Every dog will have his day or in this case, wolf. With some heartbreak in store for our favorite man-transforming-to-wolf hero in the upcoming "New Moon,"were glad that Unique Features decided it was time for a morphing wolf-teen to get his own love story.
Step in "Shiver," the first book in a supernatural romance series by Maggie Stiefvater, which debuted in August and has been on the bestseller lists ever since. The novel tells the tale of a girl, Grace, whose life is saved by a wolf when she was young. Years later, she comes across an injured boy who she realizes is the same wolf who saved her, and a love develops. The boy, Sam, will change back to a wolf in the winter, however, and thus they must figure out how to make their relationship work.
"I'm not the biggest werewolf or vampire fan, but the author has a strong take on a young adult sensibility," Unique Features producer Bob Shaye said in an interview with Variety. "It's also a sexy love story that isn't too over the top."
Bob and his partner Michael Lynne acquired the screen rights for "Shiver" and its two planned sequels. The pair is far from uneducated when it comes to fantastical epics, as they also were the producers behind the "Lord of the Rings trilogy and "Blade." They plan to approach Warner Bros with the opportunity to buy the project first, the told Variety.
This continues the trend we talked about before with MTVs announcement of an updated "Teen Wolf" television series, and the apparent shift from vampires to werewolves. If "Shiver" and other stories like it surrounding a tortured supernatural love story similar to that of vampiric romance, could it be that the vampire phenomenon could still be over?
What do you think? Has the vampires time past or are you still loving the fanged romances? How do you feel about this new werewolf love story? Had you heard of the book before?
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