Jenny Downham's Before I Die has been filmed as Now is Good, with Dakota Fanning in the lead role. It comes out in the UK on 21 September.
Another one I've heard, though not necessarily a movie, is The Selection. It's been said to be a TV Show on the CW.
Harry Potter 7 needed two movies or it would have been 5 hours long.
Mockingjay does NOT need two movies. I hate that book. If they cut out all the whining, they could easily rally the movie down to 2 hours. Grr.
Another one:
A film adaptation of FAT KID RULES THE WORLD by K. L. Going comes out this year and it's currently touring on the Vans Warped Tour (makes me even more sad that Warped isn't coming to my city this year!). It's and indie film directed by Matthew Lillard, who fell in love with the story when he recorded the audiobook version. I can't freaking wait to see it.
I freaking love that book! And I love Matthew Lillard too!
Me too!!! Have you heard any of the audiobook? His voice is PERFECT.
Awesome thread idea.
Well, DIVERGENT is to begin filming by the end of the year. Kind of premature and there's no casting yet... but still cool. The book was entertaining (not SUPER-AMAZING, imo), but I think it will make a fun movie.
It kind of bugs me that Cassandra Clare has so much success when she's never to my knowledge acknowledged being a plagiarist back when she wrote fan fiction, but hey, whatever, right?
There are some options and sales in Publishers Marketplace.
- Alyson Noel's FATED, ECHO, MYSTIC, HORIZON, in The Soul Seeker book series, to Arnold Rifkin, producer and founder of Cheyenne Enterprises
- Chelsea Fine's ARCHERS OF AVALON Series, starting with ANEW, optioned to Tapestry Films (WEDDING CRASHERS)
- Martha Brockenbrough's debut DEVINE INTERVENTION optioned to Zucker Productions (Airplane, Naked Gun, Ghost) with screenwriter Randi Singer (Mrs. Doubtfire) adapting
- Libba Bray's forthcoming THE DIVINERS to Paramount
Haven't read it yet, but MISS PEREGRINES HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN appears to be in production. Jane Goldman (who adapted Stardust) is scripting and there are rumours that Tim Burton may be directing (but these might be out of date).
The one I'm dying to see is HOW I LIVE NOW. Filming has commenced (in Wales ) and Meg's latest update is here.
I've been meaning to read this one. Maybe beating the movie version will motivate me!
So, anybody if know if they kept the book's ending for the Perks of Being a Wallflower movie? Because a lot of people are gonna be unpleasantly shocked. It looks like a happy fun movie about a lovable loser for an 11 yr old kid to go to, and it has Hermione in it, but the book's ending is just about the opposite of the tone of the trailer, and not really appropriate for the movie's intended audience. I'm so curious!
It was pretty good. Not what I was expecting, though.
I haven't heard, but I do know it's not going to be intended for younger kids. They had a hard time with their rating. I think it started as rated "R" and they had to go back and cut some things to get it down to "PG." That's what I read on Perez Hilton (I know, guilty pleasure ) so I don't know how accurate it is.
The trailer seems super appealing for the 11-13 yr old set, but the book is more appropriate/readable by 14+. It's got Hermione in it for goodness sake! And lots of happy music, and dorky teenagers turning cool and discovering the secrets of mature teenager life. I could see them leaving out the whole "why is the MC an extremely damaged person" bit at the end.