Posts Tagged ‘Books’
‘The Host’ Head for the Big Screen
Update from Stephenie Meyer:
“I’m so excited to be working with Nick Weschler, and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz to bring The Host to a visual format. They’ve all been a dream to work with, so lovely and collaborative, and I feel like we’re in a really good place to make a great movie together. And then to have Andrew Niccol writing and directing? Truly awesome. If you’ve never seen Gattaca, go watch it now. One of my favorite movies of all time. It’s such a great example of character driven science fiction, which is ideal for The Host, no? I’m having an absolute blast imagining different dream casts, which I would post if people didn’t take my silly blogs so seriously these days. I’m looking forward to seeing the cast lists you come up with in the fansite forums, and if any of them match mine.”
So, very exciting. Yay Host!
XO
Steph
Per Variety:
Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to acquire screen rights to “The Host,” the first adult novel written by Stephenie Meyer, author of the “Twilight” series.
Andrew Niccol will write the script and direct.
In addition to writing four volumes of the “Twilight” series, Meyer has been heavily involved in the screen transfers, and she spurned several overtures for “The Host.” The producers continued lobbying the author and her UTA reps with a significant offer, a strong vision for the project and a collaborative spirit. Meyer eventually said yes.
In fact, Niccol first came under consideration after Wechsler and the Schwartzes asked Meyer what her favorite science fiction films are. “Gattaca” and “The Truman Show” were in her top five; Niccol wrote and directed “Gattaca” and scripted the Peter Weir-directed “The Truman Show.”
This has not been confirmed by Stephenie Meyer or her Rep, but Variety usually gets this info right!!!
If you have read ‘The Host’, its an awesome book, so happy this is coming to the big screen!!!
“Bella” Character Breakdown on OBS
Hey All, Check out the Character breakdown I did of Bella Swan for the OBS New Moon Book Club!!
Edward’s and Jacob’s will be coming soon!!
You can check it out HERE
The 51 Things…A Book You Need to Own
‘The 51 Things You Should Know Before Getting Engaged’ is a new book by Michael Batshaw (the real “Hitch”) and this is a book everyone (Men & Women) need to own.
How many people have you known that have gotten engaged to later end the engagment due to “differences”? or maybe you’ve been in that situation yourself. The problem comes for not really knowing your partner and/or getting together for all the wrongs reasons.
Well Michael Batshaw has come up with 51 things everyone should know about their partners before getting the ring!!!
With chapters like “Hollywood Gets It Wrong”, “Religion is not unimportant” and “Great Sex will not save a mediocre relationship”.
Excerpt from The51Things.com:
#02: Hollywood gets it wrong.
The sentence “This isn’t how it happens in the movies” has been uttered by many a person after the first nine months or so in a new relationship. Like some stereotypes, Hollywood’s portrayal of the bloom of first love, passion, and overcoming odds and adversity has some basis in real life—that’s one of the reasons we may relate to certain characters and situations. We imagine, based on our experience perhaps, things really could be this way, so we suspend disbelief and are drawn into the action. And, if we’re lucky, maybe for an hour, or a day, or a month or two—they are. But the nuts and bolts of working through the hard stuff in a relationship are rarely fully fleshed out on the silver screen. Hollywood’s portrayal of romance has a potent, influential effect on what we feel a relationship should really be with another person, and is capable of diverting our attention from what it actually is. Strange that Hollywood dictates reality for so many, since we ourselves are in fact the real people, and the ones onscreen are the fantasies or caricatures of us…
This is a book all girls need to get for their BFF’s, Sisters, Brothers, whoever!!!
‘The 51 Things You Should Know Before Getting Engaged’ is available at the following retailers:
You can get more information at www.The51Things.com
EW Exclusive: The Van Alen Legacy Video Trailer
From EW.com
“Often when fans talk about a book or TV show in the vampire genre, they feel the need to qualify their enjoyment by saying “It’s my guilty pleasure.” Not so with Melissa de la Cruz’sNew York Times best selling Blue Bloods series. Sure, as we pointed out when teen protagonist Schuyler Van Alen made EW’s list of the 20 greatest vampires in pop culture, we may have come for the star-crossed lovers: The Blue Bloods are a society of ancient vampires who cycle through lifetimes bonded to the same person (when they find one another, the memories of their previous incarnations return), which means Schuyler’s romance with handsome Jack Force, who’s tied to Mimi (the meanest — and most entertaining — girl on New York’s Upper East Side) was never going to end well. But we stayed for the slow-build family and murder mysteries. The more Schuyler learns about her unique past and the return of the Silver Bloods, vampires who prey upon their Bluer cousins, the more we want to know. Which is why just the title of Book 4, The Van Alan Legacy, on shelves Oct. 6, got us excited. Now that we’ve seen the trailer — nice and moody à la the Mad Men opening credits — we’re thinking about pre-ordering.”
Since the video trailer is exclusive, we can’t embedd at this time. So click HERE to see it!!
The Van Alen Legacy is available on Oct 6th
