The Wicked Lovely movie, as you might have heard, is no longer with Universal Studios. It IS, however, still in the works. There is a director, screenplay, producers, and other important things, just no studio at the moment. So keep your fingers crossed that everything will fall into place and we'll be watching Wicked Lovely on the big screen soon!

If you missed seeing Melissa on the Smart Chicks Kick It 2.0 tour, you still have a chance to see her at FaeryCon, November 4th-6th in Baltimore, Maryland.

Mary Harron ("American Psycho", "The Notorious Bettie Page") was just announced as the director for the Wicked Lovely film adaptation. I know what you're thinking- "Wasn't Kimberly Pierce supposed to be the director?". Answer- Yes, she was. But as things tend to do in projects like this, the director has changed.

The movie is still with Vince Vaughn and Wild Wild West Picture Show Productions.

Article on Next Movie

Article on Movies.ie

From the press release sent out by Merrilee Heifetz-

New York Times bestselling authors Melissa Marr (Wicked Lovely) and Kelley Armstrong (The Summoning) will join forces to write the middle grade trilogy The Blackwell Pages for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The title was acquired by Megan Tingley, Senior Vice President and Publisher, with Kate Sullivan editing, and Marr's agent Merrilee Heifetz of Writers House made the deal for North American rights on behalf of Armstrong's agent Sarah Heller of the Helen Heller Agency. Both Armstrong and Marr have a strong young adult following and this will be the authors' first foray into middle grade fiction.The Blackwell Pages will tell the story of two 12-year-old boys and one girl, all distant descendants of the Norse gods, who must journey to prevent the impending Ragnarok (the apocalypse). The first book,Loki's Wolves, is slated for publication in Spring of 2013.

Announced on Publisher's Weekly.

Melissa's explanation on her livejournal.

Congratulations Melissa and Kelley!! We're incredibly excited for this new series!

That's right folks! Graveminder, Melissa's first adult novel has been optioned for a TV series. Ken Olin (Alias, Brothers & Sisters) picked up Graveminder at the 2011 RT Booklovers Convention, but the deal was just announced recently.

To read the full article please click here.

Don't forget to pick up your copy of Graveminder, which releases tomorrow, May 17th! You'll be glad you did.

Tour dates for Graveminder are here!

5/27EVENT -Brookline Booksmith in Boston, MA

6/3 EVENT-Keplers, Menlo Park, CA

6/4 EVENT-Murder By The Book, Houston, TX

6/8 EVENT-Eagle Eye Bookshop (pairing with Oakland Cemetery) in Decatur, GA

6/9 EVENT-B&N in Columbia, SC

6/11 EVENT-Fountain Bookstore in Richmond, VA

Melissa will also be at BEA in May, details below.

May 25-
11-12 Book Expo America, Javits Center NYC-Signing GRAVEMINDER
12:30-2 p.m Bryant Park, NYC-Interviewing Charlaine Harris
3:30 p.m Book Expo America, Javits Center NYC-- Panel with Melissa de la Cruz and Ellen Hopkins.

May 26-
10:30 Book Expo America, Javits Center NYC-Signing Darkest Mercy and/or Enthralled

Don't miss out! On February 23rd, 2011, HarperCollins is putting on a LIVE broadcast with Melissa! At 5 PM PST, make sure to tune in and listen to Melissa chat and answer reader questions. Click here to go to the Darkest Mercy Event Page.

Have a question for Melissa? Fill out the form here and she might answer it on the air!

And in case you missed seeing it out on the interwebs, here is the trailer for Darkest Mercy. It releases tomorrow!! (February 22nd, 2011)

Tour Dates

Darkest Mercy:
Melissa has asked NOT to tour for Darkest Mercy, as her schedule is already impossibly full. She's willing to sign Darkest Mercy at her other events, but will not be touring.

Italy:
Doing events in Italy from March 1-4.

Publication Dates

Graveminder- Possibly June 28th, 2011 for the US and Canada. (Could change)

Carnival of Souls- Possibly in 2012, it's unknown at this time. Carnival of Souls is a stand-alone YA novel.

Wicked Lovely Short Stories-
January 2011- "Old Habits" will be released in the US & Canada as an ebook only. It's a Niall story.
January/February 2011 - "Cotton Candy Skies" will be released in the US & Canada as an ebook only. It's a Rabbit story set after the end of Radiant Shadows.
September/October 2011 - "Title Omitted For Spoiler Reasons" a post-Darkest Mercy short story will be released in the "Enthralled" anthology.

2012, all of those stories (including "Stopping Time" & others) will release in a print collection of Melissa's stories in the US & Canada.

Graveminder, Melissa's new adult novel, has a cover!

And the cover copy! So for those of you who've been curious just what her new novel will be about, here's the description:

Three sips to mind the dead . . .

Rebekkah Barrow never forgot the tender attention her grandmother, Maylene, bestowed upon the dead of Claysville, the town where Bek spent her adolescence. There wasn’t a funeral that Maylene didn’t attend, and at each Rebekkah watched as Maylene performed the same unusual ritual: three sips from a small silver flask followed by the words “Sleep well, and stay where I put you.”

Now Maylene is dead and Bek must go back to the place—and the man—she left a decade ago. But what she soon discovers is that Maylene was murdered and that there was good reason for her odd traditions. It turns out that in placid Claysville, the worlds of the living and the dead are dangerously connected. Beneath the town lies a shadowy, lawless land ruled by the enigmatic Charles, aka Mr. D—a place from which the dead will return if their graves are not properly minded. Only the Graveminder, a Barrow woman, and the current Undertaker, Byron, can set things to right once the dead begin to walk.

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You can also see it here, in the HarperCollins catalogue.

Are you guys excited yet?

That's right! The director has been chosen! Kimberly Peirce, director of Stop-Loss and Boys Don't Cry, will be directing the movie adaptation of Melissa Marr's Wicked Lovely.

Read the announcements from Variety.com and Empireonline.com.

Read more about Kimberly Peirce here.