As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker. Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic […]As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker. Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic
As 2025 kicks off, several book to movie adaptations can be expected to move forward to completion, some with release dates already slated for the quarter century marker.
Mickey17, directed by Bong Joon Ho, arrived in theaters in early March. Netflix released it’s big-budget sci-fi film The Electric State, which is based on a graphic novel, March 14.
Edgar Wright’s The Running Man and Josh Boone’s Regretting You, which will likely follow in the footsteps of the Blake Lively-starring It Ends With Us and further pave a path for future Collen Hoover film adaptations like Verity and Reminders of Him.
Several other big screen adaptations of books are arriving on streamers and in theaters this year. Check out the full list of book to movie adaptations below:
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Mickey7 by Edward Ashton – Theaters – March 7, 2025
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Bong Joon Ho has directed an adaptation of Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 titled Mickey 17 because Robert Pattinson’s titular Expendable, who dies ten more times than in Ashton’s book according Bong, hence the title change. Mickey is sought out to help colonize Niflheim, an ice world, on a suicidal mission, as demonstrated in the film’s trailer. Naomi Ackie (Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker), Steven Yeun (Beef), Toni Collette (Hereditary), and Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) will also star in the film from the Parasite director.
The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag – Netflix, March 14
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Netflix’s feature film adaptation of The Electric State was directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. It stars Millie Bobby Brown as Michelle and Chris Pratt as Keats, in addition to Stanley Tucci, Giancarlo Esposito and Key Huy Quan. The robots are voiced by Brian Cox, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson and Jenny Slate, to name a few.
Regretting You by Colleen Hoover – Theaters – Oct. 24, 2025
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As of December 20, Paramount set the release date for the next film adaptation of a Colleen Hoover book, Regretting You, starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco and Mason Thames. Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) will direct from Susan McMartin’s (After) script. The film comes from Constantin Film, whose Robert Kulzer is set to produce along with Brunson Green and Anna Todd. The story follows Morgan Grant (Williams), who became a mother at a young age, and her daughter, Clara (Grace). Morgan struggles with putting her ambitions on pause to raise Clara, and their relationship gets stretched after a tragic accident takes the life of Clara’s father and Morgan’s husband Chris which further complicates the tension of Clara being a teenager. Franco will portray Morgan’s love interest Jonah, who she meets after Chris’ death.
The Running Man by Stephen King – Theaters – Nov. 7, 2025
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Edgar Wright has written and directed a film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Running Man for Paramount. Glen Powell will star in the film, which is produced by Nira Park and Simon Kinberg. King originally published the novel under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, and the story of a futuristic America and dystopian society set in the year 2025 has already been adapted into an 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Wicked: For Good – Theaters – Nov. 23, 2025
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The second part of Jon M. Chu’s Wicked film adaptation will arrive a year after its first half made magic at the box office ahead of Thanksgiving 2024. The second half of the film will pick up after the rousing rendition of “Defying Gravity” performed by Cynthia Erivo at the end of the first film as she flew to the Western skies. Erivo has also recently hinted of an original song she wrote for the film.
The Housemaid by Frieda McFadden – Christmas Day 2025
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Paul Feig’s The Housemaid feature film adaptation of Frieda McFadden’s book will star Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar. Adapted by Rebecca Sonnenshine, the film will release in theaters Dec. 25, 2025 alongside Timothée Chalamet’s Marty Supreme. Michele Morrone, who also stars in Feig’s Another Simple Favor followup to A Simple Favor (2018), will appear in The Housemaid as well.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein will get two adaptations this year, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride opening in theaters in September while Guillermo Del Toro’s adaptation for Netflix is slated for some time this year. Gyllenhaal’s film follows Christian Bale’s lonely Frankenstein, who ventures to Chicago in the 1930s to ask Dr. Euphronius for help in creating a companion for himself. The two reanimate a murdered young woman, and an explosive romance ensues catching the attention of society. Del Toro’s adaptation will star Jacob Elordi, Christoph Waltz, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley and Christian Convery. Deadline broke the news of Oscar Isaac’s role as Victor Frankenstein, and that Mia Goth is also set to star in the pic. Andrew Garfield was originally playing the role that Elordi now has — that of Frankenstein’s monster.
Movies in the Making Based on Books:
- People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry – Film in Production, Brett Haley Directing
- Beach Read by Emily Henry – Film Being Written, Director Yulin Kuang Attached
- Book Lovers by Emily Henry – Sarah Heyward To Write Film Script for Tango
- Funny Story by Emily Henry – Henry Writing Movie Script
- None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell – Netflix Adapting into Film, Eleanor Burgess Writing Script
- Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell – Film Adaptation from Crystal City Entertainment and Moonshot Films
- The Pearl Thief by Fiona McIntosh – Film Feature Adaptation from Made Up Stories
- Some Part of Her by Amy Chozick – Feature Film Adaptation, Rights Optioned by Fifth Season
- Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall – Sony 3000 Acquired Film Rigthts, Hello Sunshine Producing
ridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding – February 14, 2025
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Bridget Jones (Renée Zellweger) returns in the fourth film, based on the book of the same name by Helen Fielding, after three previous installments: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001), Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and Bridget Jones’s Baby (2016). Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day) and Chiwetel Eijofor (Rob Peace, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) will star as newcomers to the franchise. Isla Fisher (Wedding Crashers), Josette Simon (Anatomy of a Scandal), Nico Parker (Suncoast, How to Train Your Dragon) and Leila Farzad (I Hate Suzie) are also set to appear.
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