From books to film to tv shows, the annual San Diego Comic Con always has exciting news for fans of science fiction, fantasy, and comic books--and this year was no exception! So while you wait for the next Marvel blockbuster or want to dive deeper into the ever expanding world of Star Wars, the library has you covered.
Book-to-Screen adaptations were also announced! Here are the books on our shelves that will be coming to a screen near you:
by Amy M. Reeder & Brandon Montclare
Disney+ | TV-Y7 | Winter 2022
After 13-year-old super-genius Lunella accidentally brings ten-ton T-Rex (Devil Dinosaur) into present-day New York City via a time vortex, the BFF duo works together to protect the city's Lower East Side from danger. // Junior Graphic Novel, Superheroes, Action // Also in e-book
by J.R.R. Tolkien
Amazon | TV-14 | September 2, 2022
Amazon's "Ring of Power" series, set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Hobbit' and 'The Lord of the Rings', will follow characters both familiar and new as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth. // Epic Fantasy, Adventure
by Mark Greaney
Netflix | PG-13 | Now streaming
When a shadowy CIA agent uncovers damning agency secrets, he’s hunted across the globe by a sociopathic rogue operative who's put a bounty on his head. Starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, this film adapts the first book of Greaney's The Gray Man series. // Fiction, Thriller
by Neil Gaiman
Netflix | TV-MA | Now streaming
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus—the King of Dreams—embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power. // Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror
Theatrical | Not Yet Rated | March 2023
Based on the popular role-playing game, this movie set in the campaign setting of the Forgotten Realms follows a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic. Want to explore the Forgotten Realms before the movie drops? Read Starlight Enclave by R.A. Salvatore. // Fantasy, Adventure
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by Richelle Mead
Peacock | TV-MA | September 15, 2022
In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women's friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter vampire society -- one as a powerful royal, the other a half-vampire guardian. // Fantasy, Drama
by Anne Rice
AMC | TV-MA | September 18, 2022
In the year 2022, the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac lives in Dubai and seeks to tell the story of his life or afterlife to renowned journalist Daniel Molloy. Focusing more on the gothic romance aspects of the story than the horror, this adaptation of the book shifts the book's timeline from 1791 to the New Orleans Storyville red light district right at the turn of the 20th century. // Fantasy, Horror, Drama
Returning Shows:
A slew of returning shows based on books were also announced! Including:
- Good Omens by Neil Gaiman
Also in e-audio
A tale of the bungling of Armageddon featuring an angel, a demon, an 11-year-old Antichrist, and a doom-saying witch. // Supernatural, Fantasy
(Amazon | TV-MA | Season 2: Winter 2022) - Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan
In a world where magic exists, but only some can access it, the evil Dark One pursues the reincarnation of The Dragon destined to stop him. // Epic Fantasy, Adventure
(Amazon | TV-14 | Season 2: 2023; renewed for season 3) - Locke & Key by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Following their father's murder, three siblings move into a house filled with reality-bending keys. // Graphic Novel, Horror
(Netflix | TV-14 | Season 3: Now streaming) - Walking Dead by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
This popular zombie apocalypse series returns with a spin-off and a new mini-series in 2023. // Graphic Novel, Drama, Horror
(AMC | TV-MA | 2023) - Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin
Prequel to Game of Thrones, “House of the Dragon” focuses on the first to reign from House Targaren. // Epic Fantasy, Drama
(HBO | TV-MA | Now streaming)