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Daisy Ridley to star in another Lionsgate stab at the YA genre, "Chaos Walking"

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MMarston

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Also being directed by Doug Liman (Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow)
With one franchise already in her back pocket, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” star Daisy Ridley is eyeing another popular series, this time in the YA genre.

Ridley is attached to star in Lionsgate’s adaptation of popular young adult novel “Chaos Walking” by Patrick Ness. Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer confirmed the casting Thursday on the company’s earnings call with Wall Street analysts, saying that film would go into production next year. Doug Liman is signed on as director. Jamie Linden penned the most recent script with Allison Shearmur and Doug Davison producing.

“Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go,” published in 2008 as the first book in a trilogy, is set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts.

The book is centered on the only boy in a town of men, who makes a startling discovery that forces him to flee with only his dog in hand. With the townspeople in pursuit, the duo stumbles upon a strange and silent girl. They set off on a white-knuckle journey in which the boy must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

All three “Chaos Walking” titles have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, with the final “Monsters of Men” winning in 2011.
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http://variety.com/2016/film/news/daisy-ridley-chaos-walking-lionsgate-1201810899/

Well, Daisy's gotta make more bank I guess.

Still, considering the way Hunger Games kinda fizzled out and how the Divergent series (despite the fact they only backed the first two films) went fuck all as of its recent entry, I'm surprised they'd even continue tapping into this genre. Not to mention for a YA series that's not only 8 years old, but one I wasn't really aware of.
 
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Einchy

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I tend to skip all YA movies but I'll give this one a chance cus the premise sounds awesome and Daisy Ridley is GOAT.
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Good for her. Best thing this movie could do for itself is look different. Considering it's set in a dystopian future, I'm not expecting much. But if they chase that Hunger Games/Divergent/Maze Runner look, people will just skip over it.
 
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Fj0823

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Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on nailing the internal struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
 
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Killer Queen

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Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on the struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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Kinda like Luke in A New Hope? And like how Anakin is space Jesus because reasons? Don't you think that's getting kinda old?
 
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Ninja Scooter

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“Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go,”
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Sesuadra

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Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on the struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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Oh come on we had that discussion like a thousand times and you want to start it again :/?

Killer Queen said:
Kinda like Luke in A New Hope? And like how Anakin is space Jesus because reasons? Don't you think that's getting kinda old?
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^!

On topic: I had hoped the YA movie stuff was over ;_;
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on nailing the internal struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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This already happened in TFA
according to Tumblr
 
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Eumi

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Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on nailing the internal struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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...err, she's gonna be playing the only character without any special powers.
 
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Einchy

semen stains the mountaintops
Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on nailing the internal struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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chrisPjelly

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Fj0823 said:
Well, she's got the super special snowflake that gets all the special powers for free part practiced already...

Now she just needs to focus on nailing the internal struggle of having to choose between 2 hot guys.
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Daisy Ridley, the actor, is such a Mary Sue. Getting all these big roles without having controversial problems like every well written celebrity
 
Grizzlyjin

Grizzlyjin

Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Daffy Duck said:
What the hell is the YA genre?
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Young Adult. It's a bit of a dumb distinction because there are lots of books that could be considered YA but aren't.

Commonly they have teenage protagonist, usually with some type of special ability. Tons of them are set in dystopian futures and involve toppling some authoritarian government. And love triangles. There's almost always a love triangle.
 
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KissVibes

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This series is garbage. There's a fucking faction called "The Spackle." The series starts with a talking dog telling the protagonist, named fucking Todd, that he needs to "poo poo."
 
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Cabbagehead

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Shark Johnson said:
This series is garbage. There's a fucking faction called "The Spackle." The series starts with a talking dog telling the protagonist, named fucking Todd, that he needs to "poo poo."
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The series is far from garbage. Its actually really good.


But hey people love the crap Brandon Sanderson poops out so. It should fit.
 
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Grizzlyjin said:
Young Adult. It's a bit of a dumb distinction because there are lots of books that could be considered YA but aren't.

Commonly they have teenage protagonist, usually with some type of special ability. Tons of them are set in dystopian futures and involve toppling some authoritarian government. And love triangles. There's almost always a love triangle.
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Ninja Scooter said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnTltDzqhzM
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Korey said:
Young adult.

Hunger games, maze runner, detergent, twilight, etc.....
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Ahhhh, I see. Don't think I've seen one film from this genre.
 
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MattyG

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The books are much better than the normal YA fare.

I thought this was dead, but now it's not and Daisy Ridley is starring? Yessss.
 
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MattyG

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I never really saw the books as dystopian. I feel like if it is its right on the edge of not being. It nothing like The Hunger Games or Divergent.
 
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More_Badass

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I recall this book getting a lot of praise, supposed to be really well-crafted and tense

Kind of disappointing that YA is so maligned nowadays. Remember the days of The Giver and Hatchet?

Edit: and it's not really dystopian. It's kind of like the game Lisa, all the women are dead (supposedly), and the men that remain have their own tribal societies and structures. And the remaining living things can hear eachother's thoughts. Kind of hard to escape pursuers when they can hear you thinking
 
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platakul

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never heard of this and I read city of bones

e: guy above me gets it! but then star wars actors don't have great careers anyway!
 
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More_Badass

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Liman's a good choice for this. The book is like one big violent chase movie throughout. Bourne Identiy and Edge of Tomorrow were good action films, and even Jumper was fun

Talking about Jumper and YA, that's another series that the movie just ravaged. The books were great, and the sequel was an adult thriller. They explored teleportation in really cool, methodical ways
 
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Still, considering the way Hunger Games kinda fizzled out
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huh? Hunger Games franchise ww gross was $3 BILLION!! While the last one did bring in the least, we are still talking about $650m ww.

Divergent is a different story. That series fell off and the budgets were crazy high between $80m $120m.

YA movies can do well especially if you are smart on which ones to develop. Maze Runner series has done well for the budgets.
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
element said:
huh? Hunger Games franchise ww gross was $3 BILLION!! While the last one did bring in the least, we are still talking about $650m ww.
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Well, relatively fizzle out. What I meant to say is that the franchise lost plenty of steam by the end. Very far from a complete meltdown of course, but it does say something for the genre around this time.

kurahador said:
Lionsgate, destroyer of careers.

Don't do it Miss Ridley!!!!
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Way to miss a good pun opportunity.
 
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Akahige

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You had me at Liman.

But seriously, the plotline (not shown in the op) does actually sound quite good and at least original.
 
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Jal

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Well now i know it's a genre i don't have to describe them as 'feels like it's made for kids', thanks!
 
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