Film & Television
From the Page to the Screen
How a book's characters, worlds and conflicts might be considered for cinematic or episodic storytelling.
Discovery criteria
What we look for
Story concept
Memorable characters
Distinctive settings
Conflict
Emotional depth
Visual possibilities
Themes
Episodic structure
Process
A considered development path
- Step 1
Discovery
- Step 2
Reading & review
- Step 3
Suitability notes
- Step 4
Rights clarification
- Step 5
Appropriate introductions
Documented adaptations
Books that reached the screen
All listed adaptations are third-party productions, not Crownline Story Partner projects.
The Martian
Andy Weir
Gone Girl
Gillian Flynn
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty
Normal People
Sally Rooney
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng
Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel
Dune
Frank Herbert
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
Shōgun
James Clavell
The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis
Shadow and Bone
Leigh Bardugo
The Duke and I
Julia Quinn
Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
The Lincoln Lawyer
Michael Connelly
World War Z
Max Brooks
Ready Player One
Ernest Cline
Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Becoming
Michelle Obama
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman
The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
Neil Gaiman
Pachinko
Min Jin Lee
Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid