Netflix and Paramount Television are collaborating to recreate Snicket’s best-selling books as a live-action series. The project is being fast-tracked, with a release date in 2016, and the search has begun to find the right director. “On the search for fantastic material that appeals to both parents and kids, the first stop for generations of readers is A Series of Unfortunate Events. The world created by Lemony Snicket is unique, darkly funny, and relatable. We can’t wait to bring it to life for Netflix members,” Cindy Holland, VP of Original Content at Netflix, said. Fan-made image courtesy of AdeptoDeMercurio (please excuse the mispelled …
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is on its way to the big screen. Between J.K. Rowling writing the script for the trilogy and David Yates directing, fans wait with bated breath for fresh news on its progress. Actress Katherine Waterston from Inherent Vice, another book adaptation, has been cast in the female lead opposite of Eddie Redmayne who will play Newt Scamander. Waterston will play Porpentina, or Tina, a witch in the United States who meets magizoologist Scamander in New York City. With this exciting decision made, it’s only a matter of time before Warner Brothers casts other important roles in …
Aziz Ansari is notorious for his commentary on the modern world of dating in stand-up comedy, but he finally decided to take his opinions to the next level with his new book Modern Romance. Ansari and NYU sociologist Eric Klinenberg teamed up to analyze a ton of behavioral data collected for this massive research project in order to better understanding how dating works in a world of technology. Through interviews, focus groups, and online forums, as well as collaborating with the world’s leading social scientists, they assess the variables of dating in a smart-phone driven world. Ansari met with fans in New …
Debut author Emily Martin‘s book, The Year We Fell Apart, is hitting shelves in January 2016, and she was able to be a part of the brainstorming process for its cover. “We were able to work with the fabulous artist, Sarah Dennis… She not only illustrates, but she creates her illustrations through cut paper rather than drawing, which just brought that extra special touch that we wanted for this cover. We knew she could bring the right feel. As a team, thematically, we wanted to emphasize the course of the year and time and the seasons through the cover,” Karina Granda, Simon & Schuster designer, said …
Victoria Aveyard’s YA novel Red Queen is in the works to hit the big screen, and actor/director Elizabeth Banks wants in on the action. The story, which has been noted for its tones resembling everything from The Hunger Games and Game of Thrones to X-Men and Cinderella, is about a world whose social classes are based on blood color. While regular people simply have red blood, elites have silver blood and supernatural abilities. When a red-blooded citizen is discovered to have special abilities thought to only be possessed by the elite, royalty creates a contrived past to keep the incident under …
