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Happy New Year, everybody! Sorry for missing last week but I was
burning out from both writing and my day job so much that I needed
that break. But here I am again. In the last post I said that I will
have more Book-To-Movie reviews and previews in 2019. Well,
2019 offers some interesting, if not all particularly good, TV
series and movies based on sci fi and fantasy books. So I made a
couple of lists: one for TV adaptations and the other for movie
adaptations.
2019 TV Series Adapted from Books
I have not read any
of the books that the TV series listed below are based on. With the
exception of one of these, I don’t plan on reading any soon in time
to watch the TV series mainly because many of them are in the horror
genre and I’m not a big fan of horror TV series. I’ve noticed
that many horror TV series--unlike most movies in the genre--that are
based on novels, especially gothic horror, tend to go too much the
way of the soap opera almost losing their horror element. However,
because TV shows based on novels are the big trend in sci fi and
fantasy now and because there are probably many of you out there that
like watching them, I’m listing the ones due for release this year.
In each item on the list, I’ve included the author of the book that
the series is based on, the premiere date and the channel or
streaming service (in that order). I haven’t included synopses
since most of these books I’m not familiar with. To find out the
plot to these, visit Amazon or IMDB.com. The latter is especially a
great source to look at when you want to find out the plot to a movie
or TV show.
A Discovery of
Witches: novel by Deborah
Harkness, premieres (U.S.) 17 January on Sundance Now and Shudder:
This is the exception that I mentioned above. It’s one of the
biggest best-selling books of the speculative genre out there so I’ve
been meaning to read it for a while. However, I know I’m not going
to read it in time for the series premiere. Which is okay because I
don’t get Sundance Now or Shudder anyway! So that gives me plenty
of time to read this dark fantasy/horror novel before the series
makes it to DVD doesn’t it?
The Passage:
novel by Justin Cronin, premieres 21 January, Fox
The Rook:
by Daniel O’Malley, premieres in spring (date unknown), Starz
NOS4A2:
by Joe Hill, premieres 30 April, AMC: I haven’t read any of the
novels by Hill, son of Stephen King, but I’ve read his book of
short stories, 20th Century Ghosts,
in which he has a lot of really good ones in there. NOS4A2 the
novel is holiday horror, in which I mostly don’t read this subgenre
unless it’s Charles Dickens or the holiday theme is slight. But if
you’re a big fan of Joe Hill’s work you may like this series.
2019 Movies Adapted from Books
Too tell the truth,
I haven’t read any of the books that these upcoming films are based
on either. Maybe I should add these to my reading list for 2019? But
even if I don’t get around to reading them, there will still be
plenty of Book-To-Movies coming for films from other years.
The Visible
Filth: novel by Nathan
Ballingrud, directed by Babak Anvari, premieres 26 January
Chaos Walking
(book’s title: The Knife of Never letting Go): by Patrick
Ness, directed by Doug Liman, premieres 1 March
Pet Semetary:
by Stephen King, directed by Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer,
premieres 5 April
Artemis Fowl:
by Eoin Colfer, directed by Kenneth Branagh, premieres 9 August
It: Chapter Two:
by Stephen King (original novel first movie is based on), directed by
Muschietti, premieres 6 September
Maybe I’ll have a
list of what I plan to read and watch in 2019 in next week’s post.
So are you planning on watching any of the above movies or TV series
when they release? Have you read or do you plan on reading the books
they are based on? Are you making a reading or viewing list for 2019?
Until next time . .
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Several I'd never heard of until the show was announced. Little leery of Pet Sematary since the first movie was not good.
ReplyDeleteI never saw the first movie but it didn't appeal to me that much to begin with. I got the impression it was over-rated. I saw the big screen version of It and liked it. I'm skeptical of the sequel, though, since most of Stephen King's movies don't have sequels. So I get the feeling it may go too far off from the storyline of the novel. But who can really say? It will be interesting to see how these two movies (Pet Semetary and IT: Chapter Two) do at the box office.
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