As most old adults know, the easiest way to grab Hollywood's attention is to write a great Young Adult franchise. Studios are looking for any property that they can spin into the next Twilight or Hunger Games, and preferably one where they don't have to pay for the rights. This means that the Public Domain is a new source of original inspiration. Practically any text can be converted into a YA love story. See: Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and the Huntsman, Red Riding Hood, Once Upon a Time, and Beauty and the Beast on The CW. There are competing Peter Pan projects in the pipeline as well as Kenneth Branagh's upcoming Cinderella reboot for Disney. Elements needed: A teenage female protagonist who spends a good portion of the novel writing in her diary (providing ultra-angsty exposition) A distant, emo love interest (preferably sparkling) Strange, guttural, borderline Seussian gibberish names like Haymitch Abernathy or Tris Prior A love triangle where neithe
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