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03-24-2016, 11:27 PM
The YA genre isn't dead. It's digital
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LOS ANGELES —*Who says YA adaptions are dead? Oh right, everyone who saw — or rather, didn't see —*The Divergent ******: Allegiant in theaters last weekend.*
But sorry haters: The YA trend is far from over.
Even if studios are struggling to attract audiences for these types of films, the young adult book genre will live on — if **t in theaters, than certainly in the digital space.
There are already a handful of YA-to-digital projects in the works (including Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall and Replica from Awesomeness Films (http://deadline.com/2016/02/awesomeness-films-acquires-lauren-oliver-**vel-replica-1201696283/))
And more digital studios are doubling down their efforts to take popular books and turn them into ****** or ****** for young consumers: This week alone, two digital companies made an**uncements regarding new slates with YA projects on deck. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/ya-genre-**t-dead-its-digital/)
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LOS ANGELES —*Who says YA adaptions are dead? Oh right, everyone who saw — or rather, didn't see —*The Divergent ******: Allegiant in theaters last weekend.*
But sorry haters: The YA trend is far from over.
Even if studios are struggling to attract audiences for these types of films, the young adult book genre will live on — if **t in theaters, than certainly in the digital space.
There are already a handful of YA-to-digital projects in the works (including Lauren Oliver's Before I Fall and Replica from Awesomeness Films (http://deadline.com/2016/02/awesomeness-films-acquires-lauren-oliver-**vel-replica-1201696283/))
And more digital studios are doubling down their efforts to take popular books and turn them into ****** or ****** for young consumers: This week alone, two digital companies made an**uncements regarding new slates with YA projects on deck. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/24/ya-genre-**t-dead-its-digital/)
More about Youtube (http://mashable.com/category/youtube/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Digital Studios (http://mashable.com/category/digital-studios/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Digital Entertainment (http://mashable.com/category/digital-entertainment/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Young Adult **vels (http://mashable.com/category/young-adult-**vels/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Ya (http://mashable.com/category/ya/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/g70o86qrlAU