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Outside of the release of Chain of Gold in March, things have been relatively quiet in the world of Cassandra Clare‘s Shadowhunter Chronicles more recently. However, that’s changing with a big new rumor! The Cinema Spot is claiming to have an exclusive scoop that The Infernal Devices has landed in development at BBC Three, the […]
Within days of the June 2019 announcement that Suzanne Collins was set to release a prequel to The Hunger Games, Lionsgate publicly announced its interest in developing it into a movie. Well, the studio behind the original franchise and the author have managed to strike up a deal before the book is even released! The […]
After seeing the success of the genre on other streamers, Amazon has slowly but surely been working to improve their YA offerings. The studio’s latest adaptation is a modern tale of mystery with a dose of adventure: Jennifer Lynn Barnes‘ The Inheritance Games. The story follows a teen who unexpectedly inherits the fortune of an […]
After the success of Five Feet Apart, actor/director Justin Baldoni has found his next big project: An adaptation of Katie Khan‘s 2017 novel Hold Back The Stars! The story follows Carys and Max, who are stuck in space with only 90 minutes of oxygen left. As the two drift, they look back at life on […]
Abigail Hing Wen‘s debut novel is coming to the screen with a little help from the team that adapted the To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before books! Loveboat, Taipei, the New York Times bestseller released in early January, has been optioned by ACE Entertainment for adaptation. The announcement from Deadline doesn’t specify the type […]
Maurene Goo has combined K-drama and the Korean-American experience into a series of beloved YA novels and now, one of them is on their way to the big screen! A-Major Media, a new production banner that focuses on bringing Asian-American stories to the screen, has scooped up Goo’s 2015 novel I Believe In A Thing […]
Oftentimes, we hear about adaptations coming as soon as the rights are bought or a distributor picks it up, but in the case of A.K. Small‘s Bright Burning Stars, news didn’t break until the production was well underway! Renamed Birds of Paradise for the screen, the story follows two best friends and lifelong ballet dancers […]
It’s a good year for author Krystal Sutherland! Late last year her debut novel, Our Chemical Hearts, was announced as an Amazon Studios film starring Lili Reinhart and Austin Abrams. It’s expected our sometime this year. Now, Sutherland’s second book is being adapted as well! The rights to A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares were […]
Lyla Lee‘s YA novel I’ll Be The One isn’t due out until the summer, but this tale of a bisexual Korean-American teen in the competition of her dreams is already getting a movie! After a bidding war for the movie rights sparked up between five production companies, HBO Max snatched up the highest bid. Nahnatchka […]
Seminal Australian YA novel On The Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta is one step closer to coming to the screen. The novel about loss, discovery, and the family we choose has been picked up by Wild Sheep Content, a new company owned by former Netflix executive Erik Barmack, in conjunction with Werner Film Productions and […]