Every studio wants to have the new Twilight or Hunger Games, which is good news for authors of young adult movies, are virtually every one will get at least a little attention from Hollywood. Now New Line has stakes a claim for a new franchise, acquiring the rights to Maggie Stiefvater’s novel The Raven Boys, according to Variety.
The novel is the first in a four-book series known as the ‘Raven Cycle’, which is about a 16-year-old girl named Blue Sargent. Her parents are powerful psychics, although this trait was not passed down to her. She is told that she possesses a deadly gift, where her true love will die simply by kissing her. Although the girl has steered clear of the opposite sex, she meets teenage brothers The Raven Boys at the pizza place where she works, which leads into a contentious love triangle.
Akiva Goldsman has signed on to produce, and New Line is currently seeking a screenwriter to adapt the material. The author also has an adaptation of her book The Scorpio Races in development at Warner Bros. with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg producing.
It was yet another slow weekend at the US box office, allowing Resident Evil Retribution to top the chart with a decent but not particularly amazing $21 million. That’s lower than the previous three films, although slightly higher than the original (but if inflation and 3D premiums are taken into account, it sold fewer tickets). However as it grossed around $60 million in international territories, it’s still going to be judged a success and makes Resident Evil 6 more likely.
Daniel Radcliffe has been a strong supporter of The Trevor Project for several years now, speaking out for the organisation, helping promote their mission and appearing in PSAs (one of which you can see below). Now Harry Potter is going to host a live online chat this Sunday (September 16th, 2012) to talk about The Trevor Project’s Talk To Me campaign. The Trevor Project is the leading US organisation providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth.
A couple of weeks ago, it appeared Let Me In stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Chloe Moretz would be reteaming for The Wilderness Of James, but Moretz’s busy schedule has made that impossible. As a result she’s been replaced by The Hunger Games’ Clove, Isabelle Fuhrman, according to 
Legendary Pictures has been slowly working on a reboot of Godzilla, and for the last couple of Comic Cons have been teasing the film. However it’s always seemed to be quite a way off, but now things are moving forward, as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have set a May 16th, 2014 release date for the film, and confirmed that the movie will be in 3D.
Universal Pictures has confirmed they are aiming to make sequels from two of its biggest summer hits, the raunchy R-rated comedy Ted and the action-thriller spin-off The Bourne Legacy. NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke spoke at the 2012 Media, Communications & Technology conference in Los Angeles earlier today, where he revealed that the film division needs, “franchises and animation” to achieve a level of stability.