Exciting Page-to-Screen Adaptations Coming at You in September

This dystopian thriller is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. Set in a dystopian version of the United States, which is ruled by a totalitarian regime (wait… is this nonfiction?), this is the story of a group of young men who join a walking competition. Here’s the catch. They must keep walking at a certain pace or risk execution. A winner is announced when only one walker remains. This film is directed by Francis Lawrence and stars Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Charlie Plummer, Roman Griffin Davis, Garrett Wareing, Tut Nyuot, Ben Wang, Jordan Gonzalez, Joshua Odjick, and Josh Hamilton.

This is a horror/thriller film directed and co-written by Nadia Latif. It is based on the novel by Walter Mosley, who also co-wrote the screenplay. Corey Hawkins stars as Charles Blakey, a man who is down on his luck and about to lose his ancestral home when a stranger (Willem Dafoe) approaches him with a strange proposal. Let him rent the basement for a summer, and don’t tell anyone he’s down there. The film is out in select theaters on September 12.

This upcoming film is based on two books: Bob Rich’s 2015 novel Looking Through Water and his 2025 memoir Catching Big Fish. Michael Douglas stars as William, a father who is attempting to reconnect with his estranged son by teaming up with him for a fishing competition in San Pedro, Belize. Cameron Douglas also stars alongside David Morse, Michael Stahl-David, and Walker Scobell. The movie is directed by Roberto Sneider.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest project is loosely inspired by Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel Vineland. Leonardo DiCaprio stars as Bob Ferguson, an ex-revolutionary whose daughter (Chase Infiniti) is kidnapped. To rescue her, Bob must team up with some old friends from his revolutionary days. Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio del Toro also star. The film is written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson.

The Savant is a crime thriller miniseries based on an article by Andrea Stanley. Jessica Chastain stars as The Savant, an anonymous woman who infiltrates online hate groups to track and prevent potential mass shootings. The miniseries will run for eight episodes. It is written and showrun by Melissa James Gibson (House of Cards). Chastain is also an executive producer on the project.