April's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "The Last Thing He Told Me" on Apple TV+, and Hulu's "Tiny Beautiful Things" and "Saint X"; part two of the second and final season of "Firefly Lane" on Netflix; the conclusion of "A Spy Among Friends" on MGM+; the season two finale of HBO's "Perry Mason"; the films Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret., One True Loves and Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman; and the DVD releases of Jesus Revolution, Emily and Marlowe.

In Theaters

How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Release Date: April 7th (limited)
Based on: HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE by Andreas Malm

One True Loves
Release Date: April 7th (limited)
Based on: ONE TRUE LOVES by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Beautiful Disaster
Release Date: April 12th (in theaters April 12th and 13th only)
Based on: BEAUTIFUL DISASTER by Jamie McGuire

The Pope’s Exorcist
Release Date: April 14th (wide)
Based on: AN EXORCIST TELLS HIS STORY and AN EXORCIST: More Stories, by Gabriele Amorth

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Release Date: April 14th (limited)
Based on: Six short stories from three short story collections by Haruki Murakami: BLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN, THE ELEPHANT VANISHES and AFTER THE QUAKE

Everything Went Fine
Release Date: April 14th (limited)
Based on: EVERYTHING WENT WELL by Emmanuèle Bernheim

Rare Objects
Release Date: April 14th (limited)
Based on: RARE OBJECTS by Kathleen Tessaro

Sakra
Release Date: April 14th (limited)
Based on: DEMI-GODS AND SEMI-DEVILS by Jin Yong

T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets
Release Date: April 19th (limited)
Based on: FOUR QUARTETS by T.S. Eliot

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Release Date: April 28th (wide)
Based on: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET. by Judy Blume

The Eight Mountains
Release Date: April 28th (limited)
Based on: THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS by Paolo Cognetti

On TV

Film Releases

Along for the Ride

The Portable Door
Release Date: April 8th at 8pm ET/PT on MGM+
Based on: THE PORTABLE DOOR by Tom Holt

The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
Release Date: April 14th on Netflix
Based on: The Saxon Tales by Bernard Cornwell

Peter Pan & Wendy
Release Date: April 28th on Disney+
Based on: PETER AND WENDY by J. M. Barrie
 

Series Premieres

"The Good Mothers" (6-episode limited series)
Release Date: April 5th on Hulu (all episodes will be available)
Based on: THE GOOD MOTHERS: The True Story of the Women Who Took on the World's Most Powerful Mafia, by Alex Perry

"Tiny Beautiful Things" (8-episode limited series)
Release Date: April 7th on Hulu (all episodes will be available)
Based on: TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS: Advice from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed

"Transatlantic" (7-episode limited series)
Release Date: April 7th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: THE FLIGHT PORTFOLIO by Julie Orringer

"Obsession" (4-episode limited series)
Release Date: April 13th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: DAMAGE by Josephine Hart

"The Last Thing He Told Me" (7-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Series Premiere on April 14th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME by Laura Dave

"Waco: The Aftermath" (5-episode limited series)
Air Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on Showtime; Series Premiere on April 16th
Based on: WACO: A Survivor's Story, by David Thibodeau with Leon Whiteson and Aviva Layton (originally published as A PLACE CALLED WACO)

"How to Get Rich"
Release Date: April 18th on Netflix (Season One)
Based on: I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH: No Guilt. No Excuses. No BS. Just a 6-Week Program That Works, by Ramit Sethi

"Saint X"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Hulu; Series Premiere on April 26th (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: SAINT X by Alexis Schaitkin

"Love & Death" (7-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Thursdays on HBO Max; Series Premiere on April 27th (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: EVIDENCE OF LOVE: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs, by John Bloom and Jim Atkinson

"The Nurse" (4-episode limited series)
Release Date: April 27th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: THE NURSE: The True Story Behind One of Scandinavia's Most Notorious Criminal Trials, written by Kristian Corfixen and translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen

"Frog and Toad"
Release Date: April 28th on Apple TV+ (all episodes will be available)
Based on: The Frog and Toad children's book series by Arnold Lobel

"Tom Jones" (4-episode limited series)
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET on PBS "Masterpiece"; Series Premiere on April 30th
Based on: THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING by Henry Fielding
 

Season Premieres

"Ada Twist, Scientist"
Release Date: April 22nd on Netflix (Season Four)
Based on: The Questioneers picture book series, written by Andrea Beaty and illustrated by David Roberts

"Dalgliesh"
Release Dates: Mondays on Acorn TV; Season Two Premiere on April 24th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: DEATH OF AN EXPERT WITNESS, A CERTAIN JUSTICE and THE MURDER ROOM by P. D. James

"Firefly Lane"
Release Date: April 27th on Netflix (Season Two, Part Two: The Final Chapter)
Based on: FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah
 

Series Finales

"A Spy Among Friends" (6-episode limited series)
Air Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on MGM+; Series Finale on April 16th
Based on: A SPY AMONG FRIENDS: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by Ben Macintyre

"FX's Great Expectations" (6-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Sundays on Hulu; Series Finale on April 23rd
Based on: GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens

"Sanditon"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on PBS "Masterpiece"; Series Finale on April 23rd
Based on: SANDITON, an unfinished novel by Jane Austen
 

Season Finale

"Perry Mason"
Air Dates: Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Season Two Finale on April 24th
Based on: Erle Stanley Gardner’s Perry Mason novels and stories
 

Ongoing Series

"Call the Midwife"
Air Dates: Sundays at 8pm ET/PT on PBS
Based on: The Call the Midwife trilogy by Jennifer Worth (CALL THE MIDWIFE, SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE and FAREWELL TO THE EAST END)

"Lucky Hank"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on AMC
Based on: STRAIGHT MAN by Richard Russo

"Will Trent"
Air Dates: Tuesdays at 10pm ET/PT on ABC
Based on: The Will Trent series by Karin Slaughter

"The Big Door Prize"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+
Based on: THE BIG DOOR PRIZE by M.O. Walsh

"The Flash"
Air Dates: Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW
Based on: The DC Comics character The Flash, created by Robert Kanigher, John Broome and Carmine Infantino

"Riverdale"
Air Dates: Wednesdays at 9pm ET/PT on The CW
Based on: The characters of Archie Comics

"Not Dead Yet"
Air Dates: Wednesdays at 9:30pm ET/PT on ABC
Based on: CONFESSIONS OF A FORTY-SOMETHING F**K UP by Alexandra Potter

"The Power"
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video
Based on: THE POWER by Naomi Alderman

On DVD

Confess, Fletch
DVD Release Date: April 4th
Based on: CONFESS, FLETCH by Gregory Mcdonald

Living
DVD Release Date: April 11th
Based on: THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH by Leo Tolstoy

Emily
DVD Release Date: April 18th
Based on: WUTHERING HEIGHTS by Emily Brontë

Marlowe
DVD Release Date: April 18th
Based on: THE BLACK-EYED BLONDE by John Banville

Jesus Revolution
DVD Release Date: April 25th
Based on: JESUS REVOLUTION: How God Transformed an Unlikely Generation and How He Can Do It Again Today, by Greg Laurie and Ellen Vaughn