Top 10 Books Hitting the Screen in 2020

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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before 2

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Expected Date of Release: February 12, 2020

Genres: Romance | Teen Drama

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before 2 is an adaption of Jenny Han’s P.S. I Still Love you. It is the second book in the ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ trilogy. Lara Jean and Peter have decided to make their fake relationship real. In doing so another recipient of Lara’s old love letters enters the picture, making things difficult for Lara Jean's new relationship. The original cast will all come back for the second film with the addition of Jordan Fisher playing John Ambrose.

All the Bright Places

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Release Date: February 28, 2020

Genres: Drama | Romance | Coming of Age

Jennifer’s Niven’s YA novel All the Bright Places is the story about Violet (Elle Fanning) and Theodore Finch (Justice Smith). The two teenagers meet and impact each other's lives forever. They both have been struggling with emotional and physical trauma from their past. Through their relationship, they discover that even the simplest things in life can be a whole lot. The movie is a Netflix original film.

The Woman in the Window

Release Date: May 15, 2020

Genres: Crime | Mystery | Thriller |Drama

The Woman in the Window by A.J Finn is a thriller novel about a woman who believes she witnessed a crime being committed through the window of a house across the street. Starring as the woman is Amy Adams.

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Brave New World

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Release Date: Unknown, 2020

Genre: Sci-Fi

Aldous Huxley’s Class Sci-Fi novel Brave New World will be a new series on USA Network. The story is based on a dystopian society where people suppress their emotions with a drug called Soma. In the dystopian society, there is no social order and lots of chaos. The movie follows a few of the characters who are curious about life beyond their society and seek to break free. The adaptation will feature Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, and Alden Ehrenreich.

The Invisible Man

Release Date: May 8, 2020

Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi | Mystery | Thriller

Based on H.G Well’s Sci-Fi horror novel, the story is about a woman named Cecilia and her abusive ex who commits suicide. Following his suicide, he leaves Cecilia learns he left all his fortunes to her. Cecilia suspects that her ex’s suicide was a hoax and believes she is being haunted by something or someone that no one else can see.

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Greyhound/ A Good Shepherd

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Release Date: May 8, 2020

Genres: War | Drama

The Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester is a story based on a Merchant Marine Skipper during World War II who has to maintain his allied ship in a convoy that Nazis are hunting down. Tom Hanks, Stephen Graham, and Manuel Garcia- Rufo stars in the movie.

Without Remorse

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September 18, 2020

Genres: War | Drama | Thriller | Action

Tom Clancy’s novel Without Remorse is a story about a Navy Seal who is on a mission to avenge his wife’s murder. During his mission, the Navy Seal comes to find out he is part of a larger conspiracy. Starring in the movie is Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, and Cam Gigandet.

Eternals

Release Date: November 6, 2020

Genres: Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Drama | Sci-Fi

The Eternals is a comic series from the ’70s created by Jack Kirby. It is a new addition to the Marvel Universe. The comic is about the adventures of the Eternals, who are a race of immortals responsible for shaping the history and civilization of planet earth. Staring in the new Marvel movie is Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Salma Hayek, Kumail Nanjiani among many other star-studded actors.

The Devil All the Time

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Release Date: Sometime in 2020

Genres: Drama | War | Thriller

The Devil All the Time is a novel by Donald Ray Pollock. The story takes place in Southern Ohio and West Virginia during the end of WWII into the ’60s. The story follows a cast of traumatized characters as the result of the war. Some of the stories include Willard Russell who is a tormented veteran, struggling to come to terms with his wife, Charlotte, dying from cancer. Carl and Sandy Henderson who are a serial killer couple that likes to lure models with a photoshoot only to kill them right after. A preacher who is running away from the law with his crippled son. Tying these character’s stories together is Arvin Russell who is Willard and Charlotte’s orphaned son. As Arvin gets older his reputation of a good man is threatened by his violent inner demons. The film stars Robert Pattinson, Mia Wasikowska, Chris Evans, and Tom Holland.

Dune

Release Date: November 20, 2020

Genres: Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Dune by Frank Herbert is a sci-fi classic novel. Dune tells a story about a man named, Paul Atreides who must go on a dangerous mission traveling to another planet in the universe to save the future of his family and his people. The movie stars Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Stellan Skarsgård, Jason Momoa, Timothee Chalamet among many more stars.