Books Coming to Screens: March 2024
Spaceman of bohemia / Jaroslav Kalfar
Jakub Procházka, orphaned as a boy and raised in the Czech countryside by his grandparents, overcomes his odds to become the country’s first astronaut.
March 1st/ Netflix/ Put on hold
Dune / Frank Herbert
(Dune: Part Two)
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family.
March 1st/ Theatres/ Put on hold
Apples never fall/ Liane Moriarty
The Delaney family seems happy but Joy disappears, forcing her husband and four adult children to reassess their family history.
March 14th / Parmount/ Put on hold
Chasing Hillary/ Amy Chozick
(Girls on the Bus)
Four female journalists who follow the every move of a parade of flawed presidential candidates, finding friendship, love, and a scandal that could take down not just the presidency but our entire democracy along the way.
March 14th / Netflix
Arthur / Mikael Lindnord
An adventure racer adopts a stray dog named Arthur to join him in an epic endurance race.
March 15th / Theatres
Manhunt : the twelve day chase for Lincoln’s killer / James L. Swanson
The aftermath of the first American presidential assassination and the fight to preserve and protect the ideals that were the foundation of Lincoln’s Reconstruction plans.
March 15th / Apple TV
Mr. & Mrs. American Pie / Juliet McDaniel
(Palm Royale)
Chronicles a woman reconstructing her identity in the 1960s after being dismissed by her husband and her entire social circle.
March 20th/ Apple/ Put on hold
The three-body problem / Cixin Liu
It will follow the story of humanity’s first contact with an alien civilization, seeing humanity being vulnerable to the same external threat.
March 21st/ Netflix/ Put on hold
We were the lucky ones / Georgia Hunter
A Jewish family is determined to survive and reunite after being separated in World War II.
March 28th/ Hulu/ Put on hold
A Gentleman in Moscow / Amor Towles
A Russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the Bolshevik Revolution plays out before him.
March 29th/ Showtime/ Put on hold
Black Flies / Shannon Burke
(Asphalt City)
Ollie Cross is a young paramedic assigned to the NYC night shift with an uncompromising and seasoned partner Gene Rutkovsky. Each 911 call is often dangerous and uncertain, putting their lives on the line every day to help others.
March 29th/ Theatres
If you enjoyed Keeper of the Lost Cities, try these books
If you enjoyed the Keeper of the Lost Cities series, here are a few more books that may interest you.
The Unwanteds / Lisa McMann
In a society that purges thirteen-year-olds who are creative, identical twins Aaron and Alex are separated, one to attend University while the other, supposedly Eliminated, finds himself in a wondrous place where youths hone their abilities and learn magic.
Land of Stories / Chris Colfer
Through the powers of a book of stories, twins Alex and Conner leave their world behind and find themselves in a land full of wonder and magic where they come face-to-face with the fairy tale characters they grew up reading about.
The school for good and evil / Soman Chainani
Best friends Sophie (princess wannabe) and Agatha (witchy loner) are headed (via kidnapping) to the School for Good and Evil, but their assumed destinies are reversed.
Amari and the night brothers / B.B. Alston
Thirteen-year-old Amari, a poor Black girl from the projects, gets an invitation from her missing brother to join the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs and join in the fight against an evil magician.
Story thieves / James Riley
Except for reading the Kiel Gnomenfoot magic adventure series, Owen’s life is boring until he sees his classmate Bethany climb out of a book in the school library and he learns that Bethany is half-fictional and has been searching every book she can find for her missing father, a fictional character.
The Adventurers Guild / Zack Loran Clark and Nick Eliopulos
After being conscripted into the dangerous Adventurers Guild, Zed and Brock uncover a conspiracy that threatens all of Freestone.
The menagerie / Tui T. Sutherland, Kari Sutherland
When twelve-year-old Logan Wilde wakes up to discover a baby griffin hiding under his bed, he suddenly finds himself thrown into a mystery involving his classmate Zoe Kahn and a magical menagerie right in the middle of his sleepy Wyoming town.
The flame of Olympus / Kate O’Hearn
Reborn as the Flame, thirteen-year-old Emily has saved Olympus from destruction but when the gruesome Nirads begin a new invasion, Emily and her friends become entangled in the conflict as old grudges are unearthed and new enemies are discovered.
The colossus rises / Peter Lerangis
Teens Jack, Marco, Aly, and Cass begin a quest to find seven pieces of Atlantis’ power that were hidden long ago and that will, if returned to Atlantis, save them from certain death due to the genetic abnormality that also gives them superior abilities.
The iron trial / Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
Warned away from magic all of his life, Callum endeavors to fail the trials that would admit him to the Magisterium only to be drawn into its ranks against his will and forced to confront dark elements from his past.
Watch Before the Oscars!
Watch the Movie
20 Days in Mariupol: (Documentary feature film)
American Fiction: (Best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, adapted screenplay, and original score)
Barbie: (Best picture, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, adapted screenplay, original song, costume design, and production design)
The Boy and the Heron: (Animated feature film)
The Color Purple: (Best supporting actress)
The Creator: (Visual effects and sound)
Elemental: (Animated feature film)
Four Daughters: (Documentary feature film)
Golda: (Makeup and hairstyling)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3: (Visual effects)
The Holdovers: (Best picture, best actor, best supporting actress, original screenplay, and film editing)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: (Original score)
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One: (Visual effect and sound)
Oppenheimer: (Best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best director, adapted screenplay, original score, cinematography, costume design, film editing, sound, production design, makeup and hairstyling)
Past Lives: (Best picture and original screenplay)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: (Animated feature film)
Read the Book
The Color Purple: (Best supporting actress)
Killers of the Flower Moon: (Best picture, best actress, best supporting actor, best director, original score, original song, cinematography, costume design, film editing, and production design)
Nimona: (Best animated feature)
Nyad: (Best actress and best supporting actress)
Oppenheimer: (Best picture, best actor, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, best director, adapted screenplay, original score, cinematography, costume design, film editing, sound, production design, makeup and hairstyling)
Robot Dreams: (Best animated feature)