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Book Clubs Swoon for ‘Wuthering Heights’
Emerald Fennell’s steamy new adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 text is causing modern romance readers to flock to the classic. What are they finding there?
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Screen of the Crime: PW Talks with Rian Johnson
The director behind the third fair-play whodunit film, ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ which was released this month on Netflix, spoke with PW about translating that beloved mystery subgenre to the screen, and the role of humor in his Benoit Blanc movies.
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Maggie O’Farrell on Her ‘Surreal’ Hollywood Side Quest
After a major win at the Golden Globes, the Hamnet author sat down with PW to share her experience co-writing the screenplay for the film adaptation of her novel with director Chloé Zhao.
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Rachel Reid’s ‘Heated Rivalry’ Feels the Love
Sales of the gay ice-hockey romance have shot up nearly 1,000% between the weeks ended November 29, 2025—when the TV adaptation of the novel premiered on HBO—and January 10, 2026, according to Circana BookScan.
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HarperCollins, Fox Strike Content-Sharing Deal
The companies, both controlled by Murdoch media conglomerates, have inked an IP trading partnership which will see Fox adapt titles from HarperCollins’s YA-adult crossover imprint Avon A for the screen and the publisher bring Fox originals to Avon A.
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Alloy Entertainment Repackages Book Division
Three longtime book division executives—Josh Bank, Lanie Davis, and Joelle Hobeika—have helped grow the presence of the company, which started primarily as a YA book packager, in the adult and page-to-screen markets. They have been promoted to senior creative advisor, SVP and co-editorial director, and SVP and co-editorial director, respectively.
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TV Alert: 'Charlotte’s Web'
HBO Max has released a three-part animated adaptation of E.B. White’s classic children’s novel Charlotte’s Web, now available for streaming.
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TV Alert: 'The Sisters Grimm'
Michael Buckley is celebrating a momentous occasion: the 20th anniversary of his Sisters Grimm series and the arrival of an animated adaptation, slated for release October 3 on Apple TV.
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Oxbelly Retreat Toasts to a Decade of Storytelling
The all-expenses-covered gathering of authors, screenwriters, and other creatives in southern Greece brings together emerging authors and recognizable names to promote cross-pollination between the worlds of literature and film.
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TV Alert: 'We Were Liars' by E. Lockhart
Viewers are invited to spot the lies in Universal Television and Amazon Studio’s adaptation of E. Lockhart’s bestselling YA novel 'We Were Liars,' which premiered its eight-episode series on Prime Video on June 18.
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