2025 is set to be a bumper year for film and TV adaptations with some classic novels being spun with a new twist. Get the full picture first by listening to the original story with Audible, Amazon’s audiobook platform.
With Audible’s spring sale, there’s never been a better time to dip your toe into the world of audiobooks, with a subscription for just 99p for the first three months, and £7.99 per month thereafter. Be quick though, as this offer ends on the 30th of April.
You can try Audible for free for 30 days, but for longer listening and greater value, the 99p for three months offer is the way to go.
Whether you’re listening on your daily drive, on a solo hike, at the gym or while pottering about the home, let these stories transport you into another world far, far from the worries and stresses of everyday life.
How to Train Your Dragon
While How to Train Your Dragon isn’t new to the film world, June’s release will be the first live action film rather than animation.
Cressida Cowell's popular children’s novel is read by David Tennant, who takes on the character of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III recounting his own wild story as a dragon trainer.
Frankenstein
Based on this undisputed classic gothic horror by Mary Shelley, this September The Bride! Will be hitting our screens, a new adaptation of the 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein.
The Running Man
Stephen King audiobook adaptations rarely disappoint, and that continues with this update of the dystopian sci-fi novel from 1982 (published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman and the basis of a 1987 film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger). With director Edgar Wright (of Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz fame) at the helm of the cinema release this November, the new film is eagerly anticipated too.
It: Welcome to Derry
Sticking with the legendary storyteller Stephen King, buckle up for the writer’s most chilling horror, It, set in Derry, Maine. Listen to the audiobook of the original, as read by Steven Weber, before tuning into the new HBO Prequel Series, led by the director of the 2017 It film adaptation, Andy Muschietti, and his sister, Barbara Muschietti.
Long Bright River
Starring Amanda Seyfried, this hotly anticipated crime thriller is coming to Channel 4, based in a Philadelphia neighbourhood where the opioid crisis has hit hard. Follow police officer Mickey Fitzpatrick as she hunts for her missing sister in Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel.
Listen on Audible now
Make the most of the Audible spring sale and bag a subscription for just 99p for the first three months, and £7.99 per month thereafter.