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09-25-2008, 04:52 AM
Del Toro Co-Writing Vampire Books
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has signed a publishing deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow to pen a trilogy of vampire thrillers with Chuck Hogan, Variety reported. The first book, The Strain, hits bookstores next summer.
The story will revolve around an invasion of New York City by a vampiric virus. The series will trace the roots of the vampiric race back to its Old Testament origins.
The books will be published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom, and a special edition will be published simultaneously by the company's Spanish-language imprint, Rayo, in the United States.
Del Toro is currently getting ready to direct New Line and MGM's The Hobbit, to which he has committed the next five years.
Through 2017, he's also attached to helm a remake of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Slaughterhouse-Five at Universal, as well as Drood, based on Dan Simmons' novel.
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has signed a publishing deal with HarperCollins imprint William Morrow to pen a trilogy of vampire thrillers with Chuck Hogan, Variety reported. The first book, The Strain, hits bookstores next summer.
The story will revolve around an invasion of New York City by a vampiric virus. The series will trace the roots of the vampiric race back to its Old Testament origins.
The books will be published by HarperCollins in the United Kingdom, and a special edition will be published simultaneously by the company's Spanish-language imprint, Rayo, in the United States.
Del Toro is currently getting ready to direct New Line and MGM's The Hobbit, to which he has committed the next five years.
Through 2017, he's also attached to helm a remake of Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Slaughterhouse-Five at Universal, as well as Drood, based on Dan Simmons' novel.