15 Most Anticipated Movie Adaptations of Book in 2022

There are various kinds of people when it comes to reading books or watching movies. Some people tend to just read books, perhaps as a hobby, and similarly for some people watching movies is like a hobby. Some read the book and then watch the movie to be the judge of the adaptation. But in this article, we are not going to talk about which is better? But rather in this New Year, let’s check the 15 most anticipated movie adaptations of book in 2022.

Redeeming Love

Cast – Abigail Cowen, Nina Dobrev, Tom Lewis, Eric Dane, Livi Birch, and more. Based upon the novel written by Francine Rivers (inspired by the Book of Hosea present in the Bible), Redeeming Love directed by D.J. Caruso is about Angel who was pushed into prostitution as a child. Will she ever get over that strain?

Death on the Nile

Cast – Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Mackey, Letitia Wright, and more. This movie directed by Kenneth Branagh is a follow-up to Agatha Christie’s follow-up to the book Murder on the Orient Express. Branagh is playing the legendary Hercule Poirot and he has the task to disclose the murderer of the lead passenger on the S.S. Karnak.

The Amazing Maurice

Cast – Emilia Clarke, Himesh Patel, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Laurie, Gemma Arterton, and more. Directed by Florian Westermann and Toby Genkel, this story is about Maurice, a streetwise cat who has an amazing money-making idea. He finds a stupid-faced boy who plays a pipe and he has his very own pack of rats and they are bizarrely erudite.

Where the Crawdads Sing

Cast – Daisy Edgar-Jones, Harris Dickinson, Taylor John Smith, David Strathairn, Jayson Warner Smith, and more. Directed by Olivia Newman, Where the Crawdads Sing is about a woman who grew up in the marshes of the extreme South, becomes involved in the murder of a man she once had an affair with.

Dark Harvest

Cast – Elizabeth Reaser, Casey Likes, Austin Autry, Luke Kirby, and more. Written by Norman partridge and directed by David Slade, Dark Harvest is about A legendary monster named October boy who scares the people of a small Midwestern town. Every Halloween he rises and goes face to face to everyone how have the guts the confront him.

Salem’s Lot

Cast – Alfre Woodard, William Sadler, Bill Camp, Cade Woodward, Makenzie Leigh, and more. Written by Stephen King and directed by Gary Dauberman, Salem’s Lost is about the journey of a writer who travels to a town where everyone is altered to vampires.

She Said

Cast – Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Samantha Morton, Patricia Clarkson, Tom Pelphrey, Andre Braugher, and more. Directed by Maria Schrader, She Said is about Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor. New York Times reporters break into significant tales of the generation which helped the #MeToo movement and slammed the silence on the topic of Hollywood and sexual assault.

All Quiet On The Western Front

Cast – Albrecht Schuch, Sebastian Hulk, Edin Hasanovic, Anton von Lucke, and more. Directed by Edward Berger and originally written Erich Maria Remarque, this book is about a young German soldier’s traumatizing experiences and anguish on the western front during the first world war.

Argylle

Cast – Henry Cavill, Catherine O’Hara, Samuel L. Jackson, Ariana DeBose, Sam Rockwell, and more. Originally written by Ellie Conway and directed by Matthew Vaughin, Argylle focuses on the world’s greatest spy named Argylle as he is stuck in an adventure.

Blonde

Cast – Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Rebecca Wisocky, Bobby Cannavale, and more. Written by Joyce Carol and directed by Andrew Dominik, Blonde is about the profound and inner life of Marilyn Monroe.

Deep Water

Cast – Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Jacob Elordi, Kristen Connolly, and more. Originally written by Patricia Highsmith and directed by Adrian Lyne, Deep water follows a husband who allows his wife to have affairs outside of their marriage to avoid the turbulence of divorce, and she becomes the suspect in the sudden disappearances of her lovers.

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Cast – Leonardo DiCaprio, Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro, Brendan Fraser, Barry Corbin, and more. Originally written by David Grann and directed by Martin Scorsese, the story follows the members of the Osage Tribe present in the US who are killed under the enigmatic circumstances in the 1920s leading to a strong F.B.I investigation.

Mr. Malcolm’s List

Cast – Ashley Park, Theo James, Zawe Ashton, Frieda Pinto, Sianad Gregory, and more. Written by Suzanne Allain and directed by Emma Holly Jones, Mr. Malcolm’s List is set in England 1800s about a young lady who plots revenge on a wealthy suitor who rejected her for not living up to the requirement list that has been created by him.

Persuasion

Cast – Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding, Cosmo Jarvis, Suki Waterhouse, and more. Directed by Carrie Cracknell and originally based on the novel by Jane Austen, the story deals with the second chance in love or the need to wait for the right moment to arrive and be with the person you love.

School for Good and Evil

Cast – Charlize Theron, Sofia Wylie, Sophia Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, and more. Directed by Paul Feig, and originally written by Soman Chainani, School for Good and Evil is about a group of girls and boys who are taken into an institution and are to be trained as heroes and villains of fairy tales.

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