Greg Berlanti Productions To Adapt ‘The Forbidden Game’ Novels By ‘Tvd’ Author Lj Smith As TV Series
Exclusive: Warner Bros. Television has acquired the rights to The Forbidden Game trilogy of horror Ya novels by Lj Smith for Greg Berlanti’s studio-based Berlanti Productions to adapt as TV series. Smith is the author of The Vampire Diaries novels, which were turned by Wbtv into a hit TV series that aired for eight seasons on the CW.
Wbtv/Berlanti Productions landed the rights to The Forbidden Game in a competitive situation. The series adaptation will be executive produced by Berlanti Productions’ Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden. Search is underway for a writer.
The Forbidden Game is a teen horror trilogy of novels in which a girl named Jenny and six friends enter a Jumanji-like game that drops them into different shadow worlds to fight off their worst nightmares, or die and have their souls forever imprisoned. The stakes are set by Julian, an enigmatic blue-eyed boy who moves freely between worlds.
Wbtv/Berlanti Productions landed the rights to The Forbidden Game in a competitive situation. The series adaptation will be executive produced by Berlanti Productions’ Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and David Madden. Search is underway for a writer.
The Forbidden Game is a teen horror trilogy of novels in which a girl named Jenny and six friends enter a Jumanji-like game that drops them into different shadow worlds to fight off their worst nightmares, or die and have their souls forever imprisoned. The stakes are set by Julian, an enigmatic blue-eyed boy who moves freely between worlds.
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American Horror Story: Coven (Tuesdays, 9pm, Fox)
What is it? Ryan Murphy's homage to horror returns with its third instalment: a heady brew of witches, voodoo and man-destroying vaginas. Yes, that last bit is really true. Set in the wonderfully named Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies in New Orleans, Coven plays out like an insanely enjoyable cross between 1990s' teen-witch flick The Craft, the early novels of Poppy Z Brite and Dario Argento's Suspiria.
What works: As always, Murphy and Brad Falchuk have assembled an incredible cast. Jessica Lange has a ball as the bitchy head witch, Sarah Paulson is her more serious daughter, Gabourey Sidibe is a human voodoo doll and Emma Roberts...
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American Horror Story: Coven (Tuesdays, 9pm, Fox)
What is it? Ryan Murphy's homage to horror returns with its third instalment: a heady brew of witches, voodoo and man-destroying vaginas. Yes, that last bit is really true. Set in the wonderfully named Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies in New Orleans, Coven plays out like an insanely enjoyable cross between 1990s' teen-witch flick The Craft, the early novels of Poppy Z Brite and Dario Argento's Suspiria.
What works: As always, Murphy and Brad Falchuk have assembled an incredible cast. Jessica Lange has a ball as the bitchy head witch, Sarah Paulson is her more serious daughter, Gabourey Sidibe is a human voodoo doll and Emma Roberts...
- 10/31/2013
- by Sarah Hughes
- The Guardian - Film News
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