WARM BODIES, The Movie, The Sequel
The poster for the upcoming adaptation of Warm Bodies, was released recently. Just prior to that, author Isaac Marion noted on his blog that, although “there is something uncool about writing sequels,” he is doing just that. He asks fans of the first book to “just trust that I have a story to tell and a reason to tell it, and I’ll try my best not to ruin everything.”
The film’s director, Jonathan Levine (50/50) told MTV News earlier this month that he had showed Marion some of the adaptation’s foootage and, “Luckily he was very positive about it. He’s been very supportive, and I think he’s really happy with it, which is a big relief for me.” He also noted, “I read on Twitter the other day that he’s doing a sequel to the book, which I think is awesome.”
Warm Bodies is about a well-adjusted teenage zombie and a human he rescues from a zombie attack. Levine tells MTV News that, “even though this is a love story that involves zombies … [he hopes] zombie enthusiasts will be open to a new twist on the genre.”
As we noted earlier, the beginning of 2013 was once crowded with movies vying for the Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games audiences. Many of them have now been moved to later in the year. The spring now features just three — Warm Bodies (a zombie romance, Feb. 1), followed by Beautiful Creatures (a supernatural romance, Feb. 13) and The Host (a dystopian romance, March 29).
After the jump, the schedule of all the contenders coming in 2013 (for a list of at all the upcoming movies based on books, click on Upcoming Movies Based on Books— with Tie-ins):
Schedule of the Harry Potter, Twilight and The Hunger Games Contenders
FEB 1, 2013
Movie Title: Warm Bodies
Director: Jonathan Levine
Starring:
Dave Franco … Perry Kelvin
Teresa Palmer … Julie
Nicholas Hoult … R
John Malkovich … General Grigio
Analeigh Tipton … Nora
Rob Corddry … M
Based on: novel by Isaac Marion
Tie in: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion (Atria/Emily Bestler; 12/11/12)
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FEB 13, 2013
Movie Title: Beautiful Creatures
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Starrring :
Emmy Rossum –Ridley Duchaness
Jeremy Irons — Macon Ravenwood
Emma Thompson — Mrs.Lincoln/Sarafine
Viola Davis — Amma
Official Movie Site: BeautifulCreaturesMovie.com
Based on: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Little, Brown BYR 12/1/09); the first in a series of four titles.
Predictions: “The next Hunger Games” (The Hollywood Reporter)
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Mar 29, 2013
Movie Title: The Host
Director: Andrew Niccol
Starring:
Saoirse Ronan … Melanie Stryder
William Hurt … Jeb Stryder
Max Irons …Jared HoweJake Abel …Ian O’Shea
Based on: novel by Stephenie Meyer
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Aug 16, 2013
Movie Title: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Starring: Logan Lerman … Percy Jackson
Based on: Second in the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan
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AUG 23, 2013
Movie Title: Mortal Instruments
Director: Scott Charles Stewart
Cast: Lily Collins … Clary Fray
Official Web site: TheMortalInstrumentsMovie.com
Based on: City of Bones, City of Ashes and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare, the first two titles in the Mortal Instruments series.
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Oct 18, 2013
Movie Title: The Seventh Son
Director: Sergey Bodrov
Starring: Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges
Based on: Revenge of the Witch, Joseph Delaney, Greenwillow, 2005; first in the Last Apprentice series.
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NOV 1, 2013
Movie Title: Ender’s Game
Director: Gavin Hood
Starring: Asa Butterfield (Hugo) and Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), with Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis
Production Blog: EndersGameBlog.tumblr.com
Based on: Sci Fi novel by Orson Scott Card
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NOV 22, 2013
Movie Title: Catching Fire (the second in the 4-film Hunger Games series – two films are planned for the third book)
Director: Francis Lawrence, replacing Gary Ross, who directed the first in the series
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
Fan site: CatchingFireMovieNews.com
Based on: Second title in Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series
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March 21, 2014
Movie Title: Divergent
Director: Neal Burger
Status: Shailene Woodley to star; other roles still being cast. Shooting begins in March, 2003 (ActingAuditions, 11/1/12)
Based on: Novel by Veronica Roth, first in a trilogy