Showing posts with label Mockingjay. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mockingjay. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

YA Book Movies in 2015!

~Here are the YA books being made into movies this year~

Fallen
Author: Lauren Kate
Suspected in the death of her boyfriend, seventeen-year-old Luce is sent to a Savannah, Georgia, reform school where she meets two intriguing boys and learns the truth about the strange shadows that have always haunted her.

Movie still

Starring: 
Luce: Addison Timlin (Zero Hour, Californication)
Daniel Gregori: Jeremy Irvine (Great Expectations, War Horse, Life Bites)

Movie release date:  no date set yet, but sometime in 2015, probably late this year

Paper Towns
Author: John Green
One month before graduating from his Central Florida high school, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.
Movie still
no stills yet sorry :(

Starring:
Quentin Jacobsen: Nat Wolff (The Fault in Our Stars - Isaac)
Margo Roth Spiegelman:  Cara Delevingne (Anna Karenina)

Release Date:  
June 5th 2015

The DUFF
Author: Kody Keplinger
Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper starts sleeping with Wesley Rush, a notorious womanizer who disgusts her, in order to distract her from her personal problems, and to her surprise, the two of them find they have a lot in common and are able to help each other find more productive ways to deal with their difficulties.
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Starring:
Bianca Piper: Mae Whitman (Parenthood, Arrested Development)
Wesley Rush: Robbie Amell (Flash, Tomorrow People, Revenge)

Release Date: 
February 20th 2015

Insurgent
Author: Veronica Roth
As war surges in the dystopian society around her, sixteen-year-old Divergent Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.
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Starring:
Tris Prior: Shailene Woodley (Divergent, The Fault in Our Stars) 
Four/Tobias: Theo James (Divergent, Golden Boy)

Release Date:
March 20 2015

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2
Author: Suzanne Collins
Katniss Everdeen's having survived the Hunger games twice makes her a target of the Capitol and President Snow, as well as a hero to the rebels who will succeed only if Katniss is willing to put aside her personal feelings and serve as their pawn.
 Movie Still:
no stills yet!

Starring:
Katniss Everdeen: Jennifer Lawrence (Hunger Games, Silver Linings Playbook)
Peeta Mellark: Josh Hutcherson (Hunger Games, Epic)
Gale Hawthorne: Liam Hemsworth (Hunger Games, Expendables 2)

Release date:
November 20 2015

Other movies in development (being worked on, but not yet actively filming or anything like that):
  • A Great and Terrible Beauty
  • Scorpio Races
  • Wicked Loveley
  • Wither
  • Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
  • Diviners
  • Daughter of Smoke and Bone
  • Matched

Thursday, October 3, 2013

May the odds ever be in your favor...

Do you love The Hunger Games?  Or maybe you've been meaning to read it, but just haven't gotten around to it yet?  Well now is your chance!  The library will be hosting discussions for each book in the coming months~

Tuesday, Oct. 22nd - The Hunger Games - YA discussion 6:00-7:00pm, Adult discussion 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, Nov. 19th - Catching Fire - YA discussion 6:00-7:00pm, Adult discussion 7:30-8:30pm
Tuesday, Dec. 17th - Mockingjay - YA discussion 6:00-7:00pm, Adult discussion 7:30-8:30pm

Whether you've already read the books or are reading them for the first time, come and share your thoughts!

Copies of the books are available at the front desk.

 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Hunger Games - The Movie

Have you read the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins?  They are excellent books.  Let me give you the quick intro, if you have not heard about these excellent books yet.

                       
In a future North America, where the rulers of Panem maintain control through an annual televised survival competition pitting young people from each of the twelve districts against one another, sixteen-year-old Katniss's skills are put to the test when she voluntarily takes her younger sister's place.  (This is just the description for the first book.  I don't want to give away any plot points by telling you about the other two)

The first book (and probably the other two at some point) is being made into a movie, to come out sometime next year.  For you fans out there, I thought I would share the casting details we already know (or have guessed at!)

Katniss Everdeen
Jennifer Lawrence Picture
Jennifer Lawrence
You might know her from:  Winter's Bone or The Bill Engvall Show

Gale Hawthorne
Liam Hemsworth Picture 
Liam Hemsworth
You might know him from: The Last Song or Knowing

Peeta Mellark
Josh Hutcherson Picture
Josh Hutcherson
You might know him from: The Kids are Alright, Cirque du Freak, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Bridge to Terabithia, or Zathura

Effie Trinket
Elizabeth Banks Picture
Elizabeth Banks
You might know her from: 30 Rock, Scrubs, or Role Models

Rue
Amandla Stenberg Picture
Amandla Stenberg
You might know her from: not alot, she's pretty new!

Haymitch Abernathy
John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly  *Not confirmed yet, just rumor*
You might know him from: Cirque du Freak, Stepbrothers, or Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

Well those are just a few of the main characters, if you want to check out the entire list check out the Hunger Games page on IMDB.com