News The Midnight Library Florence Pugh is Set to Visit Matt Haig’s The Midnight Library You can check out the books, but you can never leave? I think you can leave, actually By Molly Templeton | Published on May 15, 2026 Screenshot: Marvel Studios Comment 0 Share New Share Screenshot: Marvel Studios The very busy Florence Pugh has quite a lineup of adaptations in her near future. When she’s not starring in Marvel movies (such as Thunderbolts, pictured above), she’ll appear in the TV adaptation of East of Eden; the third Dune film; and now The Midnight Library, which is based on the novel by Matt Haig. The Midnight Library was optioned in 2020, according to Variety, so this news is a big leap forward for the project, which also now has a director: Garth Davis, who is also the director of the aforementioned East of Eden. His resume also includes the resolutely panned but intriguingly cast Foe; Mary Magdalene; and Lion. The Midnight Library screenplay is by Laura Wade (Rivals) and Nick Payne (We Live in Time). The novel was published in 2020 by Viking; the publisher’s synopsis goes like this: Somewhere out beyond the edge of the universe there is a library that contains an infinite number of books, each one the story of another reality. One tells the story of your life as it is, along with another book for the other life you could have lived if you had made a different choice at any point in your life. While we all wonder how our lives might have been, what if you had the chance to go to the library and see for yourself? Would any of these other lives truly be better?In The Midnight Library, Matt Haig’s enchanting blockbuster novel, Nora Seed finds herself faced with this decision. Faced with the possibility of changing her life for a new one, following a different career, undoing old breakups, realizing her dreams of becoming a glaciologist; she must search within herself as she travels through the Midnight Library to decide what is truly fulfilling in life, and what makes it worth living in the first place. If the name “Nora Seed” feels off to you, as it does to me, well. A colleague pointed out that it’s an anagram of REASONED. This makes me want to heave dramatic sighs, but I’m apparently alone in this feeling, as everyone loves this novel. It was a New York Times bestseller; a Good Morning America book club pick; and is beloved by actresses including Millie Bobby Brown (“This book really makes you think all about our choices in life”) and Jameela Jamil (“I can’t describe how much his work means to me. So necessary”). According to The Independent, “Haig is one of the most inspirational popular writers on mental health of our age and, in his latest novel, he has taken a clever, engaging concept and created a heart-warming story that offers wisdom in the same deceptively simple way as Mitch Albom’s best tales.” Haig himself said in a statement, “I am so happy that Nora’s story is in such great hands, and that her myriad possibilities will be vividly reawakened by the absolute perfect team. And I can’t wait for people to see my book reimagined for the big screen.” Variety notes that the film is expected to begin filming next year, so it’ll be a minute before you too can visit the Library.[end-mark] The post Florence Pugh is Set to Visit Matt Haig’s <i>The Midnight Library</i> appeared first on Reactor.