Read it before you see it

Is the ebook all the time higher than the film or TV present? Better learn these soon-to-be diversifications ASAP so you can determine.

Dear Edward

By Ann Napolitano

Streaming now

Led by acclaimed actors Connie Britton (“Nashville”) and Taylor Schilling (“Orange Is the New Black”), plus newcomer Colin O’Brien, this Apple TV+ adaptation of Napolitano’s searing 2020 novel is certain to have viewers delicately dabbing their cheeks with a Kleenex. The first episode dropped on February 3. Read our Q&A with Ann Napolitano.

Daisy Jones & the Six

By Taylor Jenkins Reid

Streaming, March 2023

This runaway 2019 bestseller a few Seventies rock star is making its approach to Amazon Prime Video—starring Riley Keough, the granddaughter of the last word Seventies rock star (Elvis), as its titular heroine. Told in a documentary fashion, identical to the novel, the 10-episode collection additionally stars Sam Claflin, Camila Monroe, Suki Waterhouse and Nabiyah Be.

Straight Man

By Richard Russo

Streaming as “Lucky Hank,” March 2023

Beloved “Better Call Saul” star Bob Odenkirk performs the titular character on this AMC collection adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winner Richard Russo’s tackle college life within the Pennsylvania Rust Belt. The first episode airs on March 19.

Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret

By Judy Blume

Theatrical launch, April 2023

Blume’s 1970 coming-of-age story about an 11-year-old who strikes from New York City to the New Jersey suburbs is a real basic, and it feels like this movie adaptation, which stars Abby Ryder Fortson as Margaret and Rachel McAdams (a literary adaptation veteran after starring in The Notebook and The Time-Traveler’s Wife) as her mom, Barbara, has the potential to turn out to be one too.

The Last Thing He Told Me

By Laura Dave

Streaming, April 2023

Produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, this Apple TV+ manufacturing of Laura Dave’s gripping home thriller stars actor Jennifer Garner. Dave herself labored on the variation together with her husband, Josh Singer, who boasts 2015 Best Picture winner Spotlight amongst his many movie credit. The first two episodes can be launched on April 14. Read our evaluation of The Last Thing He Told Me.

City on Fire

By Garth Risk Hallberg

Streaming, May 2023

Hallberg’s atmospheric debut, set within the early 2000s, is coming to Apple TV+ as an eight-episode collection on May 14. The solid consists of Chase Sui Wonders, Wyatt Oleff, Jemima Kirke (“Girls”) and  Nico Tortorella (“Younger”) as NYU college students who’re drawn right into a mysterious demise. Read our interview with Garth Risk Hallberg.

Killers of the Flower Moon

By David Grann

Theatrical launch, Summer 2023

Legendary director Martin Scorcese can be taking David Grann’s 2017 National Book Award finalist, which tells the true story of the surprising murders of members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma within the Twenties, to the display screen. Frequent Scorcese collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert de Niro star alongside Native actors Tantoo Cardinal, Lily Gladstone and Tatanka Means. Read our evaluation of Killers of the Flower Moon.