Fifty fantasy, romantasy and romance novels are currently being turned into films and television series, and the roll call reads like a shelf you already own. Rebecca Yarros's Fourth Wing is in development as a series at Prime Video, Sarah J. Maas's A Court of Thorns and Roses is in development at Hulu and Disney+, and Ali Hazelwood's The Love Hypothesis is dated for late 2026 at Prime Video. A handful are past the talking stage entirely.

Which adaptations are closest to arriving?

Four titles have moved beyond development. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry is in post-production at Netflix, and Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell is in post-production at Focus Features. The Housemaid by Freida McFadden is in production at Lionsgate.

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood carries the only firm timing on the list: a film at Prime Video slated for late 2026. Colleen Hoover's Reminders of Him is listed as scheduled at Universal, and Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is in pre-production at Warner Bros.

Holly Jackson's A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is the one already on air: the BBC and Netflix series has been renewed for a second season.

What is happening to Emily Henry's novels?

Emily Henry has six books in development across four studios, more than any other author on this list. People We Meet on Vacation is a Netflix film in post-production, and Happy Place is a Netflix series in development.

Beach Read is in development as a film at 20th Century, Book Lovers as a film at Tango, and Funny Story as a film at Lionsgate. Each of the three sits with a different studio, which is a rare thing for one author's backlist.

Taylor Jenkins Reid is close behind with three: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo as a Netflix film, Malibu Rising as a Hulu series, and Carrie Soto Is Back as a series with the platform still to be confirmed.

Which romantasy series are being made?

Romantasy is the engine of this list. Rebecca Yarros has Fourth Wing and Iron Flame both in development as series at Prime Video, and Sarah J. Maas has A Court of Thorns and Roses in development at Hulu and Disney+ with Crescent City optioned separately.

Amazon MGM is building a romantasy slate of its own: From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout is in development as a series, and Carissa Broadbent's The Serpent and the Wings of Night has been optioned for a series. Devney Perry's Shield of Sparrows and Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Inheritance Games are also with Amazon MGM.

Elsewhere, Stephanie Garber's Alchemy of Secrets is in development as a series at Universal, Kristen Ciccarelli's Crimson Moth is in development with a platform to be confirmed, and Rebecca Ross's Divine Rivals has been optioned as a film.

Which Colleen Hoover books are being filmed?

Colleen Hoover has three titles in the works. Verity is in development as a film at Universal, and Reminders of Him, also at Universal, is listed as scheduled.

Regretting You is in development as an independent film. Freida McFadden's The Housemaid, the other big commercial thriller here, is in production at Lionsgate.

Which titles have only been optioned so far?

Fourteen of the fifty are at the option stage, which means the rights have been bought and nothing has been greenlit. Lauren Roberts's Powerless, Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me and Samantha Shannon's The Priory of the Orange Tree all sit there with no platform confirmed.

The BookTok end of the shelf is heavily represented among the options: Caroline Peckham's Zodiac Academy, RuNyx's Gothikana, Ana Huang's Twisted Love, Hannah Grace's Icebreaker, S.T. Gibson's A Dowry of Blood and Adalyn Grace's Belladonna have all been optioned as series.

Kiera Cass's The Selection is in a category of its own, listed as in rewrites — a film that has been circling for years and is still being reworked. The full fifty, with author, genre, format, studio and status, are in the table below.

All 50 fantasy, romantasy and romance adaptations currently in the works

Frequently asked questions

Is Fourth Wing being made into a film or a series?

Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros is being developed as a television series at Prime Video, not a film. Its sequel, Iron Flame, is also in development as a series at Prime Video. Both are listed as in development, which means no release date has been set for either.

Which book adaptation has a confirmed date?

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood is the only title with timing attached: a Prime Video film expected in late 2026. Everything else is listed by production stage rather than date, with People We Meet on Vacation and Hamnet in post-production, The Housemaid in production, and Reminders of Him scheduled.

Which author has the most adaptations in the works?

Emily Henry leads with six books in development: Beach Read at 20th Century, Book Lovers at Tango, Happy Place and People We Meet on Vacation at Netflix, and Funny Story at Lionsgate. Taylor Jenkins Reid follows with three, and Colleen Hoover also has three in progress.

What does it mean when a book is listed as optioned?

An optioned book has had its screen rights bought, but no production has been greenlit and no studio commitment is guaranteed. Fourteen titles here sit at that stage, including Powerless by Lauren Roberts, Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi, The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon and Icebreaker by Hannah Grace.

Is A Court of Thorns and Roses still being adapted?

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas is listed as in development as a series at Hulu and Disney+. Maas also has Crescent City optioned for a series, though the platform for that one has not been confirmed. Neither project has a release date.