Writer/director Richard LaGravenese’s newest project ‘Beautiful Creatures’ has gained an evil witch in the form of ‘Shameless’ star Emmy Rossum (below). Rossum has signed up to the LaGravenese drama which is based on the book of the same name by co-authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The romance horror tale feature Jack O’Connell (‘Harry Brown’) and the gorgeous Alice Englert as two cursed lovers. ‘The Help’ star Viola Davis and Emma Thompson (‘Men in Black III’) also star. You can check out the book plot below and the adaption is aiming for a February 2013 release.
“In Ethan Wate’s hometown there lies the darkest of secrets …There is a girl. Slowly, she pulled the hood from her head. Green eyes, black hair. Lena Duchannes. There is a curse. On the Sixteenth Moon, the Sixteenth Year, the Book will take what it’s been promised. And no one can stop it. In the end, there is a grave. Lena and Ethan become bound together by a deep, powerful love. But Lena is cursed and on her sixteenth birthday, her fate will be decided. Ethan never even saw it coming.”
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