By Dave McNary at Variety: Nick Pustay hired to write ‘Shiver’
Former New Line toppers Michael Lynne and Bob Shaye are moving ahead on supernatural romance “Shiver,” hiring Nick Pustay (“Ramona and Beezus”) to adapt for their Unique Features shingle.
“Shiver,” penned by Maggie Stiefvater, centers on a bittersweet romance between a teen girl and a boy who becomes a wolf each winter. As the temperature drops, the race to keep him human begins. First installment was published by Scholastic Press in August and has been on the bestseller lists for 31 weeks. Sequel “Linger,” will be published in August.
“At the core is this heartbreaking love story, between two people who know that their time together is slipping away,” Pustay said.
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by Lindsay Soll at MTV News: The Uglies’ Book Series Is Being Fast Tracked Into A Movie By Screen Gems
On June 21, 2009 sci fi author Scott Westerfeld wrote a post on his blog titled, “Update on the Uglies Movie,” which amassed many, many reader comments. In it, he explained that while his series, “The Uglies,” had been optioned to be a movie, not much else had moved forward as far as a script, director or actors. But, he continued, “the producers did say that there’s lots of support for this project at their studio.”
Well, it may be almost eight months later, but it looks like Scott finally has good reason to update that post again. Industry sources have confirmed to MTV News exclusively that Screen Gems, in the wake of the success of its current release “Dear John,” is developing — and in fact, fast tracking (!) — a film version of “The Uglies” series.
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By Bob Minzesheimer, Jocelyn McClurg and Carol Memmott at USA TODAY: Book Buzz: ‘Mockingjay’ completes ‘Hunger Games’ trilogy
The title is out for the third book in the Hunger Games trilogy…
‘Game’ over: Since the September release of Catching Fire, the second in Suzanne Collins’ best-selling Hunger Games trilogy for teens, Internet speculation has focused on the title of the third book. The most common guess: The Victors. Not even close. Today, Scholastic reveals the title and cover of the last book in the series set in a dictatorship where teens are forced to fight to the death on TV. It’s Mockingjay, out Aug. 24. In the series, mockingjays are offspring of mockingbirds and jabberjays, a government-bred mutant designed to spy on rebels. Mockingjays become symbols of resistance. Collins is finishing her screenplay of The Hunger Games, the first book.
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By Charlie Jane Anders at io9: The Great Thing About YA Fiction Is, There Are No Genre Boundaries
Nowadays, “young-adult fiction” includes every type of story, including post-apocalyptic and fantasy, says Forest Of Hands And Teeth author Carrie Ryan. And then readers reach adulthood and we suddenly expect them to choose their genres.
Talking to Magical Words, Ryan says:
“One of the great things about YA is that all the books are shelved together (or split into “realistic books” and “SFF books”). There’s no distinct category for high fantasy or science fiction or romance or historical or contemporary issues. YA books can pull from anything they want so you can have a book that’s a post-zombie apocalypse romance that may or may not have a happily ever after or you can have a book about a school where cheerleaders are high tech spies thwarting an assassination or a book about killer unicorns and the virgin descendants of Alexander the Great who hunt them or one about a high school valedictorian who ends up pregnant and doesn’t know what to do.”
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I never noticed the flow that YA books have, but it’s kind of true. There’s some sectioning of the different types, but they are separated. Which gives teens the opportunity to explore all the genres. I read (and still read) a lot of different genres, and maybe that’s where it all started. And I’m so excited about the Shiver movie. I adore that book, and I can’t wait to see who’s cast.
What do you think of the Hunger Games 3 title and cover? Did you know about all of the upcoming movie adaptations?
