The Host News

For those of us who loved The Host, today is a great day, as we just found out that the rights to the book were purchased by producers Nick Wechsle and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz. All I can say is that I cannot wait, THIS will definitely be an exiting ride. Here is what Variety is reporting:

Producers Nick Wechsler, Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to acquire screen rights to "The Host," the first adult novel written by Stephenie Meyer, author of the "Twilight" series.

Andrew Niccol will write the script and direct.

Meyer's novel is a love story set in the near future on Earth, which has been assimilated by an alien species of benevolent parasites that call themselves "Souls." One such soul, the Wanderer, is fused with a dying human named Melanie Stryder, in an attempt to locate the last pocket of surviving humans on Earth.

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