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Movie Alert: 'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2'
The dystopian YA franchise that has made an indelible mark on popular culture has reached its final chapter with the release of Lionsgate's 'Mockingjay Part 2' on November 20.
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Movie Alert: 'Goosebumps'
Since it's debut in 1992, R.L. Stine's monumentally successful chapter book series Goosebumps hasn't been adapted as a feature-length film – until now.
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PW at the Movies: 'The Scorch Trials'
Two staffers in PW's children's department discuss the latest film in the Maze Runner series, 'The Scorch Trials,' directed by Wes Ball and released in theaters on September 18.
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Central Recovery Press Releases Movie Companion Title
Las Vegas–based publisher Central Recovery Press was founded in 2006 by parent company Central Recovery, with the mission to counteract the stigma associated with addiction, treatment, and recovery, explained executive editor Nancy Schenck.
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Movie Alert: 'Paper Towns'
For Nerdfighters everywhere, the countdown commences. Paper Towns, the second film adaptation inspired by a John Green novel (following The Fault in Our Stars) will hit movie theaters on July 24.
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Book-Based Summer Movies
A crop of new YA movie adaptations is coming to theaters this summer.
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'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' Gets New Life
When the movie 'Me and Earl and the Dying Girl' – adapted by Jesse Andrews from his 2012 novel of the same name—opens in theaters June 12, it does so already riding a wave of impressive early success.
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Four Questions for... Ron Rash
With Friday's theatrical release of 'Serena,' the acclaimed writer will have had two films based on his work appear since the beginning of the year.
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Movie Alert: 'Home'
From DreamWorks Animation and 20th Century Fox comes 'Home,' a feature-length film adaptation of Adam Rex's 'The True Meaning of Smekday.'
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Movie Alert: 'Insurgent'
The sequel opens where 'Divergent' left off, with Tris and Four on the run following the uprising in Chicago.
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‘Fifty Shades’ Nears Big Premiere
With the big-screen adaptation of the first book in E.L. James’s trilogy set to hit theaters on Valentine’s Day, PW has a few key numbers on the Vintage movie tie-in, the book, the trilogy, and the forthcoming film.
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Hollywood Warms to Novelists
A rise in demand for daring, scripted television, has created a surge in options for literary material, along with a more open attitude, from producers and studio executives, to original projects from novelists.
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Movie Alert: 'Seventh Son'
The wait is almost over for 'Seventh Son,' the film adaptation of Joseph Delaney's The Last Apprentice.
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Publishing Merger and Acquisition Business Brisk in 2014
Although the pace of acquisitions slowed in the second half of the year, 2014 proved to be very active for industry mergers and acquisitions.
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Movie Alert: 'Paddington'
Though not as familiar to American readers as, say, Winnie the Pooh, Paddington Bear may soon receive renewed attention in the U.S., thanks to the January 16 release of the movie 'Paddington.'
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Running Press, HBO Partner on 'Game of Thrones' Line
Running Press and HBO are teaming up on multiple books and mini kits inspired by the premium channel's series, 'Game of Thrones.'
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Movie Alert: 'Mockingjay Part 1'
The Hunger Games may have ended, but Katniss's fight for her nation’s liberty from the Capitol isn’t over – nor is Lionsgate's biggest film franchise.
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PRH Inks First-Look Deal with Universal
Penguin Random House is deepening its commitment to bringing more of its books to movie screens through a new agreement with Universal Pictures.
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Movie Alert: 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'
The feature-length, live-action film adaptation of Judith Viorst's 'Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' rolls out of bed and into movie theaters on October 10.
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Sony Creates Literary Development Job
Sony Pictures Entertainment has tapped Ryan Doherty for the newly created role of v-p, literary development. Doherty, who will be based in New York City, will be tasked with, per SPE, "pursuing book-to-film-and-television opportunities."



