The slate of YA adaptations in 2022 is much more promising for representation than it has been in a while. But it should be noted that we’re still no where near representative of either the YA reader world at large nor the category of YA literature itself. We can only hope that the adaptations being slated for future years continue this growth trend and we’re able to enjoy as much inclusivity as possible as films and series from YA books continue to flourish. This look at 2022 YA books to movies and YA books to series specifically focuses on the adaptations that are either currently filming, are in post-production, are completed, or have scheduled release dates. Titles currently filming may not release in 2022, but there is a chance they’ll hit in late summer or fall, while films in post-production are closest to release and will likely see a 2022 date. Dates are listed where possible, but note they could be tentative, given any number of circumstances. Grab your calendars, both the one you know you’ll need and the tentative one you’ll use for future planning, and get these YA books to movies hitting big and small screens in 2022 on ’em.
YA Books to Movies 2022
What’s especially interesting about this slate of 2022 adaptations is how many of them are from backlist YA titles, as well as how many of them are contemporary titles or contemporary titles with a heavy romance theme. It’s fantastic to see award-winning titles like Medina’s being developed alongside long-time fan favorites like Vampire Academy. That Thomas’s work will once again grace big screens is a reminder how much the push for more inclusivity in YA translates to major audiences, particularly where the audiences for whom the work is for have been perennially underrepresented.
It’s her photography on social media that begins to get her some attention from boys and now she’s stuck between determining and moving toward the future she wants or finding love (or both!).
There’s not a release date for this film yet, and while it is still not yet in production — the only one on the list that isn’t post-production yet — this is a project that will be a Disney+ streaming title. That suggests there will be a quick turnaround, which sounds more and more certain than not.
Along for the Ride follows Auden during the summer before college when she struggles with bouts of insomnia. She meets Eli, a fellow insomniac, and he offers her an opportunity to get to know the fun and carefree teen life across Colby, a beachside town, that she’s never been able to have before.
Starring Rachel McAdams and Kathy Bates, among others, the story follows 11-year-old Margaret when she and her family move from the city to the suburbs and now, she has to figure out who she is, how to make new friends, and how to traverse the tricky and sometimes embarrassing realities of adolescence.
Though there is no release date or distribution announced, filming wrapped up in late June 2021, so keep an eye out for it sometime this summer or fall.
There’s no set release date or distribution yet, but given the film has been noted as post-production, it is likely to hit sometime in mid to late 2022.
This series, to be released on Netflix, is inspired by a real-life story and should drop soon — the title page and description are already up on the streaming network.
There will be eight episodes in the first season of the show, which wrapped up filming in August 2021. The drop date hasn’t been announced, but it’s to be live very soon.
The story follows Nick and Charlie, two teen boys at an all-boys school who are as opposite as can be. When they’re seated next to each other in class, a budding friendship starts to develop into something different. A queer romance with sports, mental illness, and how it is one comes to understand who they are as a person and a partner.
Season 1 of the show will start with eight episodes.
Jordan Fisher is producing and starring in Hello, Goodbye, and if his name sounds familiar, that’s because he played John Ambrose in the Netflix adaptation of To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before.
If you loved the Fear Street films, chances are this will be up your alley, too.
The film is in production, and Thomas has been sharing bits of behind the scenes work on Instagram and Twitter. Though there’s no release date or distribution yet set, it’s not hard to imagine this making its way onto screens in fall or early winter 2022.
This will be an Apple TV original film, slated to hit small screens sometime in 2022.
Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan (yes, as in the one behind the Pike adaptation) are bringing their efforts to this adaptation, which is slated for Netflix. The six episode series will hit screens in October.
Joey King is adapting the book for Netflix, which is set to wrap up production in January. A late 2022 drop is not out of the question.
The new series will land on Peacock, which ordered the show in early 2021, and with filming about under wraps, it’ll likely hit the streaming service in 2022. Julie Plec, who is adapting the series, pitches it as “modern day Bridgerton with vampires.”
There’s a great chance of this series hitting in 2022, and it might even coincide with the book’s adaptation into a graphic novel.
