Every studio wants to have the new Twilight or Hunger Games, which is good news for authors of young adult movies, are virtually every one will get at least a little attention from Hollywood. Now New Line has stakes a claim for a new franchise, acquiring the rights to Maggie Stiefvater’s novel The Raven Boys, according to Variety.
The novel is the first in a four-book series known as the ‘Raven Cycle’, which is about a 16-year-old girl named Blue Sargent. Her parents are powerful psychics, although this trait was not passed down to her. She is told that she possesses a deadly gift, where her true love will die simply by kissing her. Although the girl has steered clear of the opposite sex, she meets teenage brothers The Raven Boys at the pizza place where she works, which leads into a contentious love triangle.
Akiva Goldsman has signed on to produce, and New Line is currently seeking a screenwriter to adapt the material. The author also has an adaptation of her book The Scorpio Races in development at Warner Bros. with Seth Grahame-Smith and David Katzenberg producing.