Scooping The Screen (17)- 2012 Wrap-Up

Welcome to the 17th edition of Scooping The Screen, our own original feature in which books on television and in film will be spotlighted. This feature will be posted at varying frequencies, so please keep checking our site for further updates (although I hope to have it out at least once a week).

I apologize for not getting out a new edition sooner, but I have been ill and have been busy with the holidays...and now this will be the last edition until 2013.

~BOOKS ON TELEVISION~

HBO's Game of Thrones and AMC's The Walking Dead both scored a SAG nomination for Best Stunt Ensemble. [HR]

Sherlock's Benedict Cumberbatch snagged a Golden Globe nomination for a Best Actor in TV Movie or Miniseries. [TVLine]

ABC has pulled 666 Park Avenue from the schedule. The remaining episodes will air sometime in the Summer. [EW]

The CW has released a new trailer for The Carrie Diaries. You can view it here. [EW]

DEVELOPMENT NEWS: Lifetime is developing a modern-day version of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice; ABC Family is adapting the young adult novels Juliet Immortal and Recovery Road; ABC is adapting The Returned by Jason Mott; The CW is developing a Robin Hood drama

COMING SOON TO BOOKISH TV...return dates and premieres

January 3, 2013- Elementary
January 4, 2013- Merlin [US Premiere on Syfy]
January 6, 2013- Once Upon a Time & Revenge
January 7, 2013- Castle
January 8, 2013- Pretty Little Liars (3b premiere) & The Lying Game (S2 premiere)
January 14, 2013- Bones (2 episodes) & The Carrie Diaries (series premiere)
January 16, 2013- Arrow & Supernatural
January 17, 2013- The Vampire Diaries & Haven (2-hour season finale)
January 24, 2013- Beauty & The Beast
January 31, 2013- Do No Harm (series premiere)
February 10, 2013- The Walking Dead (3b premiere)
March 8, 2013- Grimm (2b premiere)
March 31, 2013- Game of Thrones (S3 premiere)

~BOOKS IN FILM~

Brad Peyton is writing and directing an adaptation of Monument 14 by Emmy Laybourne. Reel FX will produce. [Deadline]

HBO's Game Change earned 5 Golden Globe nominations and 3 SAG nominations. [TVLine, HR]

Curious how the big New York City battle scene in The Avengers was filmed? Then check out this video for a behind-the-scenes look at it [HR].

The first four minutes of Warm Bodies, a zombie movie starring Nicholas Hoult, has been released online. You can watch the video here. [HR]

DEVELOPMENT NEWS: Unwind by Neal Shusterman and The Dog Stars by Peter Heller are being adapted by Constantin Film; a sequel to TRON: Legacy is in development; The Giver by Lois Lowry is moving into development starring Jeff Bridges; Fox obtained the rights for the comic book, Theory of Everything; Universal is developing The Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor; Milo Ventimiglia will act and produce an adaptation of How Soon is Never?

BOOKISH FILM TRAILER OF THE WEEK........

Man of Steel, based on the DC comic books, will be released in theaters on June 14, 2013. The film stars Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, and Russell Crowe. [x]