“Beautiful Creatures” is based on the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl. This young adult series has aimed its sights on the very same group that propelled Twilight into the big screen and with 4 books published, the first film is set to be released on Feb 14, 2013.
A supernatural love story set in the South, “Beautiful Creatures” tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers: Ethan (Alden Ehrenreich), a young man longing to escape his small town, and Lena (Alice Englert), a mysterious new girl. Together, they uncover dark secrets about their respective families, their history and their town.
Oscar nominee Richard LaGravenese (“The Fisher King,””P.S. I Love You”) directs from his adaptation of the first novel in the best-selling series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl. The film stars Alden Ehrenreich (“Tetro”), newcomer Alice Englert, Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons (“Reversal of Fortune”) Oscar nominee Viola Davis (“The Help,” “Doubt”), Emmy Rossum (TV’s “Shameless”), Thomas Mann (“Project X”) and Academy Award winner Emma Thompson (“Howard’s End,” “Sense and Sensibility”).
Erwin Stoff (“Water for Elephants”) is producing with Academy Award nominees Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson (“The Blind Side”), Molly Mickler Smith (“Something Borrowed”) and Oscar nominee David Valdes (“The Green Mile”). Yolanda T. Cochran is executive producer with and Steven P. Wegner co-producing.
The behind-the-scenes team includes Academy Award-winning director of photography Philippe Rousselot (“A River Runs Through It”), production designer Richard Sherman (“Gods and Monsters”), editor David Moritz (“Jerry Maguire”) and Oscar -nominated costume designer Jeffrey Kurland (“Bullets Over Broadway”). Music is by THENEWNO2.
