#SDCC news starting - Comic-Con 2014

I was a tad upset to only get two days in pre-sale. I felt as a regular attendee now, I would be nailing the 4 day pass, but last year I didn't get preview and this year only two days! Luckily, in regular sale, I got the remaining days and preview, so PHEW! #SDCC miracle indeed!

My fave blog for comic-con is the 'unoffical sdcc blog' it is my go-to site and if you are attending Comic-Con this year, you should book mark the website and check it regularily!!!

Here is some info thus far:

First, Terry Crews made an appearance on Fox 5 San Diego news and revealed he would be returning to SDCC in a likely Hall H appearance for the upcoming Expendables 3:

Also confirmed for SDCC is 20th Century Fox film The Maze Runner, the upcoming film based on the James Dashner young adult series. The film was originally slated for last month (and it even appeared at Nerd HQ during last summer’s SDCC), but was pushed back to September19, 2014.

Also confirmed are Bates Motel, Sleepy Hollow, Into the Storm... I can't believe things are starting to get scheduled... hotel booking is Tuesday April 8 and my team of roomies is ready.... squeeee!!


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Adult-Edition Divergent Series book covers available...

Look what Tris and Four posted:


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Fictional Boyfriends...

TEEN.COM listed the hottest YA boyfriends....



I am digging most of these fictional boyfriends, but would most like FOUR as my fictional boyfriend... I am glad they omitted Edward Cullen... agreed - a bit stalkerish non?

Peeta is a bit weak, but I guess, outside of the Hunger Games and without the capitol's interference, he could be pretty awesome... Jacob has his perks... Gus.. man, I am way too into my fictional boyfriends LOL

I would add a few also... who would you choose? who is missing?

Hunger Games Catching Fire Cast's favourite YA novels

EW readers are in the midst of a bitter battle to crown the greatest YA book of all time. So who better to influence your opinions than the cast of one of the most popular young adult series of the moment — The Hunger Games.

Jennifer Lawrence (Katniss): “Harry Potter. I was so crazy about Harry Potter I read it twice. All of them twice. I didn’t have a favorite, I thought they were all amazing.”At the London premiere for the upcoming The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (in theaters Nov. 22), Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, and more opened up about their favorite YA series.

Josh Hutcherson (Peeta): ”I kind of, unfortunately, stuck to what the school made me read. I didn’t get to step out of that zone. I had the opportunity but I just didn’t take advantage of it. But my favorite book growing up was probably Catcher in the Rye. I loved that; it’s a great book.”

Elizabeth Banks (Effie): ”It depends on my age. I guess for the same age as these guys, I was a big fan of the Flowers in the Attic series. I was not really allowed to read those, but I snuck them anyway. I love those books.”

Sam Claflin (Finnick): “Mate, I don’t read. That’s why I got into acting, so I wouldn’t have to read books. I basically played a lot of football growing up — or soccer, whatever you want to call it. Basically, any class at high school that I didn’t have to read or write [in], I got involved. So no, absolutely not, no favorite book or book series…My wife will tell you that I do not read. I literally read Lord of the Flies about a year ago, I’m not kidding. I think this is the third project that I’ve been involved that’s based on a book and, until this franchise, I hadn’t read a single one. But then I did read all three of these in five days.”

Jeffrey Wright (Beetee): ”I was a big fan of The Hardy Boys when I was in elementary school, primary school. So they were probably my favorite series…it’s really pretty cool that we’re part of this franchise that encourages kids to read, much like the Harry Potter series. It also encourages them to take into consideration some of the challenges that we face, contemporarily in society, issues of classism and war and all of those things that as the world gets more and more kind of daft in its interests, you know, that we can encourage younger audiences and younger minds through a popcorn movie to focus on and ask questions about these things. I think it’s a really healthy thing.”

Willow Shields (Prim): “I like any book by John Green. He’s my favorite author ever. He’s amazing. I love him. But right now, I’m reading the last Divergent book [by Veronica Roth], which is really exciting. I’m kind of nervous. I love those books, too.”

Francis Lawrence, director: “I’m not sure about book series. I remember loving — although I guess it might have been when I was a little younger — all the Roald Dahl books. Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, The Fantastic Mr. Fox. I remember those were the big books for me when I was a kid.”

Jon Kilik, producer: “The things that I think kids like about this are what I liked about Brave New World and Lord of the Flies and 1984. Those were the books I grew up with and that’s what I immediately connected with when I read [The Hunger Games]. I thought this could be that for kids today.”

Nina Jacobson, producer: “I was a huge fan of the Narnia series. I loved them and had the good fortune to get to make those when I was at Disney. I couldn’t get enough of those books when I was a kid.”

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YA Novels....

I love YA and found this article to be quite good:

http://bookriot.com/2013/06/26/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-young-adult-fiction/

Ally Condie's 'Matched' novel seeking director for movie adaptation

Ever since news broke that Disney gained the movie rights to Ally Condie's 'Matched' Series fans have been anxiously awaiting production news.

Today, @Adammshankman tweeted about the status of the first 'Matched' movie saying:

"@luv2act12: @adammshankman Can we have any updates on the production status of #Matched ? :)" looking 4 director!

This is exciting news for fans of the series who are currently awaiting the third book in the trilogy scheduled for release November 13, 2012.

The series takes place in a dystopian future, in a society where at age 17, you are matched with your "perfect mate" based on an algorithm. In 'Matched' the story follows Cassia through her matching process and suspicion on how the society works after in error, she is shown TWO matches. I can't say too much more without spoiling, but it is a great YA novel and the the sequal 'Crossed' is just as amazing.

Scott Westerfeld, author of The Uglies Series, guest at Comic-Con

Scott Westerfeld
Author, The Uglies series, Midnighters trilogy

Scott Westerfeld is the author of 12 novels for young adults, including the Uglies series and the Midnighters trilogy, and 5 for adults. His books have won the Philip K. Dick Special Citation, the Aurealis Award, the Locus Award, the Victorian Premier's Award, and his adult book The Risen Empire was named a NY Times Notable Book of the Year. He has contributed nonfiction to Nerve, BookForum, and the scientific journal Nature. His current series is Leviathan, a steampunk trilogy for teenagers set in an alternative World War I and illustrated by Keith Thompson. The third book in the Leviathan series, Goliath, will be published October 4, 2011

'Shiver' gets Oscar Nominated Director... but who?

P2P writes:

The author, Maggie Stiefvater, and screenwriter, Nick Pustay, shared the news! Such a tease. Who do you hope is the director of Shiver? At least we can narrow it down to the best of the best!

Young Adult Novels to Movies features in EW

Not only is The Hunger Games the cover feature for this week’s Entertainment Weekly, but 10 top Young Adult in-the-works book-to-movie franchises are also profiled.

Among them:

Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl; Warner Bros.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare; Screen Gems
Delirium by Lauren Oliver; Fox 2000
Divergent by Veronica Roth; Summit Entertainment
Earthseed by Pamela Sargent; Paramount
Incarceron by Catherine Fisher; Fox 2000
Matched by Ally Condie; Disney/Offspring Entertainment
Pure by Julianna Baggott; Fox 2000
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater; Unique Features
Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion; Summit Entertainment

Read them before the movie...








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Earthseed screenplay to be written by Melissa Rosenberg

TheWrap writes:

Like The Hunger Games– Lionsgate’s new franchise –Earthseed is set in a dystopian future.

In this one, a group of teens has been born from the genetic bank of a spaceship and have no traditional parents.

“Ever since I was a kid, it’s been a goal of mine to see Earthseed get to the screen in an awesome way,” Paramount Pictures Film Group president Adam Goodman said in a statement. “To have Melissa Rosenberg and her Tall Girls company writing and producing this material is truly a dream.”

Mandy's Mind - I am so excited to see so many YA novels becoming movies. It's awesome to see!



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