Captivating books to read before they come to screen in 2025

There are truthful galore unthinkable films and TV shows based connected books that are acceptable to travel to surface successful 2025.

Last twelvemonth saw immoderate unthinkable books brought to beingness connected surface including Netflix’s One Day, based connected the caller by writer David Nicholls, and It Ends With US by Coleen Hoover – which is inactive making headlines arsenic the cast contention continues.

2024 was a large twelvemonth for adaptations, but 2025 mightiness beryllium shaping up to beryllium an adjacent stronger year.

For those who similar to work a publication earlier it’s connected screen, here’s a breakdown of immoderate of the champion novels to adhd to your speechmaking database earlier they are released connected screen.

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

The 4th Bridget Jones movie is acceptable to beryllium released connected February 14, 2025, and is based connected the 3rd caller of the aforesaid sanction successful the Bridget franchise by the writer Helen Fielding – primitively released successful 2013.

The hype astir the movie has been huge and fans cannot hold to spot what Renee Zellweger’s Bridget is up to present arsenic a 51-year-old mum of 2 young kids.

The movie focuses connected Bridget’s hunt for emotion erstwhile much arsenic she adjusts to beingness as a widow following the decease of her beloved Mark Darcy (Colin Firth).

Mickey7

Mickey17 is an upcoming sci-fi movie from Parasite manager Bong Joon-ho, starring Robert Pattinson that’s scheduled to beryllium released connected April 18, 2025.

The communicative is astir a antheral named Mickey who reluctantly signs up to beryllium an ‘expendable’ – a idiosyncratic who takes connected unsafe tasks needed to colonise the crystal satellite Niflheim.

When 1 Mickey dies, different is cloned successful its spot with astir of his memories intact, and 1 time an mishap means determination are 2 Mickeys.

The movie is inspired by a 2022 subject fabrication caller called Mickey7 by Edward Ashton which was met with immense acclaim.

An Offer From a Gentleman

The smash deed amusement Bridgerton is returning for its 4th instalment and this clip volition absorption connected the 3rd eldest Bridgeron sibling, Benedict.

The 4th play is acceptable to beryllium released connected June 2025 but the nonstop day has yet to beryllium officially announced.

The play volition absorption connected Benedict and is based connected Julia Quinn’s 3rd publication successful the Bridgerton franchise An Offer From a Gentleman, which was released successful 2001.

In the book, a Cinderella-like communicative unfolds arsenic Benedict meets a servant Sophie Beckett who manages to sneak her mode into Lady Violet Bridgerton’s masked ball.

Sophie is forced to beryllium a servant to her evil stepmother, but volition Benedict beryllium capable to acceptable her free?

We Were Liars

We Were Liars is simply a 2014 intelligence fearfulness young-adult novel by E. Lockhart.

The publication focuses connected the Sinclair household who walk each summertime connected their backstage island. One twelvemonth Cadence Sinclair suffers from a caput wounded that causes her to hide the events of that summertime her 15th year.

Years later, Johnny, Mirren and Gat – known by the household arsenic ‘the liars’ instrumentality and punctual Cadence to retrieve the incidents that took place.

Prime Video has picked up this publication and is acceptable to merchandise a bid astatine immoderate constituent successful the Spring of 2025.

The bid stars Emily Alyn Lind, Subham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor, and Joseph Zada. 

I Know What You Did Last Summer

A sequel to the 1997 American slasher film is acceptable to beryllium released connected July 17, 2025.

Starring Madelyn Cline, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Chase Sui Wonders, and Gabriette Bechtel, the formed is packed with talent.

The archetypal communicative was loosely based connected the 1973 novel by Lois Duncan of the aforesaid name, and it’s unclear conscionable however the sequel volition prime up the communicative told successful the archetypal film.

The archetypal communicative focuses connected a radical of teenagers who are haunted by a mysterious murderer wielding a hook a twelvemonth aft a unspeakable incidental takes place.

Regretting You

Regretting You is simply a 2019 caller by Colleen Hoover which is acceptable to beryllium adapted into a movie to beryllium released connected October 24, 2025.

Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco and Mason Thames volition pb the formed of this movie which focuses connected a parent and daughter, Morgan (Williams) and Clara (Grace), whose narration becomes strained aft the decease of their hubby and father.

It is thought that filming volition statesman aboriginal this twelvemonth with Josh Boone (The Fault successful Our Stars) directing and Susan McMartin (After) penning the script.

The Running Man

The Running Man is simply a dystopian thriller caller by Stephen King that was archetypal published nether the pseudonym Richard Bachman successful 1982.

The movie is acceptable to beryllium adapted into a movie that volition beryllium released connected November 7, 2025.

The communicative is acceptable successful a dystopian US successful 2025 with the the system ruined and unit rising.

The protagonist Ben Richards, participates successful the world amusement The Running Man which sees contestants effort to triumph wealth by evading the squad of hitmen sent aft them – deliberation Channel 4’s Hunted but with overmuch higher stakes.

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley’s 1818 Gothic caller Frankenstein is acceptable to beryllium brought to beingness successful a movie directed by Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water).

The diagnostic movie is acceptable to prima Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz, Oscar Isaac, and Jacob Elordi and filming wrapped successful September 2024.

The classical communicative follows idiosyncratic Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster and rapidly becomes horrified by his creation.

The movie is acceptable to premiere connected Netflix successful November 2025 – but an nonstop day has inactive yet to beryllium confirmed.

Verity

Another Colleen Hoover adaptation has been scheduled for merchandise astatine immoderate constituent successful 2025.

The 2018 publication is being adapted into a movie by Amazon MGM Studios and volition prima Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett, with Michael Showalter directing.

The communicative is simply a intelligence thriller astir Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer who is hired to ghost-write the remaining books successful a franchise by Verity Crawford, a writer who is paralyzed aft a car accident.

While surviving successful the Crawfords’ location to constitute the books, verity uncovers immoderate sinister secrets and her feelings for Verity’s husband, Jeremy, statesman to grow.

Happy Place

Happy Place is simply a caller by Emily Henry that was lone released successful 2024 but has already been picked up for an adaptation.

The communicative focuses connected Harriet and Wyn, a mates who person breached up aft six years unneurotic but indispensable unreal to beryllium successful a narration for the involvement of their relationship radical arsenic they spell connected vacation unneurotic 1 past time.

Deadline revealed that the publication has been optioned by Netflix to go a series, but a merchandise day has yet to beryllium determined.

People We Meet On Vacation

Another Emily Henry caller has been picked up for adaptation by 3000 Pictures and Netflix – this clip with Tom Blyth And Emily Bader astatine the helm.

People We Meet connected Vacation was released successful 2021, and debuted astatine fig 1 connected The New York Times bestseller list, selling implicit 2 cardinal copies successful the US becoming Henry’s highest-selling book.

The communicative follows Poppy and Alex, a brace of champion friends who are utilized to spending each summertime unneurotic for a amusive adventure. After falling out, the brace determine to erstwhile again instrumentality a travel together, wherever their relationship is enactment to the test.

A merchandise day has yet to beryllium announced but the movie volition beryllium released successful 2025 astatine immoderate point.

The Last Anniversary 

The Last Anniversary is simply a 2005 caller by Liane Moriarty, the writer down Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers.

The movie is acceptable to beryllium adapted into a TV bid produced by Nicole Kidman and starring Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson and Danielle Macdonald.

The communicative follows Sophie Honeywell (Palmer) who inherits a location from her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt Connie. The location is connected Scribbly Gum island, an land which she discovers has a batch of secrets.

An nonstop merchandise day has yet to beryllium confirmed but it is thought that the bid volition beryllium released sometime successful 2025.

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