Some intriguing book-to-screen adaptations are headed to big and small screens in March. We’ll be  offering in-depth columns about Queen of the Ring, a new theatrical film based on Jeff Leen’s biography of world champion professional wrestler Mildred Burke (premiering March 7), and a new Peacock limited-series version of Liz Moore’s bestselling crime novel, Long Bright River, starring Amanda Seyfried (premiering March 13). In the meantime, here are four more coming attractions:

March 7: In the Lost Lands (theatrical film premiere)

Fans of George R.R. Martin’s work have been waiting since 2011 for The Winds of Winter, the next installment in the bestselling fantasy series that inspired the hit HBO series Game of Thrones. There’s still no publication date for Winds, but this new film may help Martin aficionados to pass the time. It’s based on one of his early short stories, set in an entirely different fantasy universe than his novels, which first appeared in the 1982 anthology Amazons II. It tells the story of a shapeshifter named Gray Alys who, with the help of a mysterious figure named Boyce, ventures into the titular “lost lands” to find a werewolf. Milla Jovovich plays Gray Alys in the film, which is directed by her spouse, Paul W.S. Anderson; their collaborations, which include several Resident Evil films, can be counted on for lots of lively action scenes. The casting of the entertaining Dave Bautista as Boyce is also a plus; he’s best known for playing the tough-but-goofy Drax the Destroyer in several Marvel movies.

March 9: Dark Winds (Season 3 premiere, AMC and AMC+)

The second season of this excellent police procedural, based on a series of novels by Tony Hillerman, was named as one of Kirkus’ favorite adaptations of 2023. It stars Westworld’s Zahn McClarnon as Lt. Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police, Kiowa Gordon as young detective Jim Chee, and Jessica Matten as Officer Bernadette Manuelito, who all investigate crimes on a Southwestern Navajo reservation in the 1970s. The show, like the novels, often explores various aspects of Navajo folklore and spirituality; previous seasons were based on 1978’s Listening Woman and 1980’s People of Darkness. The latest draws on elements of 1973’s Dance Hall of the Dead, in which Leaphorn looks into a case involving two troubled youth, and 2003’s The Sinister Pig, in which Chee and Manuelito uncover a gas pipeline conspiracy. The three lead actors know their characters well, and their performances alone will make the season worth a watch.

March 23: Wolf Hall (Season 2 premiere, PBS)

The first season of this series, which aired in the United States back in 2015, adapted the first two books in Hilary Mantel’s trilogy—2009’s Wolf Hall and 2012’s Bring Up the Bodies—detailing the life of brilliant and brutal Thomas Cromwell, trusted advisor of King Henry VIII. In the latter novel, Cromwell’s actions lead directly to Queen Anne Boleyn’s execution; as our reviewer noted, “Mantel has a difficult challenge in keeping up our sympathy for Cromwell. She succeeds, mostly by portraying Cromwell as acutely aware that one misstep could land [him] on the scaffold as well.” He does, of course, land there in the Kirkus-starred final book of the trilogy, 2020’s The Mirror & the Light; it provides the basis for this second season of the TV series, which will air as part of PBS’ Masterpiece. It again stars the talented Mark Rylance as Cromwell and Billions’ Damian Lewis as Henry VIII, although several other roles have been recast—a perhaps-unavoidable consequence of the decade-long gap between seasons. Fans of the novels—and of tales of royal court intrigue—are sure to be entertained.

March 27: Bosch: Legacy (Season 3 premiere, Prime Video)

Michael Connelly’s long-running series of bestsellers starring Los Angeles police detective Hieronymous “Harry” Bosch began with 1992’s The Black Echo; two dozen more installments followed, including, last year, The Waiting. The books inspired two highly watchable Amazon shows starring the fine character actor Titus Welliver: Bosch, which ran from 2014 to 2021, and spinoff Bosch: Legacy, which began in 2022. On the latter show, the protagonist is no longer a cop but a private detective, but both series draw heavily on Connelly’s novels. This third and final season of Bosch: Legacy takes two books as its inspiration: 1993’s The Black Ice, in which Bosch looks into a death connected to a designer drug, and 2022’s Desert Star, in which the he tackles an unsolved murder that’s long haunted him.

David Rapp is the senior Indie editor.