Benighted
Plot: An alternate reality story in which 90% of the population is werewolf. Everyone else
must keep the peace during the full moon.
Cast:
Director: Andrew Adamson
Writer: Andrew Adamson, Kit Whitfield (novel)
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Release Date:
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UPDATES
07/31/06-
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group have
acquired the Kit Whitfield werewolf novel BENIGHTED. King will produce the bigscreen
adaptation with Andrew Adamson, who'll develop it as a potential directing vehicle.
Adamson sparked to a book with core themes of racism and alienation wrapped in a drama
with vast visual effects possibilities.
Originally published in the U.K. under the title "Bareback," "Benighted" is an alternate
reality story in which 90% of the population is werewolf. Everyone else must keep the
peace during the full moon. Random House, which published in the U.K., will also publish
the book in the U.S.
"Andrew has the vision to turn this into an amazing film," King said. "His expertise will
elevate this mystical world of werewolves and humans."
After starting with the "Shrek" franchise, Adamson moved to live action with "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and is prepping the sequel
"Prince Caspian" for Walden Media and Disney. King just completed Martin Scorsese's "The
Departed," which Warner releases in October, and he's a producer on Ed Zwick-directed
drama "Blood Diamond," which WB bows in December.
must keep the peace during the full moon.
Cast:
Director: Andrew Adamson
Writer: Andrew Adamson, Kit Whitfield (novel)
Official Site:
Release Date:
Rating:
UPDATES
07/31/06-
According to Variety, Warner Bros. and Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group have
acquired the Kit Whitfield werewolf novel BENIGHTED. King will produce the bigscreen
adaptation with Andrew Adamson, who'll develop it as a potential directing vehicle.
Adamson sparked to a book with core themes of racism and alienation wrapped in a drama
with vast visual effects possibilities.
Originally published in the U.K. under the title "Bareback," "Benighted" is an alternate
reality story in which 90% of the population is werewolf. Everyone else must keep the
peace during the full moon. Random House, which published in the U.K., will also publish
the book in the U.S.
"Andrew has the vision to turn this into an amazing film," King said. "His expertise will
elevate this mystical world of werewolves and humans."
After starting with the "Shrek" franchise, Adamson moved to live action with "The
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and is prepping the sequel
"Prince Caspian" for Walden Media and Disney. King just completed Martin Scorsese's "The
Departed," which Warner releases in October, and he's a producer on Ed Zwick-directed
drama "Blood Diamond," which WB bows in December.
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