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TV
Bestsellers on screen

Pedro Pascal in the TV adaptation of the apocalyptic thriller The Last of Us. Photograph: HBO

A host of eagerly awaited adaptations are coming to the small screen – but they’re not
all based on books. The Last of Us (16 January on Sky Atlantic) is a post-apocalyptic epic
inspired by the popular video game. Written by Chernobyl’s Craig Mazin, it stars Pedro
Pascal as a hardened smuggler hired to escort Bella Ramsey’s troubled teen out of a
quarantine zone and across the US, 20 years after the destruction of modern
civilisation. A strong ensemble cast includes Gabriel Luna, Anna Torv, Merle
Dandridge, Nick Offerman and White Lotus suitcase-squatter Murray Bartlett.
As for literary reworkings, journalist Taffy Brodesser-Akner has adapted her own
bestseller Fleishman Is in Trouble into a quip-smart dissection of a broken marriage (22
February on Disney+). Jesse Eisenberg and Claire Danes star as the New York
divorcees, but it’s the supporting pair of Adam Brody and Lizzy Caplan who steal the
show.
Landing shortly afterwards is The Power (March on Amazon Prime Video), a globe-
trotting blockbuster based on Naomi Alderman’s dystopian feminist sci-fi novel. When
women worldwide develop the ability to electrocute people with their fingers, it leads to
them becoming the dominant sex. High-voltage thrills ensue. Michael Hogan

Art

Sarah Lucas at Tate Britain, and more