Alden Ehrenreich to star in "Beautiful Creatures"
Published on: April 11, 2012
LOS ANGELES APRIL 11, 2012-Alden Ehrenreich is set to star in the supernatural love story "Beautiful Creatures," based on the New York Timesbest selling novel of the same name - the first of a hugely popular series written by authors Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl - it was announced by Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove.
Ehrenreich replaces Jack O'Connell who was set to play the role of Ethan Wate. O'Connell is unable to do the film due to scheduling conflicts.
Ehrenreich will join Viola Davis (Amma), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Lincoln/Sarafine), Jeremy Irons (Macon), Emmy Rossum (Ridley), Thomas Mann (Link), Zoey Deutch (Emily), Margo Martindale (Aunt Del), Alice Englert (Lena) and Rachel Brosnahan (Genevieve). Richard LaGravenese will direct from his adaptation.
Ehrenreich recently completed filming on "Stoker" starring Mia Wasikowska and Nicole Kidman for Fox Searchlight.
A hauntingly intense coming of age story set in the South, "Beautiful Creatures" is about two star-crossed teenage lovers, Ethan, a local boy, and a mysterious new girl, Lena, who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town.
Alcon, which has film rights to all three books in the series published by Little Brown Books, including "Beautiful Darkness," and "Beautiful Chaos," is looking at "Creatures" to kick off a possible franchise at WB.
Erwin Stoff ("Water for Elephants," "I Am Legend") will produce along with Kosove and Johnson ("The Blind Side," "The Book of Eli,") and Molly Smith ("Something Borrowed," "P.S. I Love You.")
Filming will begin later this month in and around New Orleans. The film will be released by Warner Bros via Alcon's output deal.
Ehrenreich is repped by CAA and JoAnne Colonna at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
Alcon recently produced the hit "Dolphin Tale," a 3-D family film starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson.
ABOUT ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
Alcon Entertainment co-founders and co-CEO's Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson founded the Company in 1997 with financial backing from Frederick W. Smith, the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FedEx. Alcon, which is named after a mythological archer and ally of Hercules, has financed, and/or co-financed/produced over 19 films, including "My Dog Skip," "Dude, Where's My Car?", "Insomnia," "Racing Stripes," the Academy Award nominated Best Picture "The Blind Side," which earned Sandra Bullock a Best Actress Oscar; "The Book of Eli," starring Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman; "Insomnia," starring Al Pacino, Robin Williams, and Hilary Swank and directed by Chris Nolan; "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," and "P.S. I Love You," starring Hilary Swank, among many others.
The Company recently released the box-office success "Dolphin Tale," a 3-D family film starring Morgan Freeman, Harry Connick Jr., Ashley Judd and Kris Kristofferson, released via Alcon's output deal with Warner Bros.