FilmNation to Tell A Tale Dark & Grimm

Steve Barton   |  

Sep 6, 2012

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Some pretty nifty news is coming out of Toronto as word of another adaptation has hit the interwebs with a dark and grim thud. Read on to find out what’s next for you fine fiends from FilmNation. Dig it!

THR reports FilmNation Entertainment and Kamala Films are teaming to turn Adam Gidwitz’s popular children’s book A Tale Dark & Grimm into a live-action feature. Jon Gunn (My Date With Drew) and John W. Mann (Mercy Streets) will write the adapted screenplay.

Gidwtiz’s original frightening and witty story — inspired by the Brothers Grimm — follows the adventures of two unsuspecting children who hold the key to breaking out of the Dark Ages. FilmNation has acquired film rights to the book and will partner with Marissa McMahon of Kamala Films in financing and producing Dark & Grimm alongside FilmNation Entertainment’s Aaron Ryder and Karen Lunder.

More as it comes.

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