The works of Almudena Grandes, Cristina Morales, J.R.R. Tolkien, Don DeLillo and Sally Rooney, among the most anticipated series and movies.

The release date in many cases is still up in the air and some filming is late, courtesy of omicron, but there is no doubt that 2022 will live on to prove the strong link between literature and the audiovisual market. The new harvest will bring to screens this year the series adaptation of the novel by Almudena Grandes Los pacientes del Doctor García (co-production of RTVE, Diagonal TV and DeAplaneta, and with the participation of Netflix), the fourth installment of the works that the writer dedicated to the Civil War and the postwar period. Also in 2022, the version of La lectura fácil will be released, the novel that won Cristina Morales the National Narrative Award and which is directed by Anna Rodríguez Costa.

 The classic Nada, by Carmen Laforet, with screenplay by Elvira Lindo, and the film Los renglones torcidos de Dios, based on the novel by Torcuato Luca de Tena, directed by Oriol Paulo and starring Bárbara Lennie, are added to the list, setting a vintage tone. La novia Gitana, the literary debut of Carmen Mola, a pseudonym which is really three screenwriters: Antonio Mercero, Jorge Díaz and Agustín Martínez, winners of the last Planeta award, and La reina roja, by Juan Gómez Jurado, will be two of the best-sellers that will also join this elite group. Rainbow, an independent version of the classic, The Wizard of Oz, directed by Paco León, will also be released in 2022.

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