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SHREK & WARDROBE's Adamson to Produce (And Maybe Direct) A Werewolf Tale Called BENIGHTED!!
Merrick here
Variety reports that Warner Bros. and Initial Entertainment are adapting Kit Whitfields novel BENIGHTED (published as BAREBACK in the UK). The film will be produced by Andrew Adamson, who may also direct.
Adamson co-directed the first two SHREK movies, and recently helmed THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Hes currently gearing up for its sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN.
The book is set in an alternate reality, in which 90% of the worlds populous are Werewolves. On the full moon, most of the world morphs into lycanthropes that are beyond reason or control. The small percentage left unable to change called barebacks find themselves victimized, oppressed, and more. The story tracks Lola, a non-werewolf who works for the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activity, as she investigates a conspiracy/mystery which takes the audience deeper into the werewolfs world.
Personally, I loved how Adamson handled the first half of WARDROBE, and found much of that films real world material far more intriguing and magical than fantasyland (after the initial encounter with The Faun, the whole shebang kind of went South for me). This probably isnt a widely shared or particularly popular sentiment but (shrugs). In my mind, if Adamson can bring the magic evident in the first half of WARDROBE to this project, it could be something pretty amazing. All right, so go ahead and hate me.
This being said, visions of UNDERWORLD are dancing in my head. I dont like them and I wish theyd go the hell away.
SHREK & WARDROBE's Adamson to Produce (And Maybe Direct) A Werewolf Tale Called BENIGHTED!!
Merrick here
Variety reports that Warner Bros. and Initial Entertainment are adapting Kit Whitfields novel BENIGHTED (published as BAREBACK in the UK). The film will be produced by Andrew Adamson, who may also direct.
Adamson co-directed the first two SHREK movies, and recently helmed THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Hes currently gearing up for its sequel, PRINCE CASPIAN.
The book is set in an alternate reality, in which 90% of the worlds populous are Werewolves. On the full moon, most of the world morphs into lycanthropes that are beyond reason or control. The small percentage left unable to change called barebacks find themselves victimized, oppressed, and more. The story tracks Lola, a non-werewolf who works for the Department for the Ongoing Regulation of Lycanthropic Activity, as she investigates a conspiracy/mystery which takes the audience deeper into the werewolfs world.
Personally, I loved how Adamson handled the first half of WARDROBE, and found much of that films real world material far more intriguing and magical than fantasyland (after the initial encounter with The Faun, the whole shebang kind of went South for me). This probably isnt a widely shared or particularly popular sentiment but (shrugs). In my mind, if Adamson can bring the magic evident in the first half of WARDROBE to this project, it could be something pretty amazing. All right, so go ahead and hate me.
This being said, visions of UNDERWORLD are dancing in my head. I dont like them and I wish theyd go the hell away.
