Question: Harry Potter, Hunger Games and Twilight — how many more teenage fantasy fests are we going to have to endure? What is the next pop culture novel adaptation on the horizon? —Steve Kentland, IN
Answer: Whether you like it or not, this craze is never going to stop. Teens of every generation grasp hold of a particular novel or series and become completely infatuated by it. I enjoyed Harry Potter, I loathe Twilight, and I haven’t seen The Hunger Games yet. The only book series of these that I did read was Harry Potter, and that, as you would expect, was much better than the movies.
After some research into current teen novel sensations, the frontrunner to be the next big screen adaptation looks like The Last Hunter – The Antarktos Saga. The story revolves around Solomon Ull Vincent, who is considered to be the titular “Last Hunter.” The first person born on the continent of Antarctica, he returns to his birth place 13 years later, only to be subjected to kidnapping and torture in a strange, subterranean world of ancient warriors, mystic creatures and supernatural powers. It sure doesn’t sound like a teen novel, but Hunger Games also contains many adult concepts that make it marketable to an older audience.
This article appears in Mar 29 – Apr 4, 2012.