September 2023
Books on Screen
September 2023

September's Books on Screen roundup includes the season premieres of "The Morning Show" on Apple TV+, "The Wheel of Time" on Amazon Prime Video, and "Virgin River" on Netflix; the series premieres of AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon," Hulu's "The Other Black Girl," Apple TV+'s "The Changeling," and Netflix's "Dear Child"; the season finales of "Harlan Coben’s Shelter" on Amazon Prime Video and "Dark Winds" on AMC; the Netflix film Love at First Sight, along with the theatrical releases of Dumb Money and A Haunting in Venice; and the DVD releases of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, God Is a Bullet and Corner Office.
In Theaters
Zombie Town
Release Date: September 1st (limited)
Based on: ZOMBIE TOWN by R. L. Stine
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Release Date: September 8th (limited)
Based on: ARISTOTLE AND DANTE DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
After Everything
Release Date: September 13th (in theaters September 13th and 14th only)
Based on: Characters from the After series by Anna Todd
A Haunting in Venice
Release Date: September 15th (wide)
Based on: HALLOWE'EN PARTY by Agatha Christie
Dumb Money
Release Date: September 15th (limited)
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
On TV
Film Releases
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Release Date: September 14th on Netflix
Based on: EHRENGARD by Karen Blixen
Once Upon a Crime
Release Date: September 14th on Netflix
Based on: LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD MEETS A CORPSE ON HER JOURNEY by Aito Aoyaga
Love at First Sight
Release Date: September 15th on Netflix
Based on: THE STATISTICAL PROBABILITY OF LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT by Jennifer E. Smith
Robots
Release Date: September 15th on Hulu
Based on: The short story "The Robot Who Looked Like Me" from THE ROBOT WHO LOOKED LIKE ME by Robert Sheckley
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Release Date: September 27th on Netflix
Based on: The short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" from THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR AND SIX MORE by Roald Dahl
Series Premieres
"Dear Child" (6-episode limited series)
Release Date: September 7th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: DEAR CHILD by Romy Hausmann
"The Changeling"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Series Premiere on September 8th (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: THE CHANGELING by Victor LaValle
"The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on AMC; Series Premiere on September 10th
Based on: The comic book series The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
"The Swarm"
Air Dates: Tuesdays at 9pm ET/PT on The CW; Series Premiere on September 12th
Based on: THE SWARM by Frank Schätzing
"The Other Black Girl"
Release Date: September 13th on Hulu (Season One)
Based on: THE OTHER BLACK GIRL by Zakiya Dalila Harris
"Thursday's Widows" (6-episode limited series)
Release Date: September 14th on Netflix (all episodes will be available)
Based on: THURSDAY NIGHT WIDOWS by Claudia Piñeiro
"Wilderness"
Release Date: September 15th on Amazon Prime Video (Season One)
Based on: WILDERNESS by B.E. Jones
"The Irrational"
Air Dates: Mondays at 10pm ET/PT on NBC; Series Premiere on September 25th
Based on: PREDICTABLY IRRATIONAL: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, by Dan Ariely
Season Premieres
"The Wheel of Time"
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season Two Premiere on September 1st (the first three episodes will be available)
Based on: The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
"Van der Valk"
Air Dates: Sundays at 10pm ET/PT on PBS "Masterpiece"; Season Three Premiere on September 3rd
Based on: The Van der Valk series by Nicolas Freeling
"Virgin River"
Release Date: September 7th on Netflix (Season Five, Part One)
Based on: The Virgin River series by Robyn Carr
"The Morning Show"
Release Dates: Wednesdays on Apple TV+; Season Three Premiere on September 13th (the first two episodes will be available)
Based on: TOP OF THE MORNING: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV by Brian Stelter
Series Finale
"The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart" (7-episode limited series)
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Series Finale on September 1st
Based on: THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART by Holly Ringland
Season Finales
"Dark Winds"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on AMC; Season Two Finale on September 3rd
Based on: The Leaphorn & Chee series by Tony Hillerman
"Harley Quinn"
Release Dates: Thursdays on Max; Season Four Finale on September 14th
Based on: The DC Comics character of the same name created by Paul Dini and Bruce Timm
"Foundation"
Release Dates: Fridays on Apple TV+; Season Two Finale on September 15th
Based on: The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov
"Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on HBO; Season Two Finale on September 17th
Based on: SHOWTIME: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, by Jeff Pearlman
"Harlan Coben’s Shelter"
Release Dates: Fridays on Amazon Prime Video; Season One Finale on September 22nd
Based on: SHELTER: A Mickey Bolitar Novel by Harlan Coben
Ongoing Series
"When Calls the Heart"
Air Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on Hallmark Channel
Based on: The When Calls the Heart series by Janette Oke
"The Winter King"
Release Dates: Sundays at 9pm ET/PT on MGM+
Based on: THE WINTER KING by Bernard Cornwell
"Son of a Critch"
Air Dates: Mondays at 8pm ET/PT on The CW
Based on: SON OF A CRITCH: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir, by Mark Critch
On DVD
God Is a Bullet
DVD Release Date: September 5th
Based on: GOD IS A BULLET by Boston Teran
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
DVD Release Date: September 5th
Based on: The Marvel Comics character Spider-Man
Corner Office
DVD Release Date: September 12th
Based on: THE ROOM by Jonas Karlsson