It would seem that movie casting news for Young Adult Hollywood revolves around just a few hot and very in-demand names, and what a busy bunch they are! But because things change in showbiz faster than it takes them to fast track another young adult series into production, the names on that list are changing all the time. So to that end, we here at YA Mag will undertake the hefty task of keeping you up to date on who’s playing what, who’s hot, and who’s not. The roles and stars everyone can’t stop talking about are all here…

Two fairly meaty pieces of news in Movie Casting this week, ladies and gents!!

Of course: The Maze Runner sequel casting news is already in. Game of Thrones‘ Aidan Gillen has been selected for the already-announced (and apparently in casting) sequel The Scorch Trials. Gillen will play Janson, the villain of the project…aka Rat-Man.

The Game isn’t over for Ender’s Game’s Asa Butterfield. The young adult actor is being heavily considered for the lead role in Tim Burton’s Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. The adaptation might mark the fist non-Jonny-Depp-led vehicle for brilliant Beetlejuice auteur Burton, telling the story of a teen who seeks the truth about his late grandfather’s mysterious past and becomes de-facto guardian to an ­X-Men-esque group of gifted youngsters.

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