Originally posted this in thehost_movie, but then figured I might as well post it here since there's a tiny bit about the books. It's not exactly NEWS, but it's all we're getting so far!

The Host movie

No doubt the announcement that The Host would be made into a movie was a huge occasion for Stephenie Meyer's fans. Back in April, when the idea of The Host as a movie was discussed, fans were very enthusiastic about the idea that the book has movie potential, so the fact that Meyer has agreed to bringing the story to film has been very exciting. In 2010, progress on the film should be seen in some form or another - whether it be scripting, casting, or actual filming. The Host, which is Stephenie Meyer's first non-Twilight saga novel (and first adult science fiction/fantasy novel), is the first of a proposed three-part series, and when Stephenie Meyer appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show, she discussed the possibility of continuing her writing on that series. So, in addition to watching The Host come to cinematic fruition, perhaps there will be more progress on the book front with this series. All this should prove to be a very exciting piece of 2010 for Twilight fans.

the other moments and the rest of the article can be found here.

So what do you think? Do you think we're actually going to get anything this year? Next month? Spring? Summer? Fall? o_O

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As with all book-movie adaptations, clearly some parts of The Host are going to be left out of the movie. Of course, it would be nice to see it all on screen, but what parts do you think they should leave out for the greater good of the main plotline?

I made a couple of posters, with a little bit of descriptions about them!





2 posters over here at bloody_reviere!
Post will be public till Wednesday!

icons
[1-16] 10 things i hate about you
[17-26] the host dream casting
[27-30] taylor lautner

etc.
[31-36] the host movie poster, banners, manipulation
[36-41] paper towns posters and wallpaper

My dream cast with:
Jaime Alexander ... Mel
Amanda Seyfried ... Wanda
Jensen Ackles ... Jared
Ian Somerhalder ... Ian



all over here at my journal

First off, Happy New Year and with a new years there comes bigger and better things. I would like to introduce the official website for the_host_novel community!!!!!!



THEHOSTFAN.COM
kissingdaylight , shadybrightside , and myself have been working on this site for a while. We are happy that we can finally show the rest of you guys. Hope that you enjoy and welcome to the site!!!!!!!!!!

There was a new article in The Examiner. Apparently they had a poll at some point and now Winners revealed! Your choices for cast of "The Host" movie!

Again, this is nothing related to official casting (and it looks like some important contenders may have been left off the initial poll), but it shows what a different and larger audience thinks of casting.

There's more information in the article about the actors chosen, but here are the results they came up with:

Melanie Stryder: Sophia Bush and Missy Peregrym (tight votes were considered ties)
Wanderer: Jayne Wisener
Ian O'Shea: Ian Somerhalder
Jared Howe: Jensen Ackles and Ryan Reynolds
Kyle O'Shea: Chris Evans
Jamie Stryder: Josh Hutcherson
Uncle Jeb: Sam Elliot
Doc: Christian Bale
The Seeker: Parker Posey

Your thoughts? Not just about who is in your personal dream cast instead, but what you think of these actors and why others might have chosen them?

First off I want to give a big thank you to shadybrightside  for allowing me to promote my new comm here! You are just the best LJ friend ever.

If you are a fan of the new series 'The Hunger Games' by Suzanne Collins and ship Katniss Everdeen & Gale Hawthorne, then this is the comm for you! We are still a very new community and only have a few participating members so I would LOVE to see more shippers join. I know there's gotta be some love for my boy Gale out there. Our layout has been updated and we are trying to make the comm as enjoyable as possible for you Katniss/Gale fans. So please check it out and feel free to join if you're interested! :) We don't bite, I promise.

So I was browsing on YouTube a very long time ago and came upon this series of videos. I forgot to post them until now. Basically some fans of book put together "episodes" of each chapter (they only have the first 3 so far, I think). It's kinda weird and slightly creepy, yet strangely amusing and interesting to watch, especially since the dialogue is taken straight from the book.

Here is the episode in which Wanderer recalls the memory of when Jared and Melanie met for the first time. It has "opening credits" and starts at around 1:44.



There's also the Seeker and Fords talking and Wanderer waking up from the insertion.

What do you think??

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