Already we're coming to the end of February! Although that shouldn't be too surprising since it’s the shortest month of the year, even with a Leap Day this year. This will make us have to wait less for the book-to-screen science fiction adaptations coming out next month. There are two of them that I know of off-hand: "Dune: Part 2" and "3 Body Problem". 

Dune: Part 2: this Movie continues from where Part 1 (titled just “Dune”) left off in 2021. The movie series is based on Frank Herbert's 1965 novel, "Dune". In this sequel, the hero, Paul Atreides, (Timothee Chalamet), who has been stranded on the desert planet Arrakis, teams with warrior Chani (Zendaya) and the planet's natives, the Fremen, to avenge his family who were killed by the Harkonnens. BBC says that this movie is psychedelic and art house. However, after seeing the latest trailer, it comes across as more art house than psychedelic to me, but then the trailer only shows you so much, of course.  It still looks really good with its panoramic sandscape scenes, epic battles and, of course, giant sandworms! "Dune: Part 2" releases in theatres March 1 (that’s this Friday!).

3 Body Problem: While "Dune: Part 2", like its prequel, was made for the big screen, "3 Body Problem" was made for just the opposite. It was made for the small screen which can be as tiny as your wrist (e.g., Apple Watch) since “3 Body” will be exclusive to Netflix. It won’t even be a full-length film but, instead, a series. (Now you know why I used “Book-to-Screen” in this post’s title and not “Book-to-Movie”!) So, when I found this out, I was really disappointed. The special visual and sound effects look to be so high in quality that this adaptation should be on the big screen. But that’s not the only problem.

The other problem is that since it's exclusive to Netflix, like some many movies and TV series on the streaming media giant, it makes people who can't afford a subscription miss out. Well, that's Netflix for you. They’re competing against the other streaming media giants such as Amazon Prime and Disney+ and so it's probably more about the money than about the movies or TV shows or the people who would like to watch them! 

"3 Body Problem" is based on Cixin Liu’s award-winning novel, which was actually titled "The Three-Body Problem". The story is that aliens plan to invade Earth but people throughout the world are divided between welcoming them to take control of a corrupt Earth and fighting them off. "3 Body Problem" releases on Netflix March 21.

Fiction in Progress

My current book that I'm working on, "Bad Apps", is taking way longer than I thought. Instead of making everybody wait for a book of mine that’s release date is unknown at this time, I’m thinking about releasing a single short story in book format during the interim.  I'll talk more about this in my newsletter which will be coming out next month. If you haven't subscribed to it, you can do so here. 

Are you looking forward to either of the above book-to-screen adaptations coming out in March? Do you know of any other book-to-screen adaptations (movie or TV series) in science fiction or fantasy releasing next month?

Until next time . . .