Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Wicked

10/23/09 - Sibling scribes Aaron and Matthew Benay have sold a pitch to DreamWorks based on the five-book series Wicked, written by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. DreamWorks co-president of production Mark Sourian preemptively grabbed the adaptation and optioned the rest of the series.  The Gotham Group's Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Lindsay Williams and Michael Prevett are producing.  Described by one person involved with the project as Twilight meets 'Wanted with witchcraft, the young-adult Wicked novels include "Witch," "Curse," "Legacy," "Spellbound" and "Resurrection." The books detail the struggle of Holly Cathers, who moves in with an aunt after her parents die and becomes drawn into a dark world of secrets and magic.  The Benays will build the script from the first two books in the series.

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