On the film side of things, The Host has proven itself a difficult property to adapt, but with the right eye on the project it could be a worthy franchise to pursue as a trilogy. It's not an easy ask, especially considering how long it took for the author to finish up Midnight Sun to begin with. Now more than ever, there’s an interest to revisit the author and alongside her aspirations to explore Twilight with two more books (or perhaps before), there’s still a fanbase for The Host trilogy that should be realized on the page. Just because The Host did not get a fair chance to appeal to mainstream audiences through a film adaptation, that doesn’t mean Stephenie Meyer should give up on the franchise as a whole. (Image credit: (Open Road)) Why It's Time To Give The Host Another Chance On The Page And On The Big Screen It’s a tough premise to make pop on screen as it is, but the 2013 movie just made it all-out laughable. The Host movie also lacked vision to make a complicated story about a woman trapped in an alien’s head work. Melanie is dealing with the loss of her own life and the family she doesn’t want to lose because of Wanda’s allegiance to her alien race.

It’s not as self-indulgent as Twilight is either. But the tone of The Host book was a lot more introspective and gripping than Bella’s story. It does share some elements of the franchise on the surface, such as a young woman being at the center of it and Wanda/Melanie are faced with a couple of love interests despite a supernatural situation. There are many problems with The Host movie, but the worst offense is it was treated like Twilight by another name. But it was also handled incredibly poorly by Gattaca and Lord of War writer/director Andrew Niccol or at least the Hollywood executives at large. Despite its killer cast, yes The Host is still awful. The movie also earned a nine percent on Rotten Tomatoes, making the Twilight franchise's critical acclaim look like high-brow cinema in comparison. The movie that cost $40 million to produce only managed to make $63 million at the box office, placing the returns for the film basically at zero.

The Host was always a more understated aspect of Meyer’s career, but interest majorly fizzled out after a movie adaptation was released in 2013 starring now Oscar-nominee Saoirse Ronan as Wanda, William Hurt and Diane Kruger. (Image credit: (Open Road)) The Host Book Vs.

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