Thirteen Reasons Why : The Movie

Terri Schwartz of MTV news reported on February 9, 2011 that Jay Asher’s popular young adult novel 13 Reasons Why is becoming a motion picture. This heart pounding novel’s storyline follows Clay Jensen, a shy high school student, who finds a box sitting on his doorstep. Inside the box are seven cassette tapes containing the thirteen reasons why Hannah Baker, Clay’s recent crush, recently committed suicide. Hannah meant for this box of tapes to be like chain mail and be sent to 12 people who had played a role in her suicide.  The movie will be produced by Universal Studios. The role of Hannah in the movie has been cast to the teen star Selena Gomez, but roles of Clay and the others who contributed to her death have yet to be announced. Rumors have been spread that Logan Lerman, star in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, may play Clay, but there hasn’t been confirmation of it. A release date is still to be announced, but it will be in 2013.