December's Books on Screen roundup includes the series premieres of "Three Pines" on Amazon Prime Video and "Kindred" on FX; the season premieres of Netflix's "Firefly Lane," Amazon Prime Video's "Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan" and HBO's "His Dark Materials"; the conclusion of FX's "Fleishman Is in Trouble"; the season finales of "The Peripheral" on Amazon Prime Video and "The Mysterious Benedict Society" on Disney+; the films A Man Called Otto, White Noise, The Pale Blue Eye, Women Talking and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules; and the DVD releases of Bandit and Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile.

In Theaters

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie
Release Date: December 2nd (wide)
Based on: The manga series The Quintessential Quintuplets by Negi Haruba

Spoiler Alert
Release Dates: December 2nd (limited); December 9th (wide)
Based on: SPOILER ALERT: The Hero Dies: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Other Four-Letter Words, by Michael Ausiello

Living
Release Date: December 23rd (limited)
Based on: THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH by Leo Tolstoy

The Pale Blue Eye
Release Date: December 23rd (limited)
Based on: THE PALE BLUE EYE by Louis Bayard

Women Talking
Release Date: December 23rd (limited)
Based on: WOMEN TALKING by Miriam Toews

A Man Called Otto
Release Dates: December 30th (NY/LA); January 6th (limited); January 13th (wide)
Based on: A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman

On TV

Film Releases

Along for the Ride 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Release Date: December 2nd on Disney+
Based on: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: RODRICK RULES by Jeff Kinney

Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Release Date: December 2nd on Netflix
Based on: LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER by D.H. Lawrence

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Release Date: December 2nd on Netflix
Based on: A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens

Burning Patience
Release Date: December 7th on Netflix
Based on: BURNING PATIENCE by Antonio Skármeta

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Release Date: December 9th on Netflix
Based on: THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO by Carlo Collodi

Something from Tiffany's
Release Date: December 9th on Amazon Prime Video
Based on: SOMETHING FROM TIFFANY'S by Melissa Hill

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical
Release Date: December 25th on Netflix
Based on: MATILDA by Roald Dahl

White Noise
Release Date: December 30th on Netflix
Based on: WHITE NOISE by Don DeLillo
 

Series Premieres

"Three Pines"
Release Date: December 2nd on Amazon Prime Video (the first two episodes will be available, followed by two new episodes every Friday)
Based on: The Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny

"Kindred"
Release Date: December 13th on FX (Season One)
Based on: KINDRED by Octavia E. Butler

"The Witcher: Blood Origin" (4-episode limited series)
Release Date: December 25th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: The Witcher series by Andrzej Sapkowski
 

Season Premieres

"Gossip Girl"
Release Date: December 1st on HBO Max (Season Two)
Based on: The Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar

"Firefly Lane"
Release Date: December 2nd on Netflix (Season Two, Part One)
Based on: FIREFLY LANE by Kristin Hannah

"Slow Horses"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Season Two Premiere on December 2nd (the first two episodes will be available, followed by one new episode every Friday)
Based on: SLOW HORSES by Mick Herron

"His Dark Materials"
Air Dates: Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Season Three Premiere on December 5th (the first two episodes will air, followed by two new episodes every Monday)
Based on: His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman

"Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan"
Release Date: December 21st on Amazon Prime Video (Season Three)
Based on: Characters from the fictional "Ryanverse" created by Tom Clancy
 

Series Finales

"His Dark Materials"
Air Dates: Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Series Finale on December 26th (the final two episodes will air)
Based on: His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman

"Fleishman Is in Trouble" (8-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Thursdays on FX; Series Finale on December 29th
Based on: FLEISHMAN IS IN TROUBLE by Taffy Brodesser-Akner
 

Season Finales

"The Peripheral"
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season One Finale on December 2nd
Based on: THE PERIPHERAL by William Gibson

"The Mysterious Benedict Society"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Disney+; Season One Finale on December 7th
Based on: The Mysterious Benedict Society series by Trenton Lee Stewart

"Let the Right One In"
Air Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on Showtime; Season One Finale on December 11th
Based on: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN by John Ajvide Lindqvist

"Shantaram"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Season One Finale on December 16th
Based on: SHANTARAM by Gregory David Roberts

"Three Pines"
Release Date: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season One Finale on December 23rd (the final two episodes will be available)
Based on: The Chief Inspector Gamache series by Louise Penny

"Dangerous Liaisons"
Air Dates: Sundays at 8pm ET/PT on Starz; Season One Finale on December 25th
Based on: DANGEROUS LIAISONS by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

"Slow Horses"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Season Two Finale on December 30th
Based on: SLOW HORSES by Mick Herron
 

Ongoing Series

"Big Sky"
Air Dates: Wednesdays at 10pm ET/PT on ABC
Based on: The Highway series by C. J. Box

"The Mosquito Coast"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+
Based on: THE MOSQUITO COAST by Paul Theroux

On DVD

Bandit
DVD Release Date: December 13th
Based on: THE FLYING BANDIT: Bringing Down Canada's Most Daring Armed Robber, by Robert Knuckle with Ed Arnold

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
DVD Release Date: December 13th
Based on: LYLE, LYLE, CROCODILE and THE HOUSE ON EAST 88th STREET by Bernard Waber