Tag: books

  • Harry Potter TV Series Coming to Max in 2026

    Harry Potter TV Series Coming to Max in 2026

    This morning, on Warner Bros. Discovery’s fourth-quarter earnings call (via Deadline), CEO David Zaslav confirmed that the previously-announced Harry Potter TV show is coming in 2026. Previously, the series based on J.K. Rowling’s series of fantasy novels had a 2025-2026 release window. Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO of HBO & Max Content says the show “will dive deep into each of…

  • Rogue Elements Trailer Brings the Critical Drinker’s Books to the Screen

    Rogue Elements Trailer Brings the Critical Drinker’s Books to the Screen

    The Critical Drinker has become what he has beheld, but not in the bad way Eliot Ness meant. If you follow his channel, you’ll know that the Drinker is also the author of a series of action novels featuring former British soldier and current CIA operative Ryan Drake. And over the past year, he’s collaborated…

  • HBO Developing Game of Thrones Prequel About Aegon Targaryen

    HBO Developing Game of Thrones Prequel About Aegon Targaryen

    HBO isn’t done with Westeros. The Hollywood Reporter exclusively revealed that the network is developing another Game of Thrones prequel series, likely due to the success of House of the Dragon. This one will be a sort of sequel to that show focusing on Aegon’s conquest, where Aegon Targaryen conquered Westeros and united six of the seven kingdoms,…

  • Amazon Reveals which Reacher Book Season 3 will be Based on

    Amazon Reveals which Reacher Book Season 3 will be Based on

    Jack Reacher will be dealing with more ghosts from his past in his next TV adventure. According to Variety, season 3 of the Amazon series Reacher will be based on the seventh book from author Lee Child, Persuader. Based on the Wikipedia entry, Persuader has Reacher teaming up with the DEA to infiltrate a drug ring while…

  • Ripley Teaser Has Murder on its Mind

    Ripley Teaser Has Murder on its Mind

    Time to start pretending to be somebody else. Earlier today, Netflix released a teaser for Ripley, the upcoming thriller series created, written, and directed by Steven Zaillian and based on Patricia Highsmith’s novels featuring Tom Ripley. The first season of the show is based on the first Ripley book, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and finds Tom Ripley…

  • JK Rowling Will Take Active Role on Harry Potter TV Series

    JK Rowling Will Take Active Role on Harry Potter TV Series

    The Harry Potter TV series is moving along faster than the Hogwarts Express. (Is that the name of the train? I think it is.) Deadline reports that a series of writers are sending in pitches to Warner Bros. Television and HBO Max, with the top picks from this round of auditions moving on to the next.…