December's Books on Screen roundup includes the season two premiere of "Reacher" on Amazon Prime Video; the films The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple, Wonka, Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever, Eileen, Ferrari and the Netflix premiere of Leave the World Behind; the season finales of "Black Cake" on Hulu, "Slow Horses" on Apple TV+ and "Sullivan's Crossing" on The CW; the conclusion of Showtime's "Fellow Travelers"; the premieres of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" on Disney+ and the HBO docuseries "Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning"; and the DVD releases of Dumb Money, Rumble Through the Dark, Butcher's Crossing and The Last Voyage of the Demeter.

In Theaters

Eileen
Release Dates: December 1st (limited); December 8th (wide)
Based on: EILEEN by Ottessa Moshfegh

The Cello
Release Date: December 8th (limited)
Based on: CELLO by Turki Al Alshikh

The End We Start From
Release Date: December 8th (limited)
Based on: THE END WE START FROM by Megan Hunter

Fast Charlie
Release Date: December 8th (limited)
Based on: GUN MONKEYS by Victor Gischler

Poor Things
Release Date: December 8th (limited)
Based on: POOR THINGS by Alasdair Gray

The Three Musketeers — Part I: D’Artagnan
Release Date: December 8th (limited)
Based on: THE THREE MUSKETEERS by Alexandre Dumas

Wonka
Release Date: December 15th (wide)
Based on: Characters by Roald Dahl

American Fiction
Release Date: December 15th (limited)
Based on: ERASURE by Percival Everett

The Zone of Interest
Release Date: December 15th (limited)
Based on: THE ZONE OF INTEREST by Martin Amis

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom
Release Date: December 22nd (wide)
Based on: The DC character Aquaman

All of Us Strangers
Release Date: December 22nd (limited)
Based on: STRANGERS by Taichi Yamada

The Boys in the Boat
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: THE BOYS IN THE BOAT: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

The Color Purple
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: THE COLOR PURPLE by Alice Walker

Ferrari
Release Date: December 25th (wide)
Based on: ENZO FERRARI: The Man, the Cars, the Races, the Machine, by Brock Yates

Occupied City
Release Date: December 25th (limited)
Based on: ATLAS OF AN OCCUPIED CITY: Amsterdam 1940-1945, by Bianca Stigter

On TV

Film Releases

Along for the Ride

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever
Release Date: December 8th on Disney+
Based on: DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: CABIN FEVER by Jeff Kinney

Leave the World Behind
Release Date: December 8th on Netflix
Based on: LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND by Rumaan Alam
 

Series Premieres

"Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning" (3-part docuseries)
Air Dates: Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Series Premiere on December 4th
Based on: MURDER IN BOSTON by Ken Englade

"My Life with the Walter Boys"
Release Date: December 7th on Netflix (Season One)
Based on: MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS by Ali Novak

"Culprits"
Release Date: December 8th on Hulu (Season One)
Based on: CULPRITS: The Heist Was Only the Beginning, edited by Richard Brewer and Gary Phillips

"Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
Release Dates: Tuesdays on Disney+; Series Premiere on December 19th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: The Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan
 

Season Premiere

"Reacher"
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season Two Premiere on December 15th (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: BAD LUCK AND TROUBLE: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee Child
 

Series Finales

"Fellow Travelers" (8-episode limited series)
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on Showtime; Series Finale on December 17th
Based on: FELLOW TRAVELERS by Thomas Mallon

"Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage and Reckoning" (3-part docuseries)
Air Dates: Mondays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Series Finale on December 18th
Based on: MURDER IN BOSTON by Ken Englade
 

Season Finales

"Black Cake"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Hulu; Season One Finale on December 6th
Based on: BLACK CAKE by Charmaine Wilkerson

"The Buccaneers"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+; Season One Finale on December 13th
Based on: The unfinished novel of the same name by Edith Wharton

"Sullivan's Crossing"
Air Dates: Wednesdays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW; Season One Finale on December 13th
Based on: The Sullivan's Crossing series by Robyn Carr

"Slow Horses"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+; Season Three Finale on December 27th
Based on: REAL TIGERS: A Slough House Novel, by Mick Herron
 

Ongoing Series

"Son of a Critch"
Air Dates: Thursdays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW
Based on: SON OF A CRITCH: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir, by Mark Critch

On DVD

Dumb Money
DVD Release Date: December 12th
Based on: THE ANTISOCIAL NETWORK: The GameStop Short Squeeze and the Ragtag Group of Amateur Traders That Brought Wall Street to Its Knees, by Ben Mezrich

Rumble Through the Dark
DVD Release Date: December 19th
Based on: THE FIGHTER by Michael Farris Smith

Butcher’s Crossing
DVD Release Date: December 23rd
Based on: BUTCHER'S CROSSING by John Williams

The Last Voyage of the Demeter
DVD Release Date: December 31st
Based on: "The Captain's Log," a chapter from DRACULA by Bram Stoker