1. Chris Columbus has cast Uma Thurman as Medusa, Pierce Brosnan as Cheron, and Sean Bean as Zeus in Percy Jackson. With such big name producers and cast, I'm thinking this movie might be really good.
2. Baz Luhrmann is going to direct The Great Gatsby. The MTV blog speculates on Leonardo DiCaprio as a good Nick. I personally think that'd be a great choice, but any other thoughts on the cast? I realize this isn't a YA book, but it is actually pretty relevant to YA lit other than just being a book-to-movie adaptation. Students read this in school, and I think having a contemporary film version will be fantastic for the English teachers. I think Luhrmann will do a great job with it too. Can't wait to see the cast.
3. I guess I'm out of it because I didn't realize that World War Z was being made into a movie. Of course, it's perfect for a movie. The title alone screams "movie!" This is an extremely popular title in my library. I have reluctant readers who read this and love it, and this is not some lightweight thriller. There's some serious social commentary in it.
4. In even more "I didn't know this movie was in the works" news, Courtney Love is producing a biopic of her life with Kurt Cobain that will star Scarlett Johansson as Courtney and Ryan Gossling as Kurt. I'm even going to relate this back to YA lit! I recommend Kurt Cobain's Journals for YA collections. It has images of Kurt Cobain's actual journals, and students now even really still like him and find this to be an incredibly cool book. I have to point it out for them to discover it, but they love it once I do.
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