I read this book over twenty-years ago, even as teenager I waited for what I thought would be a great novel-based movie... now it has arrived. Reading the book, and watching the trailer, I am a bit miffed that I know how it's going to end. Like all modern movies based on book series, there will hopefully be "Messenger", "Gathering Blue" and "Son" to follow to finish out Lois Lowry's "The Quartet" (name of the series). It looks to be very "Hunger Games" -esque, but that's to capture the modern audience, I'm sure. Still - I'm going to be there opening day.