Books have been since time immemorial an inexhaustible source of inspiration for directors and producers who have dreamed of seeing the stories of their favorite stories come true. And the series have not been an exception that now, with the explosion of the platform phenomenon in streaming, has been multiplied in the face of enormous competition.
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We have these works on view practically anywhere. You just have to look at the catalog of a platform like Prime Video to see the mark that literature has left in many of its contents. Without going any further, and to mention a case that in the coming months will become a worldwide phenomenon (on September 2), we have a production in which Jeff Bezos's team is already working: The Lord of the Rings The Rings of Power.
The one that can become the most expensive series of all time wants replicate the model of other big bets from rival platforms that, as is the case of Apple with Foundation, or HBO Max with your Game of Thrones, have blindly relied on literary adaptations to convince users and gain subscribers.
So we don't delay any longer. Next we leave you The ten best Amazon Prime Video series that are based on literary successes and that you can see right now. And you have themes of all genres: fantastic, superheroes, drama, comedy, police and even spy plots with some well-known protagonists by the public around the world.
The Boys
There are not a few users who consider comics as one more expression of this literary spirit and, therefore, The Boys we could classify it as an adaptation that you have available to watch on Prime Video since 2019. It is, surely, one of the freshest, wildest and funniest superhero fiction of the current scene, far removed from that mold that Marvel has invented for the genre, and which is based on the original comics written by Garth Ennis and drawn by Darick Robertson
The Man in the Castle
The Man in the Castle is the name of an extraordinary novel created by Philip K. Dick in 1962, author of science fiction classics that have inspired films like Blade Runner, Total challenge o Minority Report. On this occasion, we live in a dystopian world where the Nazis and the Japanese have won World War II. But curiously, there is a man who has some movies in which that is not what can be seen. In them, memories of a world appear in which the US and its allies did manage to defeat the Axis powers. A good starting point that will soon be separated from the adventures that are narrated in the novel.
American Gods
This series reaped extraordinary success at the time of its premiere and It is based on the book of the same title by Neil Gaiman. Through his intelligent narration, we will accompany a man named Sombra and a mysterious Mr. Wednesday who seems to know more than everyone who appears on the screen. Through a trip throughout the United States, the two will meet mythical gods from different mythologies and other more recent ones while we discover who their two protagonists are. Weird, funny and dramatic at times and highly recommended.
Jack Ryan
Amazon Prime Video acquired the rights to one of the most prolific characters in literature of the second half of the XNUMXth century. Tom Clancy created Jack Ryan in 1982 to star in one of the most celebrated books (and movies): The Hunt for Red October and, from that moment on, he became a regular in bookstores and cinemas. On this occasion we will meet a different Ryan from Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck or Chris Pine, since John Krasinski, the legendary Jim Halpert from The Office. The story revolves around an international conspiracy that compromises the US with some South American countries.
The Looming Tower
11/XNUMX is the date that marks the beginning of the XNUMXst century, with all the political changes it brought about in the following years. The Looming Tower is based on the book of the same name written by Lawrence Wright and wants to offer us an unprecedented point of view on what happened in the Twin Towers on the dates prior to the attack. We will know the security managers of the complex, the alerts that certain government agencies received that anticipated an imminent attack and, of course, we will live first-hand the consequences of those mistakes in some of the protagonists.
Masters of Sex
master of sex It is one of the most interesting series that we have on Prime Video, a platform that it reached after passing through Movistar+ in our country. It is based on the biographical work of the (almost) same name, Masters of Sex: The Life and Work of William Masters and Virginia Johnson, the couple who taught America how to love, Written by Thomas Maier. All their seasons tell us about the many experiments they carried out the gynecologist and the psychologist, and which served to create the scientific basis on which much of today's sexual knowledge is based.
Good Omens
Good Omens is a very particular series, in which an angel (Azifarel) and a demon (Crowley) share a forbidden friendship throughout the centuries while they try to find the antichrist who will end time. This fiction, which Prime Video decided to produce, spent many years in a drawer waiting for a real project. Obviously, it is the adaptation of a novel of the same name written by Terry Prattchet and Neil Gaiman.
The Vampire Diaries
Anne Rice is the writer who In 1976 he published his first novel of these The Vampire Diaries, with a work titled Interview with the Vampire. The adaptation of the 11 books were the basis of the series that you can see on Prime Video, a fiction that has eight seasons and focuses on the obsession of two vampires for a girl who lives in a town where some supernatural beings hide that They seek anonymity.
Justified
This series is one of the most interesting productions that you can see on Prime Video within its genre, a police drama that is based on the novels by Elmore Leonard and that is set in the mountains of Kentucky. Ready, Fire in the hole o riding the rap They serve as a literary base to tell us the story of a somewhat rude officer who left his hometown at the age of 19 to move to Miami. Now, after an unfortunate incident, he is forced to return home to continue his work as a law enforcement officer. The problem is that the customs of Kentucky have nothing to do with what he brings from Florida.
Mozart in the Jungle
And for the end we leave one of the pleasant surprises of the seriéphile panorama of recent years, un Mozart in the Jungle based on the book of the same name by Blair Thindall and which tells us the story of Hailey, a musician who tries to win a position in the New York Symphony Orchestra at all costs and who quickly understands that he has a problem with the conductor, a somewhat particular person.