YA Novel Film Adaptations!

Here are some of the YA novels that have been opted for film adaptations:

Firelight

The new book by bestselling author Sophie Jordan, is coming to the big screen. Mandalay Pictures has picked up the rights to this young adult novel. Stay tuned for casting and release dates!
  
Incarceron
  
If you’re a Taylor Lautner fan you may be interested to know that he is reported to star in the movie adaptation of Incarceron by Catherine Fisher. The movie is due to come out sometime in 2013. You can also check out the sequel, Sapphique, here at the library!


Wake
  
Miley Cyrus is attached to star in the movie being developed by MTV Films which is based on the novel Wake by Lisa McMann. Be sure to check out the sequels available at the library, Fade and Gone. McMann also has a new novel coming out in February called Cryer’s Cross.

City of Bones

Actress Lily Collins, who is best known for her role in "The Blind Side", has been cast as Clary in the movie adaptation of Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments due out in 2012.

The Hunger Games

It's due out March 23, 2012, and I personally cannot wait! to see which actors will be portraying which characters, and the most recent theatrical trailer, you can Click Here

The Maze Runner

Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke is set to take James Dashner’s first novel of the sci-fi trilogy to the big screen. Be sure to check out the sequel The Scorch Trials at the library!


If I Stay

Release Date: TBA
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Director: Heitor Dhalia
Screenwriter: Shauna Cross
Starring: Not Available
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Official Website: Not Available
Review: Not Available
DVD Review: Not Available
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: Not Available
Production Stills: Not Available


Plot Summary: Based on Gayle Forman's novel of the same name. "If I Stay" is the story of the gifted classical musician Mia and her boyfriend, Adam, an up and coming indie-rock star. Torn between two paths in life, her art or her relationship, Mia is forced to make an even starker choice between life and death when she is caught in a fatal car accident with her family one snowy morning in Oregon.

Trailer:
Coming Soon!

Even if the movie is slightly corny, and low-budget, it will never compare to what my imagination has already made the characters up to be in my head. The movie is an after thought, the book is where it all started.