Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup! Let's do it.
The Lifetime Flowers in the Attic sequel has its new Cathy Dollanganger! Yes, Rose McIver will play the grown-up version of Kiernan Shipka in the upcoming Petals in the Wind adaptation. She looks like this:
I found a picture of her standing next to flowers in what very well could be an attic because JOURNALISM! Read Erin's hilarious review of Lifetime's Flowers in the Attic movie, if you haven't already.
Update!! Right after posting this I saw that Bunheads' Bailey Buntain will play Carrie Dollanganger! Dammit, now I have to watch. Bunheads' alum-follower for life.
The Veronica Mars movie news roundup (there's going to be a lot of this in the coming weeks): the film release plan is pretty groundbreaking, as it'll be available EVERYWHERE on March 14. Theaters, televisions and computer monitors worldwide. And here's a great writeup about Veronica Mars for the SXSW mag. And HERE's an interview with Rob Thomas.
Also, see the cover for the first Veronica Mars original mystery book: The Thousand Dollar Tan Line! I wish the cover were more old-school noir, like the Hard Case Crime books, and I don't love the title, but still. Exciting:
In Not YA But Relevant To Our Interests News: Buzzfeed offers a first look at the Heathers musical!
AND OMG LEIGHTON MEESTER AND ADAM BRODY GOT SECRET MARRIED. What do we think? I mean, she's no Lane Kim, but are we really going to complain about Seth Cohen marrying Blair Waldorf?
That's it for this week! What do you have for me? Lay it on me downstairs!