Bit of Ivory

I just found out something very exciting: from Publisher’s
Weekly:
“Startz also has a first-look deal with Miramax, where her
co-production of Gail Carson Levine’s Newbery Honor– winning Ella
Enchanted begins filming in Ireland next month, with Anne Hathaway (The
Princess Diaries) in the lead role.”
Okay, how cool is that?!? Squee! Ella Enchanted is one of my
all-time favorite books. I read it in about 2 hours while I was working
at Deseret Book, and I immediately bought it. Eventually I got a
hardcover version, because my paperback one was already totally worn
out. Every time I read it, I think “This would make a great movie!” And
then I think they wouldn’t make it, because Ever After was a
Cinderella adaptation, and it didn’t come out all that long ago. But
here they are, starting filming, and with Anne Hathaway in the lead
role, which I think is a perfect match. It hasn’t showed up on the IMDB
yet, but I did a Google search and found out that this
guy is going to play Prince Charmont. I’ve never seen him in
anything, but he looks like he could do the part.
If you go to that PW article, there’s a list at the bottom about all
the other kids’ books that have been optioned. There’s a lot of cool
ones: His Dark Materials; The Two Princesses of Bamarre
(another Gail Carson Levine book); Artemis Fowl; The Secret of
Platform 13; Dial-A-Ghost; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; A
Cricket in Times Square; Nancy Drew; Because of Winn-Dixie; Frindle;
and more! Then, of course, there’s Tuck Everlasting, which is
coming out in October and stars Alexis Bledel, who plays Rory in Gilmore
Girls. Wonderful!
I can see that I’ll be at the movies a lot in the next few years.