Another vampire movie is coming, and this time we're here to start a little chat about project titled Byzantium that comes from director Neil Jordan.
Jordan will once again reunite with producer Stephen Woolley, and that's not all, because we also learned that this movie will have two beautiful ladies on board as the leading bloodsuckers – Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton!
According to THR, Byzantium will tell the story of a mother vampire who turns her own daughter into a vampire and the pair form a lethal partnership, sometimes posing as sisters.
The original script is penned by Moira Buffini, based on her own play A Vampire Story.
Woolley (who produced Jordan's The Crying Game as well as 2005 Breakfast on Pluto) revealed:
“I love the horror genre and we've been working on this for three or four years. I sent it to Neil and he liked the script. We'd both recently revisited Angela Carter's book and it was just chance that when I called [Jordan], we were thinking along the same lines.”
Well, we have nothing against the horror genre, and with Ronan and Arterton on board, we'll be happy to hear more details about the whole thing as soon as possible.
In case you share our opinion, make sure to stay tuned for more updates!
If someone can make a great vampire movie, it’s Neil Jordan.