Andrew Niccol‘s got better things to do. Like Now, starring Justin Timberlake, Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde and Cillian Murphy, based on his own original screenplay. Susanna White (Nanny McPhee Returns) does not. She’s been chosen to take on the duties of bringing Stephenie Meyer‘s novel The Host to the silver screen through Chockstone Pictures (The Road, the upcoming Cogan’s Trade) and producers Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz [Variety]
Meyer’s novel tells the story of star-crossed lovers (surprised?) in the near future: one an alien, the other a dying woman. The alien’s job is to inhabit human bodies, while the dying woman must find the last remaining group of humans. Niccol did write the script, so there’s a chance it could contain considerable inspiration. But then there’s the whole production process (not to mention Meyer’s now-infamously strong involvement) to forfeit all of that.
Do you read Meyer’s novels? How does this one compare to her Twilight series?