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Meyer's HOST Invasion Planned

Stephenie Meyer's Host acquired for adaptation.

By Jarrod Sarafin     September 23, 2009
Source: Variety


The Host by Stephenie Meyer(2008).
© Little, Brown and Company

Author Stephenie Meyers will have another potential theatrical franchise on her hands sometime in the near future. Variety reports that producers Nick Wechsler, Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to acquire screen rights to The Host, the 2008 novel written by Stephenie Meyer outside of the popular Twilight series. After some negotiating between Meyer's reps and the producers, she agreed to the deal when Andrew Niccol (Gattaca) was brought in to write the script and direct.

Plot Concept: 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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Chopsaki 9/23/2009 2:17:50 AM

So it's a Twilight version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers?

StarlightGuard 9/23/2009 4:52:54 AM

So...Edward will assimilate me?

Can we choose which one invades our bodies....repeatedly?

I haven't read this one...so I'll say little about it.

Isn't there just one book about this? Not sure if one book consists of a franchise.

Flint521466 9/23/2009 6:31:04 AM

Question Starlight: Do you want Edward to assimilate you?

pilgram 9/23/2009 6:48:23 AM

"alien species of benevolent parasites"

Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick does Stephenie Meyers have anything in any world what might resemble having a backbone? I wish I was in her soft feel good lovey dovey version of everything. Instead I keep ending up in the 28 Days Later version everytime I wake up.

StarlightGuard 9/23/2009 7:04:04 AM

well, let's face it --

there's always some alien force sneaking up behind us and making us their bitches,  they're always warming up the probe...

and given this I wonder about Meyer's "secret" life

Meyer's got herself as Bella (in theory) and Edward's there to fight his "bad" desires but, ultimately, he wants some

now aliens are sneaking up on her and wanting to take her over as well

look at the names: Melanie Stryder is this girl's name, and change it about and you could get Stephenie Meyer

are Mormon girls actually submissive, waiting to be taken over by a force more powerful than them in an attempt to be loved? I'm not sure if this is the Mormon brainwashing of polygamy or if she's just a submissive girl.....hoping to be ravaged

as for being assimilated by Edward...no not really...

monkeyfoot 9/23/2009 7:40:43 AM

A girl who read this told me she loved it, so I'll wait and see if the trailer is interesting to me.

Chopsaki 9/23/2009 12:28:29 PM

I had no idea Stephenie Meyers was mormon, I have mormon friends so that explains alot.

Wiseguy 9/24/2009 10:22:07 AM

Hopefully it won't be 2 hours of parasites staring at each other breathing heavily

Anyway, you lost me at Stephanie Meyers

StarlightGuard 9/24/2009 10:59:49 AM

wiseguy can't admit he likes the heavy breathing...

chopsaki, what does it explain? this I gotta know....

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