NEW YA MOVIE ADAPTATIONS: KAZU KIBUSHI'S 'AMULET' SERIES AND MARI LU'S MEDIEVAL FANTASY SAGA 'THE YOUNG ELITES' TO BE TURNED INTO MOVIES

KAZU KIBUISHI'S 'AMULET'

TO BECOME MOVIE FRANCHISE

Big screen adaptations for you today, starting with 20th Century Fox who has bought the rights on Kazu Kibuishi's AMULET graphic novels with the plan to turn it into a possible new movie franchise! Voted best YA book a few years ago and sold in 2 million copies so far, it follows a young girl named Emily, her younger brother Navin, and their mother Karen as they move to their great grandfather’s house to start a new life. The house proves to contain a dangerous portal, and after a creature pulls Karen through it, the kids set out to save her in an alternate world inhabited by demons, giant robots, elves and highly intelligent animals.

 MARI LU'S 'YOUNG ELITES'

GETS MOVIE ADAPTATION

Another mega popular young adult saga to get a movie adaptation is also Mari Lu's fantasy series THE YOUNG ELITES which your dearest spy has just finished translating today for the readers in his country. As 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote, 20th Century Fox and the studio behind MAZE RUNNER movies will work on this one as well. Planned as a trilogy, the saga has recently published second part THE ROSE SOCIETY. Lu's previous saga LEGEND has also been sold for an adaptation! 

Set in a medieval fantasy world, the story centres on the survivors of a deadly plague called the blood fever. Many of the teens that survive have been physically transformed and discover that they've acquired special powers. This secret group of gifted teens is called THE YOUNG ELITES, and their lives are threatened by a group called the Inquisition Axis, which is seeking to destroy them. The protagonist is Adelina Amouteru, who, post plague, has silver hair and only a jagged scar where her left eye once was. When a secret society that strives to protect THE YOUNG ELITES finds Adelina, it discovers she has powers like they’ve never seen before.

'DIRTY GRANDPA' TRAILER WITH ROBERT DE NIRO, ZAC EFRON! SELENA GOMEZ TO LEAD NETFLIX YA SERIES '13 REASONS'! YA BOOK 'SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA' TO BE ADAPTED

  'THIRTEN REASONS WHY' 

TO BECOME NETFLIX SERIES STARRING SELENA GOMEZ

In the news from the YA front, Netflix will team up with teen star, music star and ex Disney star Selena Gomez on the series adaptation of Jay Asher's bestselling novel THIRTEEN REASONS WHY! Pulitzer Prize winner Brian Yorkey has written the series for Netflix titled simply THIRTEEN REASONS and in it the story explores the tragic suicide of a lonely high school student named Hannah Baker (Selena Gomez). It explores Hannah's past through tapes she sent to classmates explaining how they contributed to her misery.

  NEW YA ADAPTATION 

'SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA' NOVEL
Meanwhile, another YA book to get a movie adaptation is debut novel by Becky Albertelli SIMON VS THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA The novel, which is being translated into 19 languages, focuses on Simon Spier, a 16 year-old not so openly gay student. When an email written by Simon falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being made public. Change-averse Simon is forced to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he’s pushed out — in a way that won’t alienate his friends, compromise himself or ruin a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he hasn’t even met yet.

'DIRTY GRANDPA' TRAILER 

ROBERT DE NIRO & ZAC EFRON

The first trailer has been released for Robert De Niro's and Zac Efron's DIRTY GRANDPA out this January! Jason Kelly (Zac Efron) is one week away from marrying his boss' uber controlling daughter (Julianne Hough), putting him on the fast track for a partnership at the law firm. However, when the straight laced Jason is tricked into driving his foul mouthed grandfather, Dick (Robert De Niro), to Daytona for spring break, his pending nuptials are suddenly in jeopardy. Between riotous frat parties, bar fights, and an epic night of karaoke, Dick is on a quest to live his life to the fullest and bring Jason along for the ride. Ultimately, on the wildest journey of their lives, "dirty" Grandpa and his uptight grandson discover they can learn from one another and form the bond they never had.