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‘Oblivion’s Olga Kurylenko Sinks Teeth Into ‘Vampire Academy’

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Monday April 29, 2013 @ 5:43pm PDTTags: Big Deals Film, Mark Waters, Olga Kurylenko, Vampire Academy
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EXCLUSIVE: Hot off the global hit Oblivion, Olga Kurylenko has found a new role to sink her teeth into. She’s being set to star as Kirova, the head mistress of Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters, the screen adaptation of the six-volume Richelle Mead young adult novel series that Mark Waters is directing from a script by Daniel Waters. Production begins in late May, and The Weinstein Company is distributing. The film will star Zoey Deutch (Beautiful Creatures), and Australian newcomer Lucy Fry, who’ll play lead characters Rose and Lissa alongside Russian star Danila Kozlovski (We Are From The Future,) who will play the role of Dimitri. Michael Preger and his Preger Entertainment banner is producing with Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford, and Kintop Pictures’ Deepak Nayer. IM Global’s Stuart Ford is executive producer.

All six books have been bestsellers on The New York Times young adult list since the series debuted in 2007. Two of the books have been turned into graphic novels. The books tell the tale of Rose Hathaway, a 17-year-old girl who has a mental and spiritual bond with her vampire best friend Lissa. The two girls attend a special school for Vampires who struggle to retain some humanity while other Vampires become more feral. She’s repped by CAA and Tavistock Wood.

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‘Vampire Academy’ Film Takes Flight; Mark Waters Directing Daniel Waters’ Script

By MIKE FLEMING JR. AND NANCY TARTAGLIONE | Friday February 1, 2013 @ 5:04pm PSTTags: IM Global, Mark Waters, Reliance, Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters

EXCLUSIVE: Hoping to tap a new vein in the young adult vampire genre that made Twilight Saga such a global hit, Reliance Entertainment and IM Global are co-financing the first installment of a new film franchise based on the six-volume Richelle Mead young adult novel series that will come to … Read More »

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CJ Entertainment Remakes ‘Castaway On The Moon’ For Mark Waters To Direct

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 18, 2011 @ 10:01am PSTTags: Chris Columbus, CJ Entertainment, Mark Waters
Mike Fleming

EXCLUSIVE: The Lee Hae-joon-directed Korean drama Castaway On The Moon will be remade by CJ Entertainment. Mark Waters is attached to direct and Michael Goldbach will write the screenplay. CJ is financing development.

A man jumps off a bridge, only to … Read More »

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Jim Carrey Will Star With Penguins For Fox

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday August 20, 2010 @ 12:43pm PDTTags: Fox Mr. Popper's Penguins, Jared Stern, Jim Carrey, John Davis, Mark Waters, Mr. Popper's Penguins

Who doesn’t love penguins? Hollywood may not be sure how popular Jim Carrey is these days as a regular guy in live action motion pictures, but the world sure loves the little tuxedoed guys. Everyone from Jack Black to … Read More »

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