2024 Buzziest Book to TV Adaptations & Possible Emmy Contenders | THR News Video
With the 76th Primetime Emmys just around the corner, some of your favorite stars and series could be up for some big awards on television's biggest night. But did you know some of the best shows of the season were based on a best-selling novel? We're taking a look at the top book to TV adaptations of 2024.
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00:00The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards are just around the corner, but did you know that some of the
00:04best shows of the season were actually based on a best-selling novel? We're taking a look
00:08at the top book-to-TV adaptations of 2024. First up, Three-Body Problem. David Benioff
00:18and D.B. Weiss's highly anticipated follow-up to Game of Thrones is the novel by Liu Cixin,
00:23which is based on the remembrance of Earth's past trilogy. The result is a TV-friendly
00:28narrative from the popular sci-fi odyssey about an encounter with an alien civilization
00:32looking for a new and viable planet. Next up, Ripley. Netflix's black-and-white project
00:46starring Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning is both a remake of the 1999 film starring Matt Damon
00:51and an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's famous thriller. The story follows a conman,
00:56Tom Ripley, who accepts a tempting offer from a rich businessman to travel to Italy to find
01:01his millionaire vagabond son. Next, Shogun. The FX series showcases real events in 1600s Japan
01:16and is based on the 1975 historical fiction novel from James Clavel. It was first adapted
01:21into an NBC miniseries in 1980. With an updated adaptation comes a shift from a Eurocentric
01:27perspective to one that focuses on the experience of the Japanese. Then, we have Lessons in
01:42Chemistry. The Apple miniseries is actually based on the 2019 debut novel from Bonnie Garmas.
01:48Star and executive producer Brie Larson optioned the rights to the book about Elizabeth Zott,
01:52a chemist-turned-cooking-show host, three years before it hit shelves. And the buzz hit new heights
01:58once the book reached bestseller status. And finally, we have Apples Never Fall. Apples is
02:08by Leanne Moriarty and her third novel to make its way to the screen after Big Little Lies and Nine
02:13Perfect Strangers. The story follows her trend of a complicated female character teetering the
02:18line between protagonist and antagonist. Annette Bening stars in the show, playing Joy Delaney,
02:23a tennis matriarch gone missing. For the full list of this season's buzziest Booktube TV
02:38adaptations, head to THR.com. And for the latest entertainment news and updates,
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