Liosngate is currently developing a feature film adaptation of a horror novel called The Merciless that was written by Danielle Vega. They are hiring Hannah Macpherson to direct the film. She previously wrote and directed another horror movie called Sick House. The story is described as Mean Girls meets The Exorcist. It centers on a new girl who comes to a small-town high school. There, the popular girls take her under their wing and pressure her into joining them in the torturous exorcism of a rebellious classmate. Here's the detailed description on the book:
Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.
Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here.
Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.
Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here.
- 12/2/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Hannah Macpherson is in final talks to direct The Merciless, the Lionsgate adaptation of the Danielle Vega horror novel about good girls gone evil. Script has been written by Marlene King, creator and showrunner of the hit ABC Family teen series Pretty Little Liars. She is exec producer. Alloy Entertainment packaged and will produce the film, with Alloy president Les Morgenstein and Alloy Features Svp Elysa Dutton producing. The book centers on a new girl at a…...
- 11/30/2016
- Deadline
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