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YA Novel 'Daughter Of Smoke & Bone' Headed To Theaters
Universal Studios has acquired the rights to Laini Taylor's young adult novel 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone.' This acquisition follows a bidding war in which at least four studios vied for the chance to adapt the popular piece of fiction; voted Amazon's #1 Teen Book of 2011. 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone' is the first book in a planned trilogy and tells the story of a young art student sent on bizarre missions around the world by her father to collect human teeth. It turns out that she is an important component of an ancient conflict between devils and angels and ends up engaging in a forbidden romance with a warrior angel. No word yet on when casting and/or shooting may begin.
So apparently the box office goldmine that is 'Twilight' is going to dictate studio acquisitions for the next few years. Seriously? A novel, soon to be series of books, about a supernatural conflict in which a human falls into a forbidden romance with a being on one side? Do I really need to say any more? That's not to say the situation is hopeless. I will admit I have never read 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone,' but the story sounds far more intriguing than that of a hopelessly emo girl devoid of personality falling in love with a high school vampire. I like that the protagonist here has an active role in the supernatural conflict instead of just being an accidental participant. It's very hard to judge how a film will turn out by examining its source material, even if you have read it, but no doubt the studio's sole motivation here is to capitalize on the 'Twilight' phenomenon.
Any Spillios read 'Daughter of Smoke & Bone?' Can you lend us some insight? Are you interested in a film version?
Source: THR
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Tags: Daughter of Smoke & Bone,, Laini, Taylor, Twilight,, Universal, adaptations, adult, novel, young
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Comment by KGishFish on December 19, 2011 at 11:49pm -
I'm not gonna lie, YA fantasy lit is my guilty pleasure, so I figured I'd probably enjoy this book. I downloaded the first two chapters for free just to try it out. It's painful. The main character is basically Bella but with blue hair and tattoos. There's already five Twilight movies. Do we really need another?
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Comment by KP Spark on December 15, 2011 at 7:30pm -
Sounds more like I am Number Four than Twilight. Because apart from the obligatory romance (which it hasn't been said if its gonna be high school love, correct me if it is), there's an actual plot. And bizarre missions around the world? I'd like to see what that's gonna be. Well, we'll see how it goes.
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Comment by Mr. Bubbles on December 15, 2011 at 6:14pm -
YA Novel? This isn't my nov- oh YA as in young adult, whoops...
Anyway, this doesn't sound too good.
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Comment by Marz on December 15, 2011 at 3:00am -
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Comment by Abdullah Alhazred on December 15, 2011 at 2:36am
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did some research and apparently author is fairly competent so that puts it leagues beyond twilight. Premise doesn't particularly interest me though but thats just me.
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Comment by The Dubya on December 15, 2011 at 12:04am -
One can only hope the current crop of Twihards look at something like this and go "Like OMG this is SUCH a Twilight ripoff! Not gonna see THAT LOL! *fishy lips*" and the first one underperforms/bombs accordingly.
One can hope....
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Comment by MavenCree on December 14, 2011 at 11:34pm -
Um, why is that pic Mystique-ified?
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Comment by Yaobikuni on December 14, 2011 at 8:53pm -
@MDS the books are part of a planned trilogy, not the movies
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Comment by Brad Holt on December 14, 2011 at 6:21pm -
Can't anybody write a romance story that doesn't revolve around the idea that it's forbidden love? It's been done to death. Just because it's forbidden love, doesn't make it interesting. It's the cheapest and laziest way to write a romance story. Now to be fair, I never read the books so I really don't know. But reading the synopsis, it seems like that's the main focus. Which hey, if it's well written, it could work.
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Comment by Green Ranger on December 14, 2011 at 5:06pm -
God damn I'm hating this trend of taking classic literature and supernatural beings and making teen romance films out of them. I'm all for taking a mythos and doing something different with it but all these movies (Beastly, Red Riding Hood, Twilight) are doing is taking a preset model and slapping a new coat of paint over it. Hopefully this trend dies ASAP!
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