New movie adaptation of best-selling sci-fi novel casts A-list star

Here's everything you need to know about the highly anticipated sci-fi adaptation.

Fans of the sci-fi book have been eagerly waiting for the film adaptation, which was originally optioned by Studiocanal and Blueprint Pictures in 2020.

The film will be directed by Garth Davis, who also worked with Pugh on the upcoming Netflix series, East of Eden.

Laura Wade (The Riot Club) and Nick Payne (We Live in Time) will pen the screenplay for The Midnight Library.

The movie adaptation will go into pre-production this autumn, with the team hoping to start shooting at the beginning of 2027.

As reported in several outlets, Davis said of the upcoming film: "I couldn’t be more excited to reunite with Florence Pugh on The Midnight Library.

"Her warmth and talent are magical, and together, I know we’ll do something special working with Matt’s iconic novel.

"This is a story that moves us both — a celebration of life in all its possibilities and complexity."

Over 15 million copies of The Midnight Library have been sold worldwide.

What is The Midnight Library about?

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Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, and realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist, she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place.

Buy the Kindle version of The Midnight Library here.