{{Short description|Novel series by Rex Pickett}} {{Infobox book series | name = Sideways Series | image = <!-- include the file, px and alt: 200px|Cover --> | image_caption = | books = ''Sideways''<br>''Vertical''<br>''Sideways 3 Chile''<br>''Sideways New Zealand'' | author = Rex Pickett | editors = | title_orig = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | genre = Fiction, comedy | publisher = St. Martin's Griffin | pub_date = 2004, 2010, 2015, 2024 | english_pub_date = | media_type = | number_of_books = 4 | list_books = | oclc = | preceded by = | followed by = | website = }} The '''Sideways Series''' is a collection of comedic wine themed novels by Rex Pickett which include ''Sideways'', which was the basis of a 2004 film directed by Alexander Payne,<ref>{{cite web|title=Popping the Cork for a Twist on a So-Called Life|authorlink=Manohla Dargis|author=Dargis, Manohla|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/movies/16side.html|date=October 16, 2004|work=The New York Times}}</ref> ''Vertical'',<ref name="Decanter - sequel">{{cite web|last1=Mercer|first1=Chris|title=Sideways 2 film unlikely, says author|url=http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/530155/sideways-2-film-could-be-in-doubt-says-author|website=Decanter.com|date=17 July 2012 |accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref> ''Sideways 3 Chile''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thisischile.cl/8289/2/196/author-of-megahit-sideways-rex-pickett-sets-new-book-in-chile/Article.aspx|title=Author of megahit Sideways Rex Pickett sets new book in Chile|date=27 November 2012|website=Thisischile.cl|access-date=21 July 2016|archive-date=7 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907185734/http://www.thisischile.cl/author-of-megahit-sideways-rex-pickett-sets-new-book-in-chile/?lang=en|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ''Sideways New Zealand''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sideways New Zealand|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZxbUEAAAQBAJ|date=2024}}</ref>
==Overview== The series spans approximately eight years in the life of its main protagonist, a writer named Miles. At the beginning of ''Sideways'', Miles is a mostly unsuccessful screenwriter and functioning alcoholic who is taking his best friend Jack, a successful TV director, on a trip to California's wine country the week before the latter's wedding. ''Vertical'' takes place seven years later, during which time Miles has found literary success with the publication of a novel based on the adventures he and Jack experienced in the trilogy's preceding installment. Jack, on the other hand, has seen his fortunes decline following a divorce and an increasing alcohol problem. ''Sideways 3 Chile'' picks up about one year later, and features Miles taking a trip to Chile to research an article for a wine magazine.
==Novels== * ''Sideways'' (2004) * ''Vertical'' (2010) * ''Sideways 3 Chile'' (2015) * ''Sideways New Zealand'' (2024)
==Stage and musical adaptions== In 2019 it was announced that ''Sideways'' was scheduled to be adapted for a Broadway musical.<ref name=THR/> A play adapted by author Rex Pickett from the ''Sideways'' novel was produced at multiple theaters in the United States and the United Kingdom, including at the La Jolla Playhouse.<ref name=THR/>
In addition to the musical, it was reported that Rex Pickett had written screenplays based on his two ''Sideways'' sequels already in print, ''Vertical'' and ''Sideways 3 Chile''.<ref name=THR>{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sideways-development-as-broadway-musical-1206537|title='Sideways' in Development as Broadway Musical|date=May 2, 2019|author=Rooney, David}}</ref>
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Category:American novels adapted into films Category:American novel series Category:Books about wine Category:St. Martin's Press books