It would seem that 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 Ansel Elgort to get a new job, 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 each month on who’s playing what, who’s not, and who should. The roles and stars everyone can’t stop talking about are all here…

Melissa & Joey’s Nick Robinson and newcomer Adam Roe are in talks to star opposite Chloe Moretz in the film adaptation of Rick Yancey’s YA sci-fi epic The 5th Wave, about a teen girl on a mission to rescue her brother. Robinson would portray a ruthless alien alien assassin and love interest to Moretz, while Roe would play a mysterious loner who may hold the key to defeating the aliens.

#FIOS star of the moment Ansel Elgort has lots going on these days: he will play the titular character in Van Cliburn, about a 23 year old American pianist who won the first International Tchaikovsky competition held in Moscow, right in the middle of the Cold War.

He is also squaring off against Mud’s Tye Sheridan to fill Matthew Broderick’s shoes in the reboot of 80s kid classic WarGames, about a pair of teens (back then Broderick and Ally Sheedy) who hack into a government network and mistakenly set off a chain of events which may lead to WWIII.

Glee’s Melissa Benoist will star in The Longest Ride, yet another Nicholas Sparks title-turned-syrupy romance. Here we follow an old man trapped after a car wreck who reminisces on his life, and the lost love of his youth.

European actress Birgitte Hjort Sørensen will join Beca and friends in Pitch Perfect 2, which will follow the Barden Bellas in their senior year of college. Sørensen joins returning stars Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, and Anna Camp, as well as fellow newcomers Hailee Steinfeld and Flula Borg.

Scoot McNairy of Argo has been cast alongside his co-star and director of that film, Ben Affleck, in Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice. While McNairy’s role has yet to be released, the film will follow the lackluster Man of Steel and include loads more beloved DC comic book characters, like Batman, Aquaman and Wonder Woman.

IN DEVELOPMENT

John Green’s rise to Hollywood domination continues with Looking For Alaska, which follows the trail of a young student from his home in Florida to a new boarding school, where adventure and tragedy both await.

Jandy Nelson’s novel I’ll Give You The Sun will also be getting the big screen treatment, describing the experience of a pair of inseparable twins dealing with coming of age and an unexpected tragedy.