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.

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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.

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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.

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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

New Audiobooks

5 new audiobooks out on the shelves now!

The Butterfly Clues by Kate Ellison

Having experienced compulsive behavior all her life, Lo's symptoms are getting her into trouble when she witnesses a murder while wandering dangerous quarters of Cleveland, Ohio, collecting things that do not belong to her, obsessing about her brother's death.

 

 Scowler by Daniel Kraus

In the midst of a 1981 meteor shower in Iowa, a homicidal maniac escapes from prison and returns to the farm where his nineteen-year-old son, Ry, must summon three childhood toys--Mr. Furrington, Jesus Christ, and Scowler--to protect himself, his eleven-year-old sister, Sarah, and their mother.

 

Teardrop by Lauren Kate

Since Eureka's mother drowned, she wishes she were dead too, but after discovering that an ancient book is more than a story Eureka begins to believe that Ander is right about her being involved in strange things--and in grave danger.

Divergent by Veronica Roth

Beatrice Pryor lives in a dystopian Chicago, which is divided into five factions devoted to different virtues. On a set day every year, sixteen-year-olds must select which faction they will devote the rest of their lives to. Beatrice must choose between staying with her family and being who she really is. Beatrice also has a secret, one she has been warned can mean death if exposed. Now, Beatrice will be forced to make tough choices that can determine the course of her future.

 

 Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Set over the course of one school year in 1986, this is the story of two star-crossed misfits--smart enough to know that first love almost never lasts, but brave and desperate enough to try.

Happy birthday...

... Stephen Chbosky!

We have your book...

and the movie that it was made into!

Movie Monday: If I Stay

It's time for another round of MOVIE MONDAY!  What's up for today?

THE BOOK:

In a single moment, everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall riding along the snow-wet Oregon road with her family. Then, in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck... While in a coma following the automobile accident that killed her parents and younger brother, seventeen-year-old Mia, a gifted cellist, weighs whether to live with her grief or join her family in death.  A sophisticated, layered, and heart achingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make--and the ultimate choice Mia commands.

Sounds so sad!  This is one I haven't read yet, but I know it's been quite popular.

THE MOVIE:

Summit Entertainment (the same studio that makes the Twilight movies) owns the right to this movie and casting is apparently underway.  Catherine Hardwick (director of Twilight) was attached to direct, but has dropped out.  Now attached to direct is Brazilian director Heitor Dhalia, who directed Gone, the 2012 thriller film which stared Amanda Seyfried. (who I love!) 

There have been 3 names thrown out to there to be possibly to be cast to play Mia.  Let's take a look...

Dakota Fanning

Twilight movies - Jane (one of the Voltori)

voice of Coraline

Secret Life of Bees - Lily

Chloe Grace Moretz

Dark Shadows - Carolyn

Hugo - Isabelle

Kickass - Mindy/Hitgirl

Emily Browning

Suckerpunch - Babydoll

Uninvited - Anna

A Series of Unfortunate Events - Violet

All three are great actresses, but I think Dakota is the best fit for the part.  I think Emily and Chloe are more...bad ass chicks to me.  What do you think?  Leave a comment~

Movie Monday - Warm Bodies

Happy Monday everyone!  Let's talk about another YA book being made into a movie:

THE BOOK:  Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
Alienated from his fellow zombies because of his dislike of having to kill humans and his enjoyment of Sinatra music, "R" meets a living girl who sharply contrasts with his cold and dreary world and whom he resolves to protect in spite of her delicious appearance.

This is a different zombie book - its from teh point of view of the zombie!  I haven't read this one but it's definitely on my list of 'to-reads' just for the totally unique plot.I  have a copy on order for Durham, it should be in soon.

THE MOVIE: Is coming out in February!  So start reading, copies will be going out like crazy for the next two months.  OH and there is a perfectly adorkable trailer out for the movie, let me try to post it here...

There!  Doesn't that look great?  Now get the book and get reading...I might just have to download it to my kindle, I want to start reading right away!

Movie Monday: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Happy Monday YAs!

The Book:

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children , an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow-impossible though it seems-they may still be alive. A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.

I haven't read this one, but it sounds pretty awesome.  Creepy tale plus kids in in vintage (think: old black and white) photographs?  Awesome.

What we know about the Movie:

20th Century Fox owns the movie rights and Tim Burton (omg!) is attached to direct.  TIM BURTON, PEOPLE!  That's awesome!  This is perfect for him!  I wonder if it'll be animated, stop motion, or live?  That's about all the news we have on this one so far.  Will fill ya in when I find out more!  In the mean time...read it!

Movie Monday: Delirium

Happy Monday YAs!  It's time for Movie Monday!  Your little sneak peak into the movies that may be/are being made from YA books~

The Book:

 

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Lena looks forward to receiving the government-mandated cure that prevents the delirium of love and leads to a safe, predictable, and happy life, until ninety-five days before her eighteenth birthday and her treatment, when she falls in love.

OH MY GOSH YOU GUYS I LOVE THIS BOOK.  Most of you know me and know that I love a good dystopia especially with some romance mixed in.  The idea of this story is so unique, I grabbed it as soon as I heard about it.  I'm sitting here trying to think about what I could type to tell you how awesome this book it, but I'm really having a hard time soooo.... Just read it.  :)

What we know about the Movie:

Not much.  It's been optioned by Fox, which basically means that Fox bought the right to make this movie.  The movie has a stub page on IMDB but no real info.  So share!  What would be your dream cast for this movie?  Who for Lena?  Who for Alex?

Also, isn't it weird that two weeks in a row that the main character is named Lena?  

Happy Monday~

Movie Monday: Beautiful Creatures

Happy Monday YAs!  It's time for Movie Monday!  Let's get right to it~

The Book:

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl - There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

I LOVED this book!  The setting is so well described, I loved the kind of gothic southern story.  I read this during the summer too, so I could imagine it really well.  I also listened to it on audiobook, which was also great.  (Gotta love well narrated audiobooks!)  I haven't gotten a chance to read the other books in the series, but I will definitely get there eventually!

What we know about the Movie:

The movie rights were bought in 2009 by Alcon Entertainment and Richard LaGravenese was attached to direct.  (director of P.S. I Love You and A Little Princess, among other things!)  They started filming this (Hooray!  It's officially coming to theater!!!) in May of this year.  So...on to the important part...

The Cast:

Lena Duchannes

Alice Englert is playing Lena.  She's beautiful, right?  Perfect look for Lena.  She's a newcomer to the acting biz, this being one of her first major roles.  I hope she does well!

Ethan Wate

Alden Ehrenreich is playing Ethan.  Not as thrilled with this one.  His main picture on IMDB is putting me off.  He's been in some TV before this, but this seems to be his first big movie role.  We'll see!

Want to see more of the cast?  Check out the film's IMDB page.

The movie is set to come out in February.  When we get a trailer I'll be sure to post it up here for you guys and gals.  Have a great Monday :)

Movie Monday - Sea of Monsters

2nd book and movie in the Percy Jackson series.  I've read the first book, haven't seen the movie.  I heard it wasn't very good.  What do you think?  Did you like it?  Do you think SoM will be good?  It's coming out August 16th 2013.

Movie Monday - The Host

Now, The Host is technically an adult novel.  But Stephenie Meyer is such a popular teen author that alot of teens have also read (and loved!) this book.  It's VERY different from Twilight (I actually like it better.  BLASPHEMY! I know!  But I do.  I want her to write a sequel quite badly.)  Here's the plot:

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love. Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.

Sounds weird, but its good.  A love triangle with only two bodies.  I love that line and it makes it SO UNIQUE!

Here's what I know about a movie:

 Oh boy, I love the movie poster already!  AND!  They cast someone that I love!  Saoirse Ronan!  Hooray!  And lookie, there's a trailer! 

I LOVE IT.  This makes me so excited!  March 29, 2013!

What do you think?

Movie Monday - The Graveyard Book

Now some people read this book and loved it.  I read it and I was just...meh about it.  And I usually love Neil Gaiman's stuff!  From me it would probably get like...a 5/10?  It just didn't hold my interest enough.  Here's the plot: Nobody Owens (AKA Bod) is a normal boy, except that he has been raised by ghosts and other denizens of the graveyard.  But I do think it would be interesting to see it as a movie.  Disney has bought the rights to the film and Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas and the film adaptation of Gaiman's novel Coraline has been chosen to direct.  Like his other movies, it's like that this one will also be stop motion, but that hasn't been confirmed yet.  I love stop motion, TNBC, and Coraline.  So, sounds good.  That's all the info I have for now!

Movie Monday - Wings

OH MY GOSH I LOVE THIS BOOK!  READ IT!  YOU WILL LOVE IT TOO!

Ok...whew...calm down...But for serious guys?  I love this book and the whole series too.  The last (4th) book in the series came out recently and I devoured it in about 12 hours.  Awesome end to the series.  For those of you who haven't read or heard of this one yet, here's a quick summary.  When a flower blooms in the middle of her back, Laurel discovers that she is a faerie and was placed with human parents as a child. As Laurel learns about her true background and the dangers that face the faerie realm, she struggles to find her place in both worlds.  And there is romance!  SWOON! Team David or Team Tamani?  (Tamani for me, all the way, what could be better than a faerie boyfriend with green hair?!?!)

Anyhooo.....Movie news!  Disney has bought the rights to the film and have attached Miley Cyrus to star:

Now, I DO NOT LIKE this casting.  I have nothing against Miley, I think shes great.  But not to be Laurel.  Here is who I want to see play Laurel:

Evanna Lynch AKA Luna Lovegood

Evanna Lynch played Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter movies.  She has just the right image that I imagined Laurel to be, a pale, willowy blonde.  I also think that Saoirse Ronan would make a great Laurel, cause Laurel is pretty kick ass and so is Saoirse as Hanna.

And David and Tamani!  No word on who will play them, but here are my picks:

David, Laurel's human love interest:

Josh Hutcherson (Peeta!) He's a little old, but I think they can young him down for this.  He's a good, solid 'human boy' if that makes sense.

Tamani <3<3<3, Laurel's faerie childhood friend and love interest...well I'm undecided.  He has to be super cute, kind of elfen looking.  I'll think more about it and get back to you.

Movie Monday - The Giver

Everyone's read this one, right?  I know I have...several times.  It's just so good!  Like the original dystopian novel!  Let me refresh your memory on the plot, just in case you haven't read it in a while.  The haunting story centers on twelve-year-old Jonas, who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Not until he is given his life assignment as the Receiver of Memory does he begin to understand the dark, complex secrets behind his fragile community.

There are two sequels to The Giver, Gathering Blue and The Messenger, which for some reason, I have never read.  And there is another book coming out in September titled The Son.

Now, on to the important stuff!  Here's what I know about the movie.  Now, they've been talking about making this into a movie for A Long Time.  For serious guys, this book is going to be 20 years old next year!  That's older than all of my teen patrons!  You can find a page for it on The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) and it says that the movie will be out sometime in 2013.  There is no cast information listed yet, BUT!  Jeff Bridges' name has been mentioned ALOT to play THE GIVER.  And personally, I think thats a great choice.  Here's a pic:

He'll make a great Giver, I'm sure.  But who should play Jonas?  I think that Asa Butterfield would be a great Jonas.  What do you think?

Movie Monday - Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

So, this series has been really popular.  I dont know how I haven't read it yet!  This is the first book in the Maximum Ride series by James Patterson.  The book is set in the near future and centers around the 'flock', a group of human-avian hybrids (98% human, 2% bird) on the run from the scientists who created them. It focuses on Maximum Ride (Max), the leader of the 'flock.'

In January 2007, it was announced that a film would be created based on the Maximum Ride series. James Patterson will be the executive producer. On August 7, 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures bought the screen rights to the franchise. The film was slated for an early to mid 2010 release. (obviously that didn't happen thou! Catherine Hardwicke (Twilight) will direct the first movie, with Don Payne (He wrote Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer) writing the script.  In January 2010 it was announced that the film will go into pre-production as the film's director Catherine Hardwicke asked for a script rewrite as she wanted more action in the film, delaying the film's release until 2013.

That's all the news I have for you at the moment, hopefully we will learn more when more starts to happen for this!

Who would you want to see play Max?  How about the rest of the members of his flock?

Movie Monday - Wither

Another week, another book into a movie!  This week it's Wither by Lauren Destefano.  Loooove this book.  Haven't read the sequel yet.  Anyhoooo, it's been optioned to become a movie by Prospect Park and Violet House.  Being optioned doesn't necessarily mean that it will become a movie, but it does mean that this studio owns the right to make it into a movie for a certain amount of time, usually 2 years.  But I'm really hoping!

Movie Monday - Maze Runner

Ok so, I know a lot of you read The Maze Runner by James Dashner last year cause it was a Nutmeg book.  Apparently lots of other people liked it too cause it's going to be a movie!  I really like this whole series, but the first book is most definitly my favorite.  The same woman who directed the Twilight movies, Catherine Hardwicke, is going to be directing and although not much has happened yet, according to Dashner's website the script is already written.

Who do you want to see play Thomas?  Teresa?  Chuck?  There are SO MANY GOOD CHARACTERS!  And how will the grievers look?  How will the maze itself look?  Oh man I am super excited for this one, I really hope it is done and done well!

Movie Monday - Divergent

So, Insurgent has been out about 2 weeks now.  Do you love it/hate it/haven't read it yet?  Do you need MOOOOREEE?  Well here I am to give you MORE!  Summit Entertainment, the same studio that made the Twilight films has acquired the movie rights for Divergent!  Very little information available so far and it isn't expected to be out in theaters until 2015 (3 years!  sadface!)  So all we can do for now is talk about who WE want to see play Tris and Four.  Leave your opinion on which actors would do it best!

Movie Monday - Matched

Hey YAs.  Did you read Ally Condie's Matched?  I did and I LOVED it.  So I am very excited to hear that it is going to be a movie!  Disney purchased the movie rights before the book was even out, so I think a lot of people knew it was going to be a great book.  Unfortunately that's all I have to report at this time.  Until I have more news for you, who do you want to see play Cassia, Xander, and Ky?

Movie Monday - City of Bones

You know it..you love it...it's Cassandra Clare's Mortal Instruments series!

And City of Bones is coming to a theater near you next year in August!  Sorry, you have like, more than a year to wait.  But wait, there's more!  Only two characters have been cast so far, and they are the main characters (of course)  So, who is going to be Clary?  Who do you want to be Clary?

Lily Collins will play Clary

What do you think?  Like/dislike?

Next up is Jace.

Dreamy, right?  He is Jamie Campbell Bower.  He looks a little ... old to me thou.  Dunno.  What do you guys think?

Filming will be starting in August of this year and it will be filmed in New York.  I'll let ya know when I hear more news.

Movie Monday - Marked

Have any of you read P.C & Kristin Cast's House of Night books?  I read them recently and I LOVED THEM.  I got totally addicted right away.  Naturally, I am *Thrilled* then to hear that in November 2011, the film rights to House of Night were bought by Davis Films.  HOORAY!  This is the same film company that made the Resident Evil movies.  Not much more news out there right now, but you can bet that I'll keep you updated on any new news I hear!

An image of the main character, Zoey Redbird, from the official website for House of Night