Polygon has rounded up the biggest book-to-screen adaptations arriving this autumn, spanning sci-fi, horror and fantasy titles drawn from acclaimed novels. The trend reflects Hollywood's continued reliance on established literary source material to attract audiences and justify ambitious projects, with several high-profile authors and filmmakers involved in bringing their works to screen.

Highlights include Apple's Slough House adapting Mick Herron's spy novels with Gary Oldman, Mike Flanagan's Carrie miniseries starring Matthew Lillard and Amber Midthunder, and an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun directed by Taika Waititi and starring Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams. Also featured are a survival thriller starring Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin, a Laika stop-motion film based on Wildwood, and Sunrise on the Reaping, Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games prequel starring Joseph Zada alongside Ralph Fiennes, Kieran Culkin and Elle Fanning.

– Slough House season 6 (Apple TV) adapts Mick Herron's spy novels with Gary Oldman
– Carrie miniseries from Mike Flanagan, starring Matthew Lillard and Amber Midthunder
– Klara and the Sun, directed by Taika Waititi, with Jenna Ortega and Amy Adams
– A stop-motion Wildwood adaptation from Laika studio
– The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, starring Joseph Zada and Ralph Fiennes