This just in…

Screen rights to Stephenie Meyer’s The Host have been acquired!

~ Producers Nick Wechsler and Steve and Paula Mae Schwartz have used their own money to buy the rights to the book.

~ Andrew Niccol will write the script and direct the film. He first came under consideration for the project because he worked on two of Stephenie’s top fave science fiction films, Gattaca and The Truman Show, in either a writing or directing capacity.

~ Stephenie had spurned several overtures for The Host previously, and the producers continued lobbying the author and her reps with a significant offer, a strong vision for the project, and a collaborative spirit. She eventually said yes.

Consider yourself flashed.