Stephenie Meyer has once again taken to her website to update us the latest project that has come her way. Variety spilled the beans on the project a tad early, but Stephenie has gone ahead and announced that she’s going to be producing Down A Dark Hall into a movie. Read more from Stephenie below:

April 18, 2012

Hi all,

Just wanting to comment on the story Variety ran today. We weren’t going to announce this until more of the project had come together, but here goes! My production company, Fickle Fish, acquired the option to Lois Duncan’s novel Down a Dark Hall a while back. We’re developing this project with our good pals at Temple Hill Entertainment, who we are so excited to be working with again. Not too much information to share as yet, but even in this early stage, it is still very exciting. I grew up reading and loving Lois Duncan novels, and I can’t believe my good luck that I get to be involved with this project. Down a Dark Hall was my favorite of her novels (though it’s a very close race with Summer of Fear and Stranger with My Face) and it gave me some serious nightmares when I was nine. I will have more information on my Fickle Fish site for those interested when there is more to share. These things are very slow moving, though, so it will probably be a while.

In the meantime, shooting on The Host is going awesomely–and quickly. I can’t believe we’re almost done. Things are looking fairly extraordinary and I cannot wait to see what Andrew Niccol will do with all this amazing footage. However, I am not ready to be done because I am not ready to give up Saoirse, who I would happily adopt by force if I didn’t like her parents so much, and if she wasn’t legally an adult. (By the way, for those who have asked about pronunciation, Saoirse rhymes with “inertia.”)

More soonish,
Steph

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EW.com was one of the news outlets lucky enough to visit the set of The Host. Here they give us a little sneak peek of the experience they had, and promise that there is much more to come. Read more below:

An hour outside of Albuquerque, N.M., on the rocky edge of a small, picturesque canyon, Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) is squinting into the sun. She’s flanked by two sleek, silver sports cars, and her eyes are ringed with an eerie, iridescent circle. They’re both signs that Kruger is playing The Seeker — a dogged member of the police force of an alien species called Souls, who have successfully invaded our planet by literally invading our bodies. She’s looking for Wanderer (Hanna‘s Saoirse Ronan, pictured with costar Max Irons), a member of her race who, aptly, has wandered off into the desert after the consciousness of her human host, Melanie, cajoled Wanderer into finding what’s left of Melanie’s human family. The Seeker is also keenly set on finding this rag-tag cluster of the remains of humanity, but for very different reasons. “We find her,” Kruger (as The Seeker) mutters to herself, “we find the threat.”

Fans of Stephenie Meyer’s 600-plus-page novel have likely already gathered from the description above that film interpretation of The Seeker is almost the exact opposite of how she’s described in the book. Instead of small, dark-haired, and clad mostly in black, the very blonde Kruger stands regally on some serious wedge heels, dressed in a futuristic cream-colored pant suit. It’s a change designed by writer-director Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, In Time) to reflect the “purity” of the egalitarian Souls, and Meyer told me on the set that she happily embraced it. Gattaca is her favorite sci-fi film of all time.

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E! Online has put together a nice short little list of the top five things you need to know right now about the movie adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. Check them out below:

4. The Book’s as Big as Twilight: True, The Host has hardly garnered as much buzz as the Twilight juggernaut, but the novel itself is churning out equally impressive Twi-esque stats. It spent 26 weeks as No. 1 on the New York Times best-seller list and also spent more than 36 weeks on the Los Angeles Times best-seller list. Forget Fifty Shades of Grey! Apparently The Host is the book to read. And lucky for you loyal S.M. fans, Ms. Meyer said she wants to turn the story into a trilogy. Shocker.

5. The Film’s Following in Twilight’s Footsteps: Turns out Baton Rouge has gotten a double dose of Stephenie Meyer—much of The Host’s filming took place where Breaking Dawn was first filmed. A few other on-set deets? Stephen Rider (who plays Seeker Reed in the flick) recently tweeted they have “all” read the book and said he sees Stephenie on set “almost every day.” Rider also dished that the “cast is stellar” and it’s “truly an amazing experience.” What? No Twilight-style drama? Oh well, at least there’s one more Breaking Dawn film to keep that goss coming.

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MTV has the honor of debuting the very first teaser poster for the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host. In addition they’re breaking the news that they’ll be going on a set visit to The Host and getting a chance to chat with the film stars as well as Stephenie Meyer herself. Check it all out below:

Yep, you read correctly: This Friday, MTV News will be headed to the seeeeecret secret location where alien parasite love story “The Host” is being filmed, where we’ll be delivering an exclusive behind-the-scenes missive from the set of this hotly anticipated sci-fi romance. And while we’re there, we’ll be chatting it up with Saoirse, Max and Stephenie—getting all the dirty details about how production is going so far, and asking them all your most burning-est questions about the film! Which means that now is your moment to run—RUN!—in the direction of Twitter, and tell us what you want to know using the @mtvnews handle and #MTVHost hashtag!

…Oh, but then come right back, because here comes our exclusive look at the first movie poster. And get ready to be amazed, because there’s a glowing eyeball and ominous message involved! And between all the exclusive goodies coming our way from the studio, plus the hotly anticipated performance of the uber-talented Saoirse in the host/parasite dual role, plus Max Irons and his glorious cheekbones, the fact that “The Host” isn’t coming out for nearly a year will not deter us—or you—from being so excited for this movie that every time we think about it, we make a tiny squealing noise.

See the full story and all of the set visit details over at MTV here.

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It’s almost like the early days of Twilight when MTV was the only outlet that was always on the set, talking to the actors. It makes me all nostalgic for the early days of the Twilight Saga movies!

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We have two more new images from The Host movie! With our very first images we got a chance to see Saoirse Ronan as Melanie and Max Irons as Jared. Now once again we’re getting a chance to see a little more of Saoirse Ronan as Melanie/Wanderer, but for the first time we’re getting a peek at Diane Kruger as The Seeker as well! Check it all out below:

What do you think of our first look at The Seeker? I can definitely see her hunting Melanie/Wanderer down, she is fitting the part perfectly. After knowing the cast names for so long it’s fun to finally see them in character. So far it seems like they are perfectly cast! What do you think of all of the new images? Which character that we have yet to see are you most excited to see? Ian?

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We just got to see the very first trailer for The Host film and now thanks to People.com we’re getting a glimpse into the very first images from the film. Both pictures give us our first look at Saoirse Ronan as Melanie and Max Irons as Jared. Check it all out below:

“It’s kind of an alien love story,” director Andrew Niccol tells PEOPLE in this week’s issue, which features an exclusive first look at the film, due March 29, 2013.

Irish actress Saoirse Ronan plays Melanie, one of the world’s last remaining free spirits. As an alien named Wanderer assumes control of Melanie’s soul, Melanie’s remaining emotions still draw her to a handsome human named Jared (Max Irons).

Rounding out the cast: Diane Kruger, who plays Seeker, an alien sent to regulate the takeover of Earth’s population.

Go see the entire story (including the pictures full size) at People.com, and be sure to pick up an issue on newsstand Friday for even more from The Host film.

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The day has finally arrived for the brand new, first trailer for The Host. The Host of course is currently in production right now and we occasionally get updates from Stephenie Meyer herself. You’ll notice that the last segment of this trailer includes the winners of The Host trailer contest. Enjoy the trailer below!

Well I’ve been kind of anxious to see this trailer, I’m so curious as to how they’ll be handling all of the internal dialogue that takes place in the book between Melanie and Wanda. One thing is for sure, I’m loving what appears to be Saoirse Ronan’s voice for Melanie. It’s also absolutely brilliant how they incorporated the book cover with the first trailer.

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