Twilight author Stephenie Meyer has sold screen rights to her first adult novel The Host to producers Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz. Read the full post.
Sep 22
2009
11:42 PM ET
'Gattaca' director Andrew Niccol takes on Stephenie Meyer's 'The Host'
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My Opinion: The Host is the best book s.m. wrote i read twilight first and it was just AWFUL they was so much drama in it i love edward now i like the werewolf guy now i like edward now lets get married and live happily ever after jeez its practically the same idea in every chick book girl wants guy they can not resist fall in love break up then fall all over in love again BUT the host was THE BEST BOOK meyers ever wrote it was excellent and i cannot wait till the movie comes out i just hope its not a waste of my time and money and THANK GOD i did not waste either on twilight and kirsten stewart is like the only character tht should not be there because she could do more better than twilight she is just wayyyy too cool for the whole film can not wait to see her new movie AND THAT WAS MY OPINION. by the way i am a girl not a guy writing this and if you can not believe it well believe what ever you want to!!
and every one who agreed with what i just said or the comments that was similar to mine atleast some has some sense to see that meyers masterpiece was not twilight but her first book The Host
I can’t wait to hear more about this! I’m a big fan of Twilight, which is what led to me to read the Host. I really enjoyed it
OMG! So completely stoked to hear this! I truly, truly adore The Host and have hoped for a movie, but NEVER thought it would actually happen!
I wonder who they will cast as my beloved Ian? Matt Dallas would by pick!
Also, they MUST include the “give me a lie. Tell me you want me to stay…” part – that scene did me in, and I was a goner. LOL.
And yeah, getting wayyyy ahead of myself, I always had two songs in mind for the movie if it ever came to be.
One, “Breathe Me” by Sia for when Kyle is attacking Wanda (I think the violence of the scene, coupled with the lyrics ‘be my friend, i am small, etc’ could be pretty heart-breaking), and….
‘Dare You to Move’ by Switchfoot:
Welcome to the planet
Welcome to existence
Everyone’s here
Everyone’s here
Everybody’s watching you now
Everybody waits for you now
What happens next?
Welcome to the fallout
Welcome to resistance
The tension is here
The tension is here
Between who you are and who you could be
Between how it is and how it should be
Maybe redemption has stories to tell
Maybe forgiveness is right where you fell
Where can you run to escape from yourself?
Where you gonna go?
Where you gonna go?
Salvation is here
It’s so surrreal that this movie I imagined making will actually be on the big screen one day! I’ll be keeping tabs on all updates.
Wow, just re-read that comment, sorry for the typos and randomness, that was a total case of me gushing and having no time to self-edit. LOL
I’ve never read the Twilight books and I haven’t seen the film, but I have to admire the fans, your devotion to the series has helped the economically distressed town of Forks, WA. TwiFans have literally saved businesses from closing by tourism and to all the haters- when was the last time any of you can say that? Read today’s New York Times about the economic impact Twilight has had on Forks- with the bad economy, healthcare crisis and seemingly never ending war in Afghanistan, some good new for a change-kudos to Stephanie Meyer and the Twilight Fans!
I’m excited that The Host is getting made into a movie! I really loved the book, even more than the Twilight series.
I’m so excited. Can’t wait to hear about the cast! I loved the book. It really showed how much her writing has evolved since Twilight.
*cash cow*
Let’s see how well THIS one does?
I am soooo pleased about this. Can’t wait for the release. Hurry up and make the movie already xx
this book was so much better than twilight, and as soon as I read it I figured it would make a really fun sci fi movie. This is good news
Gattaca was great, can’t wait.
I loved this book! After I finished reading it I thought about how it would be approached as a film but I was discuraged because the Melanie/Wanda differentiation thing. How are they going to do that. have to two different voices? Well, i think this movie is going to be EPIC! It was an epic story so I hope they try to match it up on screen. I’m soo excited!
Tried to read the Host, didn’t care for it. Hope the movie is better. Just the opposite of Twilight.
If anyone has avoided reading The Host because you didn’t like Twilight, give it another chance. I read Twilight and HATED it; I honestly thought the woman couldn’t write her way out of a paper bag. But I picked up The Host on a whim, figuring I’d give her another chance. Honestly, she still can’t write, but The Host has a good plot and is much more cohesive and mature than Twilight. So if the only reason you’re avoiding The Host is because of Twilight, give it a chance.
The book is AWESOME! Here are my picks: MELANIE/WANDA: Sophia Bush, Megan Fox, Leelee Sokieski, Erika Christensen, Danielle Panabaker, Emma Stone, Minka Kelly, Mila Kunis. (the after-WANDA/PET: Ellen Page, Dakota Fanning, Sofia Vassilieva, Hayden Panettiere, Brittney Snow, Ashley Benson). JARED: Sean Faris, Channing Tatum, Matt Long, Jesse Metcalfe, Tom Welling, Billy Aaron Brown. IAN: Cam Gigandet, Lucas Black, Thomas Dekker, Mike Vogel, Chris Evans, Ben Easter. KYLE: Taylor Kitsch, Robert Hoffman, Alessandro Nivola, Jonathan Bennett, Penn Badgley, Ethan Peck. JAMIE: Max Thieriot, Evan Elingson, Carter Jenkins, Jake Pearson, Cody Linley, Josh Hutcherson. UNCLE JEB: Anthony Hopkins, Dennis Hopper, Tim Allen. Can’t wait til the movie comes out!