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Marie Lu Imagines A Teenage, Dystopian 'Les Miserables' In 'Legend'

Posted 11/29/11 1:29 pm EST by in Movie News, Movies, Page Turners


Talk about fighting words! When our friends at the blog Page to Premiere caught up with "Twilight" producer Wyck Godfrey recently, he insisted that his upcoming project, the big-screen adaptation of Marie Lu's dystopian tale "Legend," would "[blow] the socks off of 'Hunger Games.'" In the interest of not getting pelted with rotten loaves of Peeta bread, we won't be taking sides in this debate, but we will say that "Legend" (out today) is one of our favorite YA reads this year (check out The FABlife's review!).

The novel takes place in a near-future Los Angeles and centers on two very different teens: military-brass-in-training June and notorious criminal Day. When June's older brother Metias is murdered (presumably by Day), June is tasked with hunting him down and bringing him to justice. But the two soon discover that much greater (and sinister) powers are at work.

Hollywood Crush had the pleasure of hopping on the phone with Marie recently to get the scoop on her buzzy novel's inspiration, her thoughts on being part of the dystopian trend and a progress report on the movie adaptation.

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'Delirium' Author Lauren Oliver Talks Sequel 'Pandemonium'

Posted 11/28/11 5:02 pm EST by in Page Turners


Dystopian Week is back at Hollywood Crush, and this time we're teaming up with our friends at The FABlife and NextMovie to fight the forces who would control our future. In that spirit, we'll be rolling out interviews, reviews and guest blogs all week, dedicated to the genre that won't stop.

"Delirium" came out early in 2011 as part of a big wave of dystopian young adult fiction, ready to feed the readers who'd read "The Hunger Games" and wanted more. But author Lauren Oliver wasn't exactly thinking in terms of the hot trend.

"I didn't actually think about it as writing a dystopian fiction," she said. "I always kind of joke about that: If you believe love is a disease, then it's utopian fiction... I tend not to think about genre at all. I get ideas and characters kind of speak to me in my head, and I just kind of pursue that idea to its natural conclusion. 'Before I Fall,' my first book, really took place in a world that is very similar to the world I grew up in. It took place in a high school that was very similar to mine. And with 'Delirium,' I obviously had to do a lot more re-conceiving of the world itself, which was exciting as a challenge."

After conceiving her whole new world, Oliver had new challenges to face when writing books two ("Pandemonium," due out in March) and three ("Requiem") of the trilogy.

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'Future Of Us' Scribes Carolyn Mackler, Jay Asher Contemplate Fate And Facebook

Posted 11/17/11 5:04 pm EST by in Guest Blog, Page Turners


With their inspired collaboration, "The Future of Us," hitting bookstore shelves November 21, we asked authors Carolyn Mackler and Jay Asher to explain the unique premise of their novel and reflect on how today's decisions shape who we become.

Carolyn: In "The Future of Us," Emma and Josh are two teenagers in 1996 who've lived next door to each other their entire lives. Emma gets a new computer and, even though there's no such thing as online social networking yet, this random thing called Facebook appears on her screen. Emma and Josh are completely baffled, but soon realize her computer is offering a time-warp glimpse of their lives 15 years in the future. They see who they marry, where they work, what they just cooked for dinner and they can even check what kind of adults their friends have become. A lot of what they learn is surprising, and some are absolutely shocking.

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Ransom Riggs Gets His Wish: Tim Burton Eyes 'Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children'

Posted 11/15/11 1:51 pm EST by in Movie News, Movies, Page Turners


Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children"The Secret" is soooo 2009, but this little tidbit of cinematic news has us wondering if there might be something to it. Check it out: Awhile back, author Ransom Riggs put it out into the universe—in an interview right here on Hollywood Crush, no less!—that of all the possible auteurs in the world, he'd love it more than anything if Tim Burton signed on to direct the movie adaptation of his book: "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children." And behold, only a few short months later, the universe has answered!

And by "the universe" we mean "Deadline," and by "answered" we mean "HOLYOMG TIM BURTON REALLY IS IN TALKS TO DIRECT MISS PEREGRINE'S."

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Stephenie Meyer Is 'So Excited' About 'The Host' Cast

Posted 11/15/11 11:41 am EST by in Casting News, Movie News, Movies, Page Turners


When we caught up with Stephenie Meyer at the big world premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1," it was a no-brainer to ask her how she feels about seeing the final chapter of her vampire saga come to life on the big screen. But since Stephenie was a producer on "Breaking Dawn," in addition to having penned the source material, it's also no surprise that the author seems just a little bit fatigued by the whole "Twilight" thing at the moment.

"It's a really grueling thing, being on a movie set every day," she said, going on to explain that she's been pretty much eating, sleeping and breathing "Twilight" for months on end.

But after the requisite discussion of the wedding, the honeymoon, and, of course, that particular scene in which Edward destroys the furniture in a sexual fugue state, MTV News' Josh Horowitz was able to move on to some fresher material—or as Stephenie puts it, "cleanse the palate" of vampire-related chitchat. And the next topic on tap? The upcoming movie adaptation of "The Host"!

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'Such Wicked Intent' EXCLUSIVE: Check Out The Cover For 'This Dark Endeavor' Follow-Up

Posted 11/15/11 11:04 am EST by in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners


Such Wicked IntentAuthor Kenneth Oppel earned a heap of praise (not to mention a movie deal with "Twilight" studio Summit Entertainment) for his 2011 "Frankenstein" prequel, "This Dark Endeavor," a dark and dreamy tale following young Victor Frankenstein on his quest to save sick twin brother Konrad. Come August 2012, Kenneth will continue his "Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein" series with "Such Wicked Intent," and we have your first look at the cover!

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'Shatter Me' EXCLUSIVE Book Trailer: Meet Your Next Dystopian Heroine

Posted 11/7/11 11:20 am EST by in Crush Exclusive!, Page Turners, Videos


Over the summer, our exclusive reveal of the cover for "Shatter Me" got the YA literati buzzing with excitement for this upcoming addition to the dystopian teen lit canon. And if your interest was piqued by the fierce-looking heroine on the book's high-contrast jacket, get ready to have it... piqued-er! Because today, we've got another tease for the book before it's released on November 15: an EXCLUSIVE first look at the trailer, courtesy of publisher HarperCollins.

Watch the "Shatter Me" EXCLUSIVE book trailer!

Meet Juliette, a girl whose fingertips hold the power to kill. A shadowy organization known as "The Reestablishment" has locked her away for nearly a year, and as the trailer opens, we see her sitting in shadow—imprisoned, alone and desperate to understand the hand that fate has dealt her. Is she a monster? A hero? Some combination of the two?

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'House Of Night' Gets A Big-Screen Bite

Posted 11/3/11 1:37 pm EST by in Movie News, Movies, Page Turners


"The Twilight Saga" may be coming to a cinematic close next year, but vampire fans take heart: Edward and Bella may be dunzo come 2012, but you'll have a whole new series on which to sharpen your fangs when "House of Night," the bestselling vampire literary line from P.C. and Kristin Cast, gets its own adaptation for the big screen. The rights to the series, which contains a whopping ten eventual books plus two background novellas, have been acquired by Davis Films in what's being hailed as a saga-to-be with serious franchise potential.

"House of Night" is like a glorious marriage of all the supernatural series we love—the boarding-school mystique of "Harry Potter," the vampire romance of "Twilight" and the complex character-driven-ness of "True Blood"—with its own unique twist on the mythology of the Undead Bloodsucker. The story follows 16-year-old Zoey Redbird, who hits puberty only to find herself changing in not-so-conventional ways and must leave her family to attend the House of Night prep school for fledgling Vampyres.

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Ally Condie Talks 'Matched' Sequel 'Crossed'

Posted 11/1/11 1:30 pm EST by in Movies, Page Turners


CrossedWhat if whom you loved, what occupation you pursued and even when you died were all dictated by the government? These are the essential questions behind Ally Condie's dystopian drama "Matched" (released last year) and its follow-up, "Crossed," which hits bookstore shelves today.

In "Matched" we're introduced to 17-year-old Cassia on the eve of her Matching Banquet—a rite of passage in which teens' pre-selected spouses are revealed. Cassia is set up with her long-time neighbor and friend Xander, no doubt a relief for the apprehensive girl. But when a computer glitch momentarily displays the face of "Aberration" Ky (and not boy-next-door Xander) as her match, Cassia begins a journey to find out the truth about The Society that has ruled her every waking moment.

"Crossed" picks up shortly after the end of "Matched," with Cassia roaming unknown lands in search of the boy she loves, with a little help from the boy she's matched with. We hopped on the phone with Ally Condie late last week to talk all about the novel's dual points of view, the new cast of characters we meet and that long-gestating "Matched" film adaptation.

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Myra McEntire's 'Hourglass' Time Traveling To Theaters!

Posted 10/28/11 11:48 am EST by in Movie News, Movies, Page Turners


HourglassWe love a good supernatural romance as much as the next guy, but let's face it, all the forbidden love affairs between a human person and a non-human something-or-other are starting to blend together. We've got humans and vampires, humans and werewolves, humans and tigers, humans and an intelligent mushroom named "Boris"...okay, maybe that last one isn't real. (At least, not until someone decides to publish our YA novel called "Fungi Are The Fun Guys." C'mon! It's trendy!!!) But just when the interspecies romance fatigue started to reach epic levels, Variety came through with the good news that teen-lit favorite "Hourglass"—featuring a romance between (gasp!) two regular human beings—has been optioned by Fox 2000.

Okay, so maybe they're not completely regular; the Myra McEntire-penned book is about a girl named Emerson Cole who discovers, thanks to the intervening wisdom of a sexy older dude, that the "ghosts" she's been seeing for the past few years are actually the shadows of real, living people from the past. And then there's time-travel. And also, kissing. But still! Humans! Falling in love!

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