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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

Along for the Ride

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