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2026 Book-to-Movie Adaptations: From 'People We Meet on Vacation' to 'Sunrise on the Reaping'

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Dessi Gomez

6d ago· 40 min readenNews

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A preview of major book-to-movie adaptations releasing in 2026, including Netflix's 'People We Meet on Vacation' (January), Ridley Scott's 'The Dog Stars' (August), the 'Hunger Games' prequel 'Sunrise on the Reaping', and Denis Villeneuve's 'Project Hail Mary'. The article covers theatrical and streaming releases based on popular novels.

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From the long-awaited rom com film adaptation of Emily Henry's People We Meet on Vacation, which hit Netflix in January, to the Ridley Scott-directed adaptation of The Dog Stars starring Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin and Margaret Qualley coming in August, several major releases will come off the page and to life on the big screen.
Still more films to look forward to later in the year are the adaptations of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games prequel novel, Sunrise on the Reaping, as well as Denis Villeneuv
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2026's most anticipated book to movie adaptations include 'Project Hail Mary,' 'People We Meet on Vacation,' 'Verity' and many more.

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