Books that will be adapted to films or series this 2020
A new year is starting, and with it, a gigantic amount of new films and series, but many of them are nothing but adaptations of amazing books. For readers, or at least me, the best thing to do is to read the book and then enjoy the adaptions, that is why I will procede to list a few books out of the many that will be adapted this 2020.
1. The Outsider by Stephen King: This thrilling and terrorific book will be adapted into a series by HBO and was released on January 12th.
Synopsis: In The Outsider, an unspeakable crime takes place involving the murder and violation of a small boy.
Ralph Anderson is the detective on the case, and he arrests a local man, Terry Maitland. It’s an easy arrest and their evidence is airtight. The problem is, cracks in the case begin to appear when it seems that perhaps Maitland has an equally airtight alibi.
As tensions rise and the investigation proceeds, the bit and pieces of information Ralph uncovers are equal parts horrifying and intriguing.
"He’s with kids all the time, for Christ’s sake. Young boys. If he killed one of them, never mind losing our jobs, we’d never forgive ourselves.”
-- Samuels (The Arrest: July 14 — Chapter 3
2. Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting: A new adaptation of this book is coming in January the 17th, the first ones were protagonized by Eddie Murphy, but this one comes to impress us with the one and only Robert Downy Junior.
Synopsis: Doctor Dolittle is one of kind. Not only
can he talk to animals—but he can understand them too! One day Doctor Dolittle
receives a message from Africa—the monkeys there need his help. So he sails off
from his home, bringing along all his pals: Dab-Dab, the duck; Jip, the dog;
Gub-Gub, the baby pig; Polynesia, the parrot; and Too-Too, the owl. Join the
doctor and his animal friends on an amazing adventures. They even meet the
rarest of all animals, the two-headed pushmi-pullyu!
“What is war?' I asked.
Oh, it's a messy, stupid business,' he said, 'Two sides wave flags and beat drums and shoot one another dead. It always begins this way, making speeches, talking about rights, and all that sort of thing.'
But what is it for? What do they get out of it?'
I don't know,' he said. 'To tell you the truth, I don't think they know themselves.”
3- The Turn of the Screw by Henry James: This literature classic comes with an adaptation in January the 24th, telling this magnificent story as if it happened nowadays.
By Camila Orozco E, Step 10
