works dissect the English upper class as we follow Patrick Melrose’s story from child abuse to heroin addiction and recovery.
02. Good Omens
Starring David Tennant, Michael Sheen, Anna Maxwell Martin and Jon Hamm
Adapted from Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
A tale of the bungling of Armageddon features an angel, a demon, an 11-year-old Antichrist and a doom-saying witch.
01. Sharp Objects
Starring Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson and Chris Messina
Adapted from Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Reporter Camille Preaker (Adams) returns to her small hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. Trying to put together a psychological puzzle from her past, she finds herself identifying with the young victims a bit too closely. Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Big Little Lies), with scripts from Marti Noxon and Flynn.
Bonus: The Alienist
Starring Daniel Brühl, Dakota Fanning and Luke Evans
Adapted from The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Crime reporter, John Moore, meets with psychologist, Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, to investigate a serial killer in New York during the late 19th century.
Okay, so the ones that stand out for me are Castle Rock and Good Omens. The others, I’ll have to see what people think and then I might watch them. Good Omens though, … I remember when everyone was so excited about American Gods and well that didn’t turn out well because there’s almost no hype around it. I watched one episode, and then gave up.
Author
I KNEW you’d like Castle Rock, it looks like just your thing! Plus it has Bill Skarsgård.
Good Omens has an insane cast imo, so I really hope it’s good. I have friends who really like American Gods so I’ll check it out, but now idk if it will *my* thing.
I can’t wait for Sharp Objects and Good Omens! The others sound interesting as well.
Author
Can’t wait either, they sound so good!
I haven’t read any of these but I’m really looking forward to see Patrick Melrose because of Benedict Cumberbatch.
Author
Haven’t read any of them either, though I knew about Good Omens and Sharp Objects. I’m rooting for Melrose too, Cumberbatch deserves it! Plus Hugo Weaving, I always enjoy his work.
Yaaasss Sharp Objects! I can’t wait for that. I enjoyed The Alienist’s pilot on Monday too so I’ll keep up for that. I’m interested in seeing what they do with Watership Down too
Author
I’m intrigued by Watership Down also because I didn’t grow up with the original, never even heard of it, so I find it all fascinating ? Also of course, that cast!
Never heard of any of these titles, but gives great inspiration! Thanks for the introduction ^^
Author
That’s why I’m here! Hope you catch at least some of them, and that they’re good 😀
Oh so many sound so good. The Alienists sounds excellent but I am intrigued by the one with Benedict Cumberbatch and the one with the angel Andy demon which sounds fun in a weird way. I don’t have Netflix or most of these sites. I get PBS so I hope I get to see a couple of these.
Author
Hope you get to see some of them! I only have Netflix, but usually Portuguese tv channels pick up these foreign shows sooner or later, so here’s hoping for me, too.