Editing Nick Hornby (section)

==Adaptations==
===Film===
Several of Hornby's books have made the jump from page to screen. Hornby wrote the screenplay for the first, a 1997 British adaptation of ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]'', starring [[Colin Firth]]. It was followed by ''[[High Fidelity (film)|High Fidelity]]'' in 2000, starring [[John Cusack]], with the action shifted from London to Chicago. After this success, ''[[About a Boy (film)|About a Boy]]'' was quickly picked up, and released in 2002, starring [[Hugh Grant]]. An [[Americanized]] ''[[Fever Pitch (2005 film)|Fever Pitch]]'', in which [[Jimmy Fallon]] plays a hopelessly addicted [[Boston Red Sox]] fan who tries to reconcile his love of the game with that of his girlfriend ([[Drew Barrymore]]), was released in 2005. [[Johnny Depp]] purchased film rights to the book ''[[A Long Way Down]]'' before it was published. The book was made into the 2014 film of the same name starring [[Pierce Brosnan]], [[Aaron Paul]], [[Toni Collette]] and [[Imogen Poots]]. The film adaptation of ''[[Juliet, Naked]]'' was released in 2018 starring [[Rose Byrne]], [[Ethan Hawke]] and [[Chris O'Dowd]].

===Stage===
''High Fidelity'' was also the basis for a 2006 [[High Fidelity (musical)|eponymous musical]] that shifted the action to [[Brooklyn]]; its book is by [[David Lindsay-Abaire]] with lyrics by [[Amanda Green]], and music created by [[Tom Kitt (musician)|Tom Kitt]]. The production ran for a month in [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], then moved to [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], closing after 18 previews and 14 regular performances.

===Television===
''[[About a Boy (TV series)|About a Boy]]'' was adapted for television and aired on NBC from 22 February 2014 to 17 February 2015. The show was developed by Jason Katims and it is the second adaptation based on the 1998 novel. The series stars David Walton, [[Minnie Driver]] and Benjamin Stockham.

[[Hulu]] premiered a 10-episode reboot of ''[[High Fidelity (TV series)|High Fidelity]]'' starring [[Zoë Kravitz]] on 14 February 2020.