Couple of movie deals.

Stephenie Meyer's The Host (still haven't read it) and Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely (ADORE).

Film world lingo is as impossible to understand as cricket vocabulary.  What is a "U-based shingle"? 

And no fair looking it up.

Comments

[Liviania]

Well, if a u-shaped shingle is literal, I'd think it was that thing on top of Spanish-influenced roofs. You know, the red tile ones they put on stucco houses?

[Katie K]

Yeah, I looked it up. Its a shingle is a smaller production company that works under a bigger umbrella company. The term shingle probably comes from something like "hanging your shingle" aka putting your wooden sign outside your shop. U-based means Universal Films. So a U-based shingle is a smaller production company housed by Universal films.

And yes, that is just as bad as cricket

[Elizabeth]

Seth on the big screen? YES.

[Leila]

Katie K: Thank you. And I'm glad that you also think it's not exactly obvious.

Elizabeth: As long as he isn't played by a black-nail-polish-wearing Zac Efron.

[LinzReads]

Even if you don't like Twilight, I definitely recommend the Host. It's totally different from Twilight, and possibly even better (since I like Twilight-wayyyy before the hype). It's a really intriguing book and nothing at all like her other series.
But I am very wary of the movie. I really didn't want this to be made into a movie, especially if it turns out like the Twilight movies-bad movie and a rediculous fan base of wanna-be's.