3 May 2016 11:11 AM, PDT | Variety - Film News | See recent Variety - Film News news »
“Twilight” author Stephenie Meyer is adapting the YA supernatural book series “Anna Dressed in Blood” into a movie franchise.
Maddie Hasson of the ABC Family series ‘Twisted” and Cameron Monaghan (“Shameless,” “Gotham”) have been cast in the new film from Fickle Fish Films producers Meyer and Meghan Hibbett. Trish Sie (“Step Up: All In”) will direct from a screenplay written by Allison Wood.
The Solution Entertainment Group’s Lisa Wilson and Myles Nestel are producing, while Meyer and Hibbett and are financing the project.
The Solution will introduce the film to buyers and handle international sales at the upcoming Marche du Film in Cannes. UTA Independent Film Group represents the U.S. rights and packaged the project. The film is slated to begin principal photography this November.
Meyer optioned the book “Anna Dressed in Blood,” the first novel in the two-book series, from author Kendare Blake.
Monaghan will play »
- Dave McNary
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