Showing posts with label young adult. Show all posts
Showing posts with label young adult. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

‘Broken’ TV Series Based on YA Novel

Book-to-TV news!

According to The Wrap, production company Preferred Content is producing Susan Jane Bigelow’s YA novel “Broken” as a series for television. 


“Broken” is set in a dystopian future where a single fascist government rules humanity and its colonies. The story follows Broken, a derelict superheroine who has lost the power to fly, and Michael Forward, a clairvoyant teenager, as they race to save a boy who has the potential to bring peace to Earth. As they flee government thugs, bloodthirsty separatist soldiers and Broken’s former lover (a superhero gone bad), Broken and Michael must come to terms with their painful pasts and choose between doing the easy thing and doing the right thing. 


Monday, April 27, 2015

Hailee Steinfeld to Star in Supernatural YA Thriller ‘Break My Heart 1,000 Times’




More book to movie news!

According to The Wrap:

Hailee Steinfeld is attached to star in supernatural romantic thriller “Break My Heart 1,000 Times,” based on the novel by Daniel Waters. Gold Circle is behind the adaptation, which was written by Jason Fuchs and will be directed by Scott Speer.

Described as “The Fault in Our Stars” meets “The Sixth Sense,” the film is set after a cataclysmic event that has torn apart the barrier between our world and the next, leaving “Remnants,” ghost-like essences of the deceased as part of everyday life.


Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Fox and Temple Hill Entertainment Acquire The Young Elites



More book to movie news! According to The Hollywood Reporter Fox and Temple Hill Entertainment have acquired Marie Lu's fantasy YA The Young Elites.