For 2026, Deadline invited readers to "on a trip around the world of literature as we survey the international titles that are coming to the big and small screen." Among the highly anticipated titles:
Argentina: The Future Is Ours, a limited series inspired by Philip K. Dick's The World Jones Made (Netflix).
Brazil: The Pilgrimage, a movie based on Paulo Coelho's novel, directed by Vicente Amorim (Senna).
Canada: Last Night in Montreal, adapted for the big screen by author Emily St. John Mandel and Semi Chellas.
Canada: Flesh, a film based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by David Szalay.
France: Lucky Luke, a Disney+ TV project based on the classic Morris and Goscinny comic book series.
Germany: Momo, a film adaptation of Michael Ende's (The Neverending Story) book, starring Martin Freeman, Alexa Goodall, Claes Bang, and Laura Haddock.
Greece: The Great Chimera, a series adapted from the novel by M. Karagatsis, starring Fotinì Peluso, Andreas Konstantinou, and Dimitris Kitsos.
Iceland: Fury, a series inspired by the legendary Icelandic Sturlunga saga, directed by Benedict Andrews (Seberg).
India: The Revolutionaries, inspired by the nonfiction book Revolutionaries: The Other Story of How India Won Its Freedom by Sanjeev Sanyal (Prime Video).
Ireland: Grown Ups, a series adaptation of the novel by Marian Keyes (Netflix).
Italy: No Place to Be Single, a movie based on the book by Felicia Kingsley (Prime Video).
Japan: Faking Beethoven, a film adapted from Shiho Kagehara's nonfiction book Faking Beethoven: The Great Producer Lies (Prime Video).
Mexico: Mal de Amores (Lovesick), a film based on the book by Ángeles Mastretta (Netflix).
Norway: Jo Nesbø's Detective Hole, a series adaptation based on Nesbø's Detective Harry Hole books (Netflix).
Poland: Pionek, a series based on the second novel in the crime series by Małgorzata Fugiel-Kuźmińska and Michał Kuźmiński (SkyShowtime).
Saudi Arabia: Traveler's Hell, a movie adapted by Osamah Almuslim from his book.
Spain: The House of the Spirits, a series based on Isabel Allende's novel (Prime Video).
Sweden: When the Cranes Fly South, a film adaptation of the book by Lisa Ridzén.