Movie Mondays- Mega Updates: The Fault in our Stars, Delirium, Maze Runner and More!

In this week’s Movie Monday, we have several updates for you including: DELIRIUM gets cancelled; DIVERGENT author Veronica Roth is interviewed by Ryan Seacrest; INSURGENT and CITY OF ASHES get greenlit; MAZE RUNNER concept art revealed and lots of casting information; Loads of VAMPIRE ACADEMY (Blood Sister’s) updates; ENDER’S GAME theatrical trailer; THE FAULT IN OUR STARS complete adaption roud-up; and LIONSGATE stock at an all time high! Get the details, photos and videos below- and don’t miss our list of 60+ Adaptations in the works!

-Delirium-

CANCELLED! Despite all the pleas and cries that fans made via social media, Fox has decided to drop Lauren Oliver’s Pilot, which was set to air this fall with stars Emma Roberts and Billy Capmbell. Fox still owns the rights to the book, so there’s still some hope that this story will find its way to the big screen one day. And who knows, there’s always a chance that Fox sells the pilot to another network- which we think has CW written all over it!

-Divergent-

Lots of things happening on the Divergent front. If you’re behind on all the casting placements check out this awesome slide show, it’ll get you back up to date! Veronica Roth has been quite the busy cat, visiting the set in Chicago, making her own publicity rounds, all while getting ready for the release of her third and final book in the Divergent series. And you know you’ve become something a pop culture sensation when your getting interviewed by Ryan Seacrest. One of Roth’s stops, on her busy schedule,was by The Today Show to talk about the trilogy and reveal the cover for Allegiant. Check out the interview with Seacrest here:

-Insurgent-

In other amazing news for Veronica Roth, Insurgent (the sequel to Divergent) has recently been greenlit and Brian Duffield has been commissioned to begin penning the script, under producers Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher.

-The Maze Runner-

The Maze Runner is finally getting a move on. The studio just recently released the first concept art images (Left), which show just how daunting the maze actually is! First-time director Wes Ball, who previously worked in special effects, said he created this image primarily for his own benefit. Casting includes Teen Wolf star Dylan O’Brien as the lead role of Thomas, alongside Kaya Scodelario, best-known for playing Effy in the British teen drama series Skins, playing Teresa, the lead female role. Supporting cast includes, Kidulthood actor Aml Ameen will play the leader of the Gladers, Alby, and Game of Thrones‘ Thomas Brodie-Sangster will play his second-in-command, Newt. Others include Will Poulter,as Gally, Ki Hong Lee, playing Minho, Jacob Latimore, playing an unknown role, and Alexander Flores as Winston. We’re all getting really excited about this film which is set to begin production later this month (May ’13) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a release date of February 14th, 2014!!! Also, check out this fun interview with author James Dashner =)

-Vampire Academy- A.K.A Blood Sisters-

A few updates for the upcoming Vampire Academy movie, which they’ve renamed “Blood Sisters”. Recent cast additions include Olga Kurylenko (known for Oblivion) as the head mistress, Kirova, as well as Cameron Monaghan as Mason Ashford. Other new cast members include Sami Gayle (Blue Bloods), who landed the role of Mia, Claire Foy who will play Karp and Ashley Charles who will play Jesse. They join Zoey Deutch (the main character Rose), Lucy Fry (Lissa, the other main character), and Danila Kovzolski (the hot romance Dimitri). They have also announced that ‘Mean Girls’ director Mark Waters was tapped by Reliance Entertainment and IM Global to helm the film, alongside Daniel Waters who will pen the script. Meanwhile, author Richelle Mead has been making some publicity rounds- she answers all sorts of movie question in this recent Twitter Chat she did with fans, and some more here in this interview with Penguin Teen Australia. Overall, she sounds quite happy with the how things are coming along. Go to this site for a great summary of the movie!

-City of Ashes-

Even though City of Bones doesn’t hit theaters until August, the sequel, City of Ashes has already been green-lit. The film’s producer, Martin Moszkowicz, announced via his Facebook page that stars Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower would return, along with director Harald Zwart for the sequel. International buyers will get a taste of the sequel at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, where the film will go up for bidding to international buyers. To some, greenlighting the film so soon makes plenty of sense. But others see this as a bold and daring move after the box office bombs, Beautiful Creatures and The Host.- And check out the new U.K City of Bones movie poster (below).

-Ender’s Game-

An exciting week for Ender’s Game fans- who got their first peek of this fall’s feature film. The big screen release of Orson Scott Card’s 1985 epic science fiction novel will be hitting theaters November 1st, and stars Harrison Ford, Abigail Breslin, Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley and Viola Davis. Check out the trailer here:

-The Fault In Our Stars-

We haven’t reported on The Fault in our Stars before, but there has been some exciting news on the adaptation front and we wanted to share. So here goes: John Green’s eagerly anticipated adaptation will be directed by Josh Boone and will star Ansel Elgort as Augustus Waters (the male lead) alongside Shailene Woodley as Hazel. Ironically this love duo is currently working together on another project where they star as siblings (Woodley is set to play Tris Prior and Elgort her brother Caleb in the upcoming film Divergent). In light of casting the lead, author John Green sung his praise to EW saying that “Ansel is whip-smart and uber-charismatic and everything I dreamed for Augustus Waters”. Likewise, director Josh Boon told EW that “during our exhaustive search to find Hazel Grace Lancaster, I saw some stunning auditions by today’s finest young actresses. Over 250 girls read for the part, but it wasn’t until Shailene stepped in front of the camera that I truly saw Hazel for the first time. It was like lightning striking. I can’t wait for the rest of the world to see what I have.”

-Lionsgate-

Lionsgate Stock Reaches All New High: According to The Hollywood Reporter Lionsgate stock hit an all-time high in late April. However, this trend actually started after the senior management at the Vancouver-based company fended off billionaire investor Carl Icahn in October 2011 and their stock has been on a meteoric rise ever since. Shares hit $24.73, up 79 cents or 3.3% (as of late April) and have continue to be moving in an upward trajectory, mostly on the strength their Twilight and Hunger Games franchise success. And these stock market target points are only expected to get stronger with Divergent in queue for a March 2014 release (Divergent has book sales tracking ahead of Hunger Games at a comparable point). Chaos Walking is also in development, along with more adult-oriented The Night Circus. The future is looking bright for Lionsgate!