Who Will Play Title Role in “Carrie” Remake?
Written by Dan Malone on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012It appears to be down to Chloe Moretz and Hayley Bennett in the race to play Carrie in the remake of the Stephen King horror film. (more…)
“The Hunger Games” Has Huge Opening Weekend
Written by Dan Malone on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012Expectations were high for the film adaptation of Suzanne Collins‘ book The Hunger Games, but it more than lived up to every one of them. The first in the trilogy was able to pull in a cool $155 million, making it the third biggest opening weekend of all time, behind the final Harry Potter film and Dark Knight. (more…)
Universal and Focus Features Get the Rights to “Fifty Shades of Grey”
Written by Dan Malone on Monday, March 26th, 2012As we expected, a deal has been made with E.L. James and her Fifty Shades of Grey series. Universal Pictures and Focus Features have acquired the rights to adapt the series. Considering rumours have it that Sony bid $5 million and didn’t get the rights, we can only imagine what this eBook series sold for. (more…)
Hachette UK Buys Rights to Enid Blyton Properties
Written by Dan Malone on Monday, March 26th, 2012Hachette UK is the new owner of the rights of Enid Blyton‘s estate with the exception of the Noddy Library (those rights were recently purchased by Classic Media).
Hachette Children’s Books rep Marlene Johnson said, “I am absolutely delighted that we have acquired world rights to publish Enid Blyton. Hodder was her original publisher, so it is fitting that her whole portfolio has come home and will now be published and managed under one roof. We will be honouring existing contracts and will be in touch with licensees in due course.” (more…)
Order of Lincoln Child Books
Lincoln Child is an American author who is the writing partner of Douglas Preston. Preston and Child have written many different novels together, which are techno-thriller and horror novels – mostly notably the Pendergast series. Before starting as a novelist, he worked as an editor at St. Martin’s Press. (more…)
Order of Douglas Preston Books
Douglas Preston is an American author who typically writes alongside Lincoln Child. Together they have written numerous techno-thriller and horror novels, including the Pendergast series, the Gideon Crew series and other standalone novels. He also writes non-fiction books. (more…)
Andy McNab Returns to Afghan Frontlines; Almost Gets Blown Up
Written by Jenny Brady on Sunday, March 25th, 2012The Nick Stone author was with an infantry patrol in Afghanistan when suddenly a young soldier with a mine detector shouted “Stop!” Infront of them was a 44 lb. bomb. (more…)
Order of Walker Family Mysteries Books
The Walker Family Mysteries is a series of novels by American author J.A. Jance. Although the Walker Family Mysteries series started back in 1991 with Hour of the Hunter, the series didn’t resume until ten years later with Kiss of the Bees. (more…)
Order of Ali Reynolds Books
TV journalist Alison Reynolds’ broadcasting career has come to an abrupt end because the execs want someone younger and meanwhile she is in the middle of a divorce with a cheating husband. This causes Reynolds to leave Los Angeles and head back to Arizona where she decides to start up a blog to help others in similar situations. (more…)
Bidding War Over “Fifty Shades of Grey” Imminent
Written by Jenny Brady on Saturday, March 24th, 2012Fifty Shades of Grey may have started out as fan fiction based on Twilight, but now it’s looking to be its successor. Universal, Sony, Paramount and Warner Bros. are all in the hunt to grab the rights to the series by E.L. James. (more…)