Books to read before they hit the big screen in 2019
A Dog’s Way Home by W. Bruce Cameron Film adaptation starring Bryce Dallas Howard & Ashley Judd expected January 11 |
Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys Film adaptation Ashes in the Snow starring Bel Powley & Peter Franzén expected January 11 |
Battle Angel Alita by Yukito Kishiro Film adaptation Alita: Battle Angel starring Mahershala Ali & Rosa Salazar expected February 14 |
The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell Film adaptation starring Blake Lively & Sterling K. Brown expected February 22 |
How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Film adaptation How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World starring Jay Baruchel & America Ferrara expected February 22 |
The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness Film adaptation starring Tom Holland & Nick Jonas expected March 1 |
Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott, Mikki Daughtry & Tobias Iaconis Film adaptation starring Haley Lu Richardson & Cole Sprouse expected March 22 |
Where’d You Go, Bernadette? by Maria Semple Film adaptation starring Cate Blanchett & Emma Nelson expected March 22 |
The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester Film adaptation Greyhound starring Tom Hanks & Elisabeth Shue expected March 22 |
Three Seconds by Anders Roslund & Borge Hellström Film adaptation starring Rosamund Pike & Joel Kinneman expected March 22 |
The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud Film adaptation Wounds starring Armie Hammer & Dakota Johnson expected March 29 |
The Best of Enemies by Osha Gray Davidson Film adaptation starring Taraji P. Henson & Sam Rockwell expected April 5 |
Pet Sematary by Stephen King Film adaptation starring Jason Clarke & John Lithgow expected April 5 |
After by Anna Todd Film adaptation starring Josephine Langford & Hero Fiennes-Tiffin expected April 12 |
The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook Film adaptation starring Keira Knightley & Alexander Skarsgård expected April 26 |
The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon Film adaptation starring Charles Melton & Yara Shahidi expected May 17 |
A Dog’s Journey by W. Bruce Cameron Film adaptation starring Dennis Quaid & Josh Gad expected May 17 |
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer Film adaptation starring Judi Dench & Josh Gad expected August 9 |
It by Stephen King Film adaptation starring Jessica Chastain & Bill Hader expected September 6 |
The Kitchen by Ollie Masters & Ming Doyle Film adaptation starring Melissa McCarthy & Tiffany Haddish expected September 20 |
The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn Film adaptation starring Amy Adams & Julianne Moore expected October 4 |
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt Film adaptation starring Nicole Kidman & Ansel Elgort expected October 11 |
The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle Film adaptation starring Helen Mirren & Ian McKellan expected November 15 |
Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot Film adaptation starring Idris Elba & Taylor Swift expected December 20 |
The Call of the Wild by Jack London Film adaptation starring Harrison Ford & Karen Gillan expected December 25 |
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Film adaptation starring Merle Streep & Emma Watson expected December 25 |
Film Adaptations with no release date as of January 2019
P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han Film adaptation starring Noah Centineo & Lana Condor |
The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Film adaptation cast not set |
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Film adaptation starring Colin Firth & Julie Walters |
All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven Film adaptation starring Elle Fanning & Justice Smith |
Native Son by Richard Wright Film adaptation starring Nick Robinson & Ashton Sanders |
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simison Film adaptation starring Ryan Reynolds |
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