Exciting TV News!

The CW has ordered a pilot of The Carrie Diaries, based on SATC author Candace Bushnell’s novel following young Carrie Bradshaw. The story tells of Bradshaw coming of age in the 1980s, "asking her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family, while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan." Amy Harris, who worked on HBO’s original SATC, wrote the Carrie Diaries pilot. Executive producers include Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Len Goldstein and Candace Bushnell.

And, that's not all! The CW has ordered a pilot of The Selection too! Based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is an epic romance set 300 years in the future which centers on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.

Movie news! Firelight, the new book by bestselling author Sophie Jordan, is coming to the big screen. Mandalay Pictures has picked up the rights to young adult novel. Stay tuned for casting and release dates!