Universal acquires '13 reasons why' as selena gomez vehicle

Universal Acquires '13 Reasons Why' As Selena Gomez Vehicle You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content February 8, 2011 4:25pm SERVICES TO SHARE

THIS PAGE. EXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures and Strike Entertainment have acquired the Jay Asher novel 1_3 Reasons Why_ as a star vehicle for Selena Gomez. Strike’s Eric Newman and Marc Abraham

are producing with Mandy Teefey of July Moon Productions. Jennifer O’Kieffe has been set to adapt the novel, about a shy California high school student who returns from school to find a box

waiting on his doorstep. It contains seven cassette tapes recorded by Hanna Baker, the classmate he had a crush on. Before she committed suicide, Hannah sent the tapes to one classmate with

instructions to pass them on to a list of students like a chain letter. The tapes explain to 13 people how they played a role in her death. The book was a bestseller when published in 2007

by the Penguin Books young adult imprint RazorBill. Strike’s Kristel Laiblin is exec producer. Gomez, who stars in the Disney Channel series _The Wizards of Waverly Place_, starred in the

Tom Bezucha-directed _Monte Carlo_. She’s repped by CAA. 210 Comments JavaScript is required to load the comments. MARKETPLACE SITE ad