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So much of the buzziest content coming to theaters and streaming services now is based on books as source material. Remember that trailer with Lady Gaga that everyone was talking about a few weeks ago? It's the one where she makes the sign of the cross and fiendishly promises "Father, Son, and House of Gucci." That movie is based on Sara Gay Forden's The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. The new Matt Damon/Jodie Comer movie The Last Duel, meanwhile, is based on a book of the same name that tells the story of the last legally sanctioned duel in medieval France. Apple just wrapped up filming part of its forthcoming limited series Five Days at Memorial -- based on Sheri Fink's book about a New Orleans hospital during Hurricane Katrina -- in Toronto, and is preparing to shift to Louisiana. And the newly released Nightbooks Netflix movie is likewise based on a children's book of the same name, from 2018.