This really shouldn't come as a surprise to us moviegoers, since we've actually seen these movies in our heads. But here's the news: Warner Bros. has acquired the film rights to Kiera Cass's The Selection. That means we'll probably see Maxon Prince, The American Singer, Marley, Aspen, and all the rest of the cast in theaters, so I know, try to hold yourself back. The news comes ahead of the release of the next installment in the Cass series. There are currently three novels in Cass's Selection series - The Selection , Elite and The One - but May will see the launch of The Heir , which will restart the selection process with another candidate, followed by at least A book will also be published.
Cass's series follows the story of an oppressed American singer who (sometimes reluctantly) competes for the heart of Prince Maxon in her dystopian world through a Bachelor- style television competition. America was chosen at random by chance and pulled from her life of poverty to live in a castle while competing for the right to become queen. Of course, there's another problem: America's true love, Aspen, is also at the castle, assigned to the Royal Guard. Not only does she begin to discover the truth about other women who are willing to do whatever it takes to win, but she begins to discover the truth about her entire world.
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"Heirs" follows the new protagonist, America's daughter, as she goes through the selection process. It is expected to be released on May 5th.
The Heiress by Kiera Cass, $9.11, Amazon
"The Blacklist" writer Katie Lovejoy has signed on to pen the script for the "Choice" movie. It will be produced by DiNovi Pictures, a production company that is no stranger to adapting books into movies. It's the movie version of Nicholas Sparks's The Best of Me and The Lucky One (you know, the one you watched with Zach E. Zac Efron’s Abs, Gayle Forman’s If I Stay and Ann Brashares ’s Traveling Pants The man behind movies like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants . others.
This isn't the first time production companies have competed for a chance to appear on The Greatest Hits. The book was developed into two television pilots by The CW in 2012 and 2013, starring Friday Night Lights ' Amy Teagarden and Jane the Virgin 's Yael Groglas. Fingers crossed we get to see America on the big screen this time.
