Adapting books as movies has been in practice for pretty much as long as the latter have existed, but the reality is that the two mediums have very different and independent storytelling capacities. There’s the matter of perspective: prose can take a reader into the minds of characters in ways in which films aren’t capable (without violently abusing voice over narration at least). And then there’s the matter of scope: there is no real limit for the length of a novel, but a feature is expected to be three hours at maximum (and the average is about an hour shorter). A perfectly faithful adaptation is an impossibility.
Release Date: March 20, 2026
Directed By: Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Written By: Drew Goddard
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, Milana Vayntrub, and James Ortiz
Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material and suggestive references
Runtime: 156 minutes
