Books Turning Into Movies or TV Series in 2019

Unlike me, you probably have time to watch grownup TV and/or Movies.  Now-a-days all I watch is PBS kids shows.  If for some reason the other adult is able to wrestle the remote away suddenly I'm watching sports.  Needless to say I'm not winning.  Some people have suggested that when she is down for the night I should watch something.  Let me just say, by the time I'm laying in my bed after going into her room dozens of times because she wants water, she thinks she needs to pee (nope, she doesn't) or she needs to remind me I said I would check on her later, I've fallen asleep.

Here is a list of books/comics being turned into movies or TV series this year.  You still have time to read the books before the movie comes out.  Enjoy!

FEBRUARY/MARCH

• The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie - Amazon Prime Video - Release Date: February 1, 2019 
• The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba (Dark Horse Comics) - Netflix - Release Date: February 15, 2019
• The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba - Netflix - Release Date: March 1, 2019
• Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott - Theaters - Release Date: March 15, 2019
• Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase by Carolyn Keene - Theaters - Release Date: March 15, 2019
• The Aftermath by Rhidian Brook - Theaters - Release Date: March 15, 2019 (Limited Release)
• Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists - Freeform TV - Release Date: March 20, 2019

 APRIL

• Pet Sematary by Stephen King - Theaters - Release Date: April 5, 2019
• The Best of Enemies by Osha Gray Davidson - Theaters - Release Date: April 5, 2019
• Native Son by Richard Wright - Theaters - Release Date: April 6, 2019
• After by Anna Todd - Theaters - Release Date: April 12, 2019
• Otherhood based on Whatever Makes You Happy by William Sutcliffe - Netflix - Release Date: April 26, 2019

MAY

• A Dog’s Purpose 2 by W. Bruce Cameron- Theaters - Release Date: May 17, 2019
• Catch-22 by Joseph Heller - Hulu Limited Series - Release Date: May 17, 2019
• Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett - Amazon Prime Video - Release Date: May 31, 2019
• The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon - Theaters - Release Date: May 17, 2019

AUGUST

• Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer - Theaters - Release Date: August 9, 2019
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz - Release Date: August 9, 2019
• Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple - Theater - Release Date: August 9, 2019
• The Kitchen by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle (Vertigo Comics) - Theaters - Release Date: August 9, 2019
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - Theaters - Release Date: August 10, 2019
• The Informer based on Three Seconds by Anders Roslund and Borge Hellstrom - Theaters - Release Date: August 16, 2019

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER

• It: Chapter 2 (sequel) to It by Stephen King - Theaters - Release Date: September 6, 2019
• The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein- Theaters - Release Date: September 27, 2019
• The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn - Theaters - Release Date: October 4, 2019
• The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt - Theaters - Release Date: October 11, 2019

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

• Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem - Theaters - Release Date: November 1, 2019
• The Good Liar by Nichoals Searle - Theaters - Release Date: November 15, 2019
• The Rhythm Section by Mark Burnell - Theaters - Release Date: November 22, 2019
• Cats: The Musical based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot - Theaters - Release Date: December 20, 2019
• Call of the Wild by Jack London - Theaters - Release Date: December 25, 2019
• Death Comes As the End by Agatha Christie - TV (BBC) - Release Date: December 25, 2019
• Little Women by Louisa May Alcott - Theaters - Release Date: December 25, 2019

PENDING 2019 RELEASES

• All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven - Netflix - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• Chaos Walking based on The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness - Theater - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• Heaven by V.C. Andrew - TV (Lifetime) - PENDING 2019
• His Dark Materials-Trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman - HBO Series - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff - HBO Series - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Irishman based on I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt - Netflix - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Last Thing He Wanted by Joan Didion - Netflix - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Laundromat based on The Secrecy World by Jake Bernstein - Netflix - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco - Sundance TV - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Personal History of David Copperfield based on David Copperfield by Charles Dickens - Theaters - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead - Amazon Prime Videos - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• NOS4A2 (Nosferatus) by Joe Hill - AMC Series - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• V-Wars by Jonathan Maberry - Netflix Series - Release Date: PENDING 2019
• Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons (DC Comics) - HBO Series - Release Date: PENDING 2019

PENDING 2020 RELEASES

• Greyhound based on A Good Shepherd by C.S. Forester - Theater - Release Date: May 8, 2020
• Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett - Theaters - Release Date: PENDING 2020
• Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli - Theaters - Release Date: PENDING 2020
• The Earthquake Bird by Susanna Jones - Netflix - Release Date: PENDING 2020
• The Turning based on The Turn of the Screw by Henry James - Theaters - Release Date: PENDING 2020
• Wounds based on Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud - Release Date: PENDING 2020

Thanks to The Bibliofile, Radio Times and Popsugar and This is Insider for their lists.
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Have you read any of the books?  Are you planning to watch the movie or TV series?  Which one are you interested in? Any suggestions? Have you heard of any other books being turned into movies/TV not on the list? Any book you would like to see turned into a movie/TV show?  Why?