Sometime around 2008, when The Twilight Saga was proving to
be beyond bankable, bookstores were deluged with a bevy of YA titles
that all seemed hellbent on capturing the presumed magic of Stephenie
Meyer’s series. As if some of their plotlines didn’t already sound
interchangeable enough (magic, mythical creatures, forbidden love, weak
characterization), most of their cover art looked oddly similar – which
is why I can recall seeing the covers of Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl‘s Caster Chronicles
series, but never happened to pick them up to take a look. It looks
like I might need to change that, at least if I want to stay current
with my YA-books-getting-turned-into-movies news.
The first book in the five-book series is set for a big screen
adaptation, thanks to Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment, and while Beautiful Creatures already got a major credibility bump when Viola Davis joined its cast last week, now the real news is out – who will star as the leads in yet another tale of star-crossed lovers.
Jack O’Connell (“Skins,” This is England, Harry Brown) and relative newcomer Alice Englert (The Water Diary) are set to play Ethan Wate and Lena Duchannes, respectively. Beautiful Creatures is
set in the small town of Gatlin, South Carolina and follows the
fortunes of Lena and Ethan after the bewitching Lena moves to town. What
I’ve gleaned from some Internet sleuthing is that Lena possesses some
type of supernatural power (the fan site CasterGirls
tells us that a caster is “a race of Supernatural with varying powers,
featured in The Caster Chronicles” or “a person with the power to be
him/herself, regardless of what other think”) and that it entangles her
both with Ethan and a nasty brand of family curse that implicates much
of the town.
Garcia and Stohl have also penned “Beautiful Darkness,” which was
published back in October of 2010, and “Beautiful Chaos,” which followed
last October. With a planned five-book series, you better believe that
Warner and Alcon are looking to make this one a series. Richard LaGravenese has adapted the script for Beautiful Creatures and will direct from it.
Will this be the next Twilight? It remains to be seen, but kids these days could do far worse than some lite Gothic lit. [ FSR ]
10 comments:
eu am citit primul volum si sincer nu imi plac actorii; eu mi-i imaginam altfel; Lena e bruneta cu fata alba si ochi verzi
Nu imi prea plac alegerile facute in privinta actorilor, nu sunt de loc cum mi-i imaginam eu si cum sunt descrisi in carte.
http://apyblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/concurs-libris-2.html concurs libis m-as bucura daca ai participa
eu n-am citit cartea, asa ca nu-mi pot da cu parerea:P
Sa vedem.Am auzit despre asta,desi nu stiam ceva concret..
Nici eu nu mi i-am inchipuit asa; o sa vedem, probabil machiajul etc ii va schimba suficient de mult cat sa aduca cu ce ne-am imaginat noi desi din cate vad la Jocurile foamei nu prea mai sunt atat de increzatoare...
Nu am citit cartea dar banuiesc ca e frumoasa :D asa ca nu pot sa imi dau cu parerea despre actori.
Nici eu nu am citit cartea asa ca nu pot sa ma pronunt in privinta actorilor.Cand o voi citi ma voi intoarce cu un comentariu :)).
nici eu nu am citit cartea dar actorul e destul de dragut ;;)
Nu am citit cartea dar actorul nu mi se pare chiar asa frumos(cum zice multa lume). In poza pe care ati pus-o e simpatic dar in altele parca nu e chiar asa frumos :D Nu ar putea sa faca competitie cu Twilight in privinta actorului.
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