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Bret Easton Ellis To Pen A Monster Teen Drama For The CW

Penn Collins — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 17:54:36 +0000

Bret Easton Ellis is moonlighting from his steady employment as a Twitter writer to put together a teen drama on The CW with fellow teen drama experts Catherine Hardwick (Twilight director) and Josh Schwartz (creator of Gossip Girl and The O.C.) to paste together Copeland Prep, a drama with a bad title that will feature feature rich kids who are so competitive that they turn into actual monsters.

So it’s Twilight meets Rules of Attraction(ish) meets Cruel Intentions meets Gossip Girl meets The Vampire Diaries. Oh it’s also Buffy a lot.

With all those source materials, one must wonder how Bret Easton Ellis is going to put his own mark on this project.

What’s that? He’s gonna make them sexy and depraved?

Well there you go, then.

Hayden Panettiere and Nikki Reed Move To ‘Downers Grove’

Wookie Johnson — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 16:52:42 +0000

Hayden Panettiere is wasting no time in becoming Hollywood’s next Scream Queen. With Scream 4 under her belt, she’s now joining the thriller Downer’s Grove. Prom Night’s Nelson McCormick is directing the script adapted by Bret Easton Ellis, with Panettiere, Nikki Reed, and Rebecca De Mornay having signed on.

The film follows the story of Downers Grove, a cursed suburb of Chicago. At the end of each school year, one senior dies a bizarre death. I don’t know if the storyline will span a few years to ensure more victims, or if it all revolves around a single graduating class. I’m also not sure why these seniors don’t drop out or move to another school district. Explain yourself, Easton Ellis! (Variety)