![]() (I hesitate to guess that the plan is to release three films for three books, since film versions of Harry Potter and The Hunger Games set the precedent for squeezing a couple of huge box office takes out of one novel.) Entertainment Weekly reported in May 2013 that the studio was already intending to produce a series of 5th Wave films, even though only one of the novels was complete at that point. ![]() Sony snatched up the rights to The 5th Wave trilogy before there was even a trilogy to speak of. Victor Chavez/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images The Last Staris scheduled to hit shelves this May. The 5th Wave fans are still awaiting the trilogy's conclusion, but at least it has a title. The sequel hit bookstores in September 2014 and stoked interest again in the survival story of Cassie and her compatriots. The Infinite Seapicks up where the first novel and The 5th Wave film leave off, so I won't talk plot here. The release of the second book in the series was heralded with a trailer, a trend that acknowledges the direct pipeline from successful printing to big-budget screen adaptation for any well-written, post-apocalyptic novel with a spunky teen lead or two. "Just read it." The 5th Wave became a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into over 30 languages. "Who cares what shelf you find it on?" Entertainment Weekly wrote in its "A" review of the book. That audience, like those for other crossover successes, is comprised by adult readers too. It was published in May 2013 and quickly found its audience. The 5th Wavenovel was penned by Rick Yancey, a former IRS employee turned science fiction/fantasy author. The novel that it's based on is a part of an intended trilogy, so if audiences bite on the film, then multiple 5th Wave sequels could be in its future. 22 and could jump start a cultural phenomenon in the vein of HG or the Twilight series. A survivor of a multi-phase attack by an alien race, the teenager is desperate to retrieve her little brother from a nefarious training camp for human children. Embodied by the seemingly ubiquitous Chloƫ Grace Moretz, Cassie is the next YA heroine to be tested on screen. Has the conclusion of The Hunger Games series left a Katniss Everdeen-shaped hole in your life? Meet Cassie Sullivan, the protagonist of the upcoming sci-fi release The 5th Wave.
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