Film News: ‘The Book Thief’ Gets Its Cast!

The Book Thief has become one of those staple YA books that people make you feel bad for not reading yet. (Okay, OKAY, I will read it!) The movie adaptation, which has been in the works for a couple years now,…

Film News: ‘Vampire Academy’ Casts Its Three Leads!

The road to making a Vampire Academy movie has been a bit of struggle for producers Mike Preger and Don Murphy. But the project has recently received new life by nabbing a screenwriter, Dan Waters (Heathers), and a director, Mark…

Film News: Kate Winslet In Talks to Star in ‘Divergent’

It seemed like casting news for Summit Entertainment’s new YA franchise, Divergent, came to a halt since Shailene Woodley was cast as the lead a few months ago. Sure, there have been rumors on which actors will play opposite her…

TV News: FOX Orders Pilot for Lauren Oliver’s ‘Delirium’

While the general focus with YA in Hollywood seems to be on adapting these stories into film, I get excited when we get news that one is a TV project instead. I read a ton of YA, and for the…

Books to Movies: Which of Your Favorite YA Reads Might/Will Hit the Big Screen?

  Hollywood is gobbling up movie rights to almost every best-selling Young Adult novel to hit book stands in the past few years. Can you blame them? Every studio is looking for the new Harry Potter, Twilight and now Hunger…