Now on Yahoo! Movies, you can view two breathtaking trailers for the new Golden Compass film.  You can also find out about the film itself with a synopsis, photos and information on the cast.  It looks gorgeous, atmospheric and seems to echo the pictures of the books I had in my head.

Tee hee!

The “Gossip Girl” panel on Friday afternoon at the Beverly Hilton got a
little surly when television critics asked the executive producers to
justify the underaged drinking and (attempted) date-raping in its pilot.

I love that they got pissy.  And how do they defend it?

After the morality question was asked in several different ways,
Schwartz said, “I don’t want to be hitting the same point, but I do
feel as if we’re not presenting this as a perfect world.” He added, “As
long as we continue to portray this world responsibly but
realistically, we think the show should have a teen-aged audience.”

As a librarian, I am very used to defending books in the face of critical parents.  The answer is that this book (or show) may not be right for your family and may not reflect your family’s morals.  And it is your right, as always, not to read/view it.  But it is not your right to stop others from doing that.

That is even more true for a TV show based on a series of books for teens that has garnered a lot of real criticism for the world they portray.  Hasn’t everyone been warned enough about this?  And frankly, the plot lines don’t seem that very different from so many other teen series on TV in the last few decades.  Beverly Hills 90210 anyone?

Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff is being made into a TV movie by Hallmark.  Sissy Spacek is going to star as Josie.  No premiere date yet.

 

Warner Brothers is going to make the magical Septimus Heap series by Angie Sage into a series of films.  Her books are Magyk, Flyte and Physik.  I read the first and really enjoyed it.  I loved its charm and quirks.

Does anyone know if the second and third were just as good?

The Nancy Drew movie comes out this Friday.  You can find all sorts of articles about the film, the real author of the series, Nancy’s fashion, and star Emma Roberts. 

Visit the movie’s homepage to view a trailer, see photos, download wallpapers, screensaver or buddy icons, or read Emma’s blog.

Nickelodeon is showing a TV movie on Saturday, June 9th that is based on the Shredderman books by Wendelin Van Draanen.  Shredderman Rules! is definitely going on my TiVo!

You can also check out the cool Shredderman.com website from Random House where you can meet the characters, find computer fun, and play Shredderman WebQuest. 

For all you folks who keep commenting on your love of the Gossip Girl book series and the upcoming TV show, here are a couple of links for you!

The photo above is from the Wikipedia entry for the show.  Gorgeous, ain’t it?  I like it a lot better than the photo on their official site, but intriguingly the cast doesn’t look the same!  The official site has a preview video you can watch as well featuring Blake Lively from The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants as Serena.

The beautiful Golden Compass website which advertises the upcoming film, now has a new section where you can discover what your Daemon is! 

This is my Daemon:

http://goldencompassmovie.com/goldenCompass_blog.swf?id=15124

What’s yours?

NPR has an interview with author Katherine Paterson and her son David, who wrote the screenplay for the movie of Bridge of Terabithia.  It is an interesting look at how Bridge came about and David’s reaction to it.