Diablo Cody To Pen A “Sweet Valley High” Screenplay
Posted by: Kate Torgovnick
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10:30AM, Wednesday September 23rd 2009
OK people, fess up. You’ve read a Sweet Valley High book. Some of you may have breezed through all 152 tomes, while others of you may have stopped in for classics like Elizabeth’s Super-Selling Lemonade or Jessica Quits the Squad. Sure, the series about a pair of blond, Californian twins was no Nancy Drew, but I still adored these books growing up. I always identified with Elizabeth, the older (by four minutes) twin who wrote for the Sweet Valley High newspaper and dreamed of being a journalist, though I definitely had streaks of Jessica, the flighty, boy-crazy twin, too. So I am very excited to tell you that Sweet Valley High is heading for the big screen and ... (wait for it) ... Diablo Cody will be writing the script as well as producing. We hope this means that the tone of the movie will be midway between the saccharine flavor of the original books and the possessed man-eating of “Jennifer’s Body.”
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Amelia McDonell-Parry
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:45 am: [report]
I think I might cry tears of joy.
Jessica Wakeman
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:47 am: [report]
This is DISASTROUS. My entire life, everyone has been calling me “Jessica Wakefield” because that’s the name of one of the twins in the book. I am Jessica WakeMAN, dammit. All this movie is going to do is make people call me by the wrong name forevermore.
bethlynn00
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:53 am: [report]
Sweet Valley High rules! I read most of the books and even watched the TV show many years ago, which was awesome! I just hope it is not morphed into something completely crazy by Diablo Cody, where one gets knocked up and the other is a sex crazed super bi**h or something, and just maintains all of its sweetness and innocence.
I Go To 11
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:57 am: [report]
YAY! I loved reading these books! Hopefully it turns out better than the “Babysitters Club” movie did in the 90s.
retro chic
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 09:59 am: [report]
Yessssss! Tears of joy AND excitement. She’s a godsend to the woman-writer industry. This will be every bit the twisted hoot I expect from her.
effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 10:09 am: [report]
Being a guy, picking up one of these books would have been like carrying plutonium without tongs.
However, I would accompany a date to a Diablo Cody-fied film version.
Jessica Quits the Squad? You mean she’s not batting for the other team anymore?
amandabear
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 10:32 am: [report]
I’m actually really excited about this! I loved those books way too much. I even liked the SVH tv show.
abbylyn
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 11:06 am: [report]
How sad is it that I actually remember the storyline (vaguely) of Jessica Quits the Squad?
effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 11:11 am: [report]
So did she quit, or no? Oh, the suspense!
AlisonNoelle
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 11:45 am: [report]
I loved these books when I was younger! Can’t wait to see how the movie turns out!
CarleRae
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 12:24 pm: [report]
yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! as long as she somewhat sticks to the story.
bethlynn00, your fears are legit.
ootie
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 01:54 pm: [report]
Oh my goddddd I loved this books so much. I always thought Elizabeth was a self-righteous little bitch though, and hated how she was supposed to be the “better” one.
effing hickster
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 03:08 pm: [report]
And to think you used to make fun of us for playing Dungeons and Dragons. Feh.
amandabear
wrote on September 23 2009 @ 03:19 pm: [report]
@effing hickster: I used to do that too! I guess people can make fun of me for both.