Attack of the Nerds: Young Adult Edition
Nothing gets audiences frenzied like the long awaited adaptation of their favorite book onto the big screen, particularly when that book is by their favorite young adult author. Catch up on your favorite stories with our wide selection of young adult franchises here on Film Fresh.
With JK Rowling announcing her new film project FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM this year, take a trip down memory lane into the magical Wizarding world of her most famous character HARRY POTTER. The spectacular eight-film series follows The Boy Who Lived and his magically inclined friends as they grow up at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and fight against the tyranny of evil Lord Voldemort and his dark arts.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart may no longer be together, but in Stephanie Meyer’s TWILIGHT series, Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are soul mates forever. Start from the very beginning and watch as Bella’s world is turned upside down when she moves to the small town of Forks, Washington and meets the handsome and mysterious vampire Edward. As Bella navigates through the murky waters of the supernatural world, she must defend herself and the ones she loves against the blood-lust, traditions, and rivalries of her new human, vampire, and werewolf friends.
Jennifer Lawrence won the hearts of millions in her portrayal of the strong and silent Katniss Everdeen in the adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ THE HUNGER GAMES (2012). When her young sister Prim is selected to compete in the annual Hunger Games in the dystopian nation of Panem, sixteen-year old Katnis volunteers to take her place and is pitted against highly trained Tributes in a brutal fight to the death set in an enormous arena designed to kill.
In an extraordinary parallel universe filled with witches, magical dust, and Ice Bears, one spunky young girl holds the fate of the universe in her hands in the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s brilliant first book in the His Dark Materials trilogy: THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007). When Lyra Belaqua (Dakota Blue Richards) becomes the keeper of the wondrous Golden Compass, her life is turned upside down as she discovers that her world along with all the other worlds in her universe is threatened by the nefarious plans of Mrs. Coulter (Nicole Kidman). In order to stop her, she must find Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig), Lyra embarks on a quest to right what has been wronged with a group of unlikely allies at her side.
Based on Cassandra Clare’s bestselling series, THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (2013) thrusts teenage Clary (Lilly Collins) into a dangerous supernatural world when her mother (Lena Headey) is kidnapped. Upon the discovery that she and her mother are actually shadowhunters, tasked with protecting the world from downworlders such as vampires, werewolves and demons, Clary must team up with a group of other shadowhunters in order to discover her talents and save her mother.
