Here’s A First Look At the Upcoming Netflix Horror Film There’s Someone Inside Your House
Netflix is releasing its adaptation of Stephanie Perkin’s YA horror novel There’s Someone Inside Your House on October 6, and you can check out the trailer, the movie poster, and images from the film here. This new slasher film is written by Henry Gayden (Shazam!) and directed by Patrick Brice (Creep). The cast includes Théodore Pellerin, Asjha Cooper, Dale Whibley, Jesse LaTourette, Diego Josef, and Sydney Park. And while the film has yet to be released, director Patrick Brice has already revealed that there are talks of a sequel. “Henry [Gayden] and I are cooking up sequel ideas as we speak,” Brice told Entertainment Weekly. “I think we landed on one that expands on the characters and the themes of the universe and also weaves in some contemporary issues. We’re definitely talking about it. Fingers crossed, enough people watch this. But let Netflix know that we’re ready to have that conversation.”
Michael B. Jordan to Adapt Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
Michael B. Jordan’s production company Outlier Society is working with Amazon Studios to develop Charlie Jane Anders’ sci-fi novel Victories Greater Than Death into a television series. The novel follows the story of teenager Tina Mains, a seemingly normal high school girl who’s hiding a really big secret: she’s actually a clone from an alien world who carries a beacon that will one day call her back home. Jordan and Elizabeth Raposo from Outlier Society will executive produce the project alongside Charlie Jane Anders, Dan Halstead, and Nate Miller. There have been no announcements yet about who will write the adaptation.
Central York Board Refuses to Lift Book Ban After Series of Protests
On Monday night, the Central York School Board announced that they would maintain their stance on a banned resources list published in August. The announcement follows a full week of student and community protests about the banned list, which included a wide range of materials—from Lalya F. Saad’s Me and White Supremacy to an African-themed cookbook. In response to the list, a Central York High School student group, Panther Anti-Racist Union (PARU), organized protests from last Tuesday til this morning. At a protest before the board meeting, PARU Vice President Christina Ellis said, “There is no reason that I Am Rosa Parks or a pro-diversity coloring book should be on the chopping block.” Other speakers at the protest included the president of the York NAACP, Richard Craighead; commissioner for the City of York Human Relations Commission Rabiya Kahn; diversity educator for York Central Middle School Delma Rivera; and PARU faculty adviser Ben Hodge.
2021 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
Chosen from 158 novels, here are the 2021 Booker Prize shortlist titles. The books on this list feature six novels that span the globe, from South Africa to Sri Lanka to Cardiff and the United States.