V.E. Schwab is at it again as it was announced that her upcoming book, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, will be getting a film adaptation! Studio eOne, or Entertainment One, acquired the rights for the project, and production company G-Base, which had also previously acquired Schwab’s A Darker Shade of Magic for TV, will […]
When you have a famous grandmother, or in this case, a famous grandmother to the 5th degree, that even now she’s still remembered, of course you’re going to be named after her. Thus the story of Mary Shelley, the great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter of famed horror author Mary Shelley, is told. Writer/director/producer/actress Brea Grant gives voice to Mary […]
Grown-ish star Yara Shahidi is set to play Tinkerbell in Disney’s live action Peter Pan remake, Peter Pan and Wendy. This will be the first time the feisty pixie will be portrayed by a person of color. Shahidi joins Jude Law (Captain Hook), Alexander Molony (Peter Pan), and Ever Anderson (Wendy) who have already been […]
Disney has a sequel in the works as a follow-up to their 2019 live-action reimagining of The Lion King. Barry Jenkins who also directed films such as Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk will take on the film. “Helping my sister raise two young boys during the ’90s, I grew up with these characters. […]
Scott Westerfeld’s bestselling UGLIES series will star Joey King and be directed by McG. An Uglies project is in the works at Netflix and Joey King, who already has several projects going including The Kissing Booth 3 (currently in post-production), has signed on to star in the dystopian YA series. Along with starring in the […]
Book Review: SHINE by Jessica Jung
Jessica Jung offers delicious secrets about the K-Pop world in her debut novel, SHINE. Former Girls’ Generation member Jessica Jung writes about a girl’s tale into K-pop stardom in Shine. Six years ago, Rachel Kim, a Korean-American teenager, was recruited by DB Entertainment, the top K-Pop producing company in the world. Moving from America to […]
Viz Media just released the first 20 pages of FANGIRL, VOL. 1: THE MANGA, and we can think of many reasons of why we’re here for it! It’s been seven years since Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl first hit bookstores, so one may wonder, why should you get the manga when you’ve already read the book? Especially […]
Pretty Funny for a Girl is a great story that threw in the familiarity of a normal young adult contemporary with an added bucket full of good old fashioned humor. In the novel, we see Haylah, the main character, overcome her fears while throwing us through all her comedic lines and being the crazy and […]