DreamWorks Studios Snatches Up Shadow and Bone Film Rights
October 22, 2012
DreamWorks Studios has snatched up the film rights to the Leigh Bardugo's debut novel, Shadow and Bone. Bardugo, a Hollywood makeup artist, plans to follow-up her young-adult novel with two more titles for the Grisha series. Harry Potter film series producer David Heyman has signed up to take part in this project.
"Heyman, the man behind I Am Legend as well as the entire Harry Potter franchise, is an old pro at making movies about the magical, the mysterious and the dark fantastic—and Bardugo's story, about a creeping shadowland full of feral monsters and an ordinary girl who discovers that she possesses untapped supernatural abilities, is ripe for translation to the big screen. We can't wait to see how DreamWorks goes about bringing it to life...or, for that matter, to start arguing amongst ourselves about which up-and-coming young actress should play the orphaned refugee heroine Alina Starkov."