April’s New Mystery & Thriller Adaptations (You Can Now Stream The Housemaid)

In December 2025’s adaptation roundup, I talked about thriller author Freida McFadden and her new adaptation when it was premiering in theaters.

Now you can stream the twisty thriller, starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, on STARZ.

You can watch The Housemaid trailer here.

Shohei Manabe’s legal manga Sins of Kujo is serialized in the weekly Japanese magazine Big Comic Spirits. It stars Taiza Kujo, a lawyer who is all about winning for his clients—no matter what it takes!

You can stream the live-action series adaptation on April 2nd on Netflix. Watch as a “crooked attorney,” who believes his only primary objective is to protect his clients, and a “by-the-book” elite lawyer dance on the line of morality as they represent their clients.

You can watch the Sins of Kujo trailer here.

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Shinobu Kaitani’s psychological manga Liar Game was serialized with 19 volumes in Weekly Young Jump (ending in January 2015) and is loved for its clever mind-bending games, as a girl is forced into a tournament of deception.

The adapted anime series will premiere on Crunchyroll on April 6th. Nao Kanzaki is too honest to survive the high-stakes Liar Game and needs a former con artist, Shinichi Akiyama, to survive the game…

Watch the trailer for Liar Game.

If the title rings a bell, it’s because A.J. Quinnell’s 1980s thriller series was adapted into an action film starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning in 2004.

Now Netflix has adapted Quinnell’s book into a seven-episode, action-packed, crime thriller series starring Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Special Forces Mercenary John Creasy. He’s aiming for a fresh start in life, but the past isn’t done with him, and there’s some revenge to be had. You can start streaming the series on April 30th.

Watch the Man on Fire trailer here.