14 book-to-movie adaptations to watch in the first half of 2018
2018 is already shaping up to be an exciting year for great book-to-screen adaptations. The 14 books below are headed to the big screen in the first half of the year, so get your popcorn ready!
The Leisure Seeker
Based on: The Leisure Seeker by Michael Zadoorian
What it's about: Starring Donald Sutherland and Helen Mirren, this road movie is all about a runaway couple who embark on a cross-country journey in their vintage camper to get away from their children and their doctors.
Release date: Jan. 19, 2018
12 Strong
Based on: Horse Soldiers by Doug Stanton
What it's about: Starring Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon and Michael Peña, 12 Strong is about the CIA paramilitary officers and U.S. special forces sent to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11 attacks.
Release date: Jan. 19, 2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Based on: The Death Cure by James Dashner
What it's about: Based on the 2011 young adult dystopian science fiction novel — the final book in the Maze Runner series — Maze Runner: The Death Cure sees young protagonist Thomas lead his group of escaped Gladers on a mission to break into what might be the deadliest maze yet, so that they may get the answers they've been searching for since the beginning.
Release date: Jan. 26, 2018
Fifty Shades Freed
Based on: Fifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
What it's about: Based on the third and final instalment of the Fifty Shades trilogy, this Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan flick features the now-married Christian and Ana who have ghosts from their collective pasts that come back to haunt them.
Release date: Feb. 9 , 2018
Peter Rabbit
Based on: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
What it's about: With the voice talents of James Corden, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Elizabeth Debicki and Sia, this animated comedy film features the mischievous adventures of the iconic Peter Rabbit
Release date: Feb. 9, 2018
Annihilation
Based on: Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer
What it's about: Based on the book of the same name, this science fiction horror film features Natalie Portman on a quest to found out what happened to her partner after an environmental disaster.
Release date: Feb. 23, 2018
Every Day
Based on: Every Day by David Levithan
What it's about: Starring Angourie Rice as 16-year-old Rhiannon, this adaptation is about a teenager who falls in love with a spirit named A, who wakes each morning in a different body, living a different life each day.
Release date: Feb. 23, 2018
Red Sparrow
Based on: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews
What it's about: Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Joel Edgerton, this spy flick weaves a tale about a Russian intelligence officer and a CIA agent.
Release date: March 2, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time
Based on: A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What it's about: Directed by Ava DuVernay and starring Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling, this anticipated film based on the 1962 classic novel is a universe-spanning tale about good and evil.
Release date: March 9, 2018
Ready Player One
Based on: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
What it's about: Co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, this book adaptation is set in a near-future dystopian Earth, where the population spends most of its time in an interconnected virtual space called the OASIS.
Release date: March 30, 2018
Love, Simon
Based on: Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
What it's about: Starring Nick Robinson, Alexandra Shipp, Jennifer Garner and Josh Duhamel, Love, Simon is about a gay high school student balancing his friends, family, email pen pal and the boy threatening to reveal his true sexuality to the whole school.
Release Date: March 16, 2018
Indian Horse
Based on: Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese
What it's about: This adaptation of the late Richard Wagamese's novel is about Saul Indian Horse, a young First Nations boy who survives the residential school system to become a star ice hockey player.
Release date: April
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Based on: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
What it's about: This historical drama is a layered tale that covers themes of self-discovery, loyalty, courage and standing strong in the face of danger in the shadow of the Second World War.
Release date: April 20, 2018
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Based on: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
What it's about: Featuring a stacked cast (including Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer and Laurence Fishburne) this comedy revolves around Bernadette Fox, an agoraphobic architect and mother who goes missing. Her daughter Bee is determined to find her before their family's trip to Antarctica.
Release date: May 11, 2018