Finally. I can’t believe that Summit Entertainment didn’t do this a year ago. They’ve been making so much cash on the Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight saga that we expected them to option her other novel The Host and bring it to the big screen. But they’ve shown absolutely no interest. s

Instead, Nick Wechsler, Steve Schwartz and Paula Mae Schwartz came off the hip with some major cake and grabbed the rights for themselves. “The Truman Show” writer Andrew Niccol with be developing a script, according to a report in Variety. Wechsler and the Schwartzes are also the producers behind director John Hillcoat’s upcoming adaptation of Cormac McCarthy novel “The Road.”

Like “Twilight,” “The Host” is primarily a love story. In place of vampires we have well-intentioned extraterrestrial parasites called Souls. One such Soul, known as the Wanderer, joins itself to a dying human in the hopes of finding the remaining survivors of the human race.

I’ve read that Stephanie is excited to have the book brought to life..and I found her dream cast list here.

Ben Affleck (Kyle)
Casey Affleck (Ian)
Robert Redford (Jeb)
Bryce Howard (Sharon)
Hillary Swank (Melanie/ Wanda)
Matt Damon (Jared)
Lee Pace (Doc)
Joshua Jackson(Doc or Jared)

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