If you've heard it once, you've heard it a million times—the book was better! There's nothing like debating the differences between a favorite book and its translation to the screen. But if you don't know your beloved series is coming out as a movie or that the fun-looking preview you saw was adapted from a book, how can you join the debate? The Library is here to the rescue! Here, we will be exploring the movie adaptations soon to hit screens big and small and give you the chance to read before you view.
Coming This March
While out on a scouting mission on the dangerous ice world of Niflheim, Mickey Barnes (aka Mickey7, the seventh clone of an expendable employee) goes missing. Presumed dead, he is replaced with Mickey8. But Mickey7 isn’t dead, and there is only supposed to be one clone at a time. If Mickey7 reports his survival, either he or Mickey8 will be recycled. Trapped on an inhospitable planet with nowhere to turn, Mickey7 will have to find a way out of this impossible situation. Titled Mickey17, the film adaptation of Edward Ashton’s Mickey7 will premiere in theaters on March 7, 2025.
In desperate straits, a queen sends the witch Gray Alys to the Lost Lands in search of a mysterious and dangerous Magic. Based on a short story by George R.R. Martin, found in his collection Dreamsongs, the film adaptation starring Mila Jovovich and Dave Bautista will premiere in theaters on March 7, 2025.
After her friend and mentor dies by suicide, a woman agrees to adopt his Great Dane, Apollo. As she mourns the loss of a complicated man, she finds herself bonding with his grieving canine. Sigrid Nunez’s National Book Award-winning novel The Friend is a meditation on grief and the healing power of love. Starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, the film adaptation will be released in theaters on March 28, 2025.