A Darker Shade of Magic (movie)

A Darker Shade of Magic is a movie"V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic Is Changing Direction, Now Headed to the Big Screen!" — Tor"Gerard Butler, Neal Moritz Team to Adapt Fantasy Novel 'A Darker Shade of Magic' (Exclusive)" — Hollywood Reporter"[The adaptation] changed about a year and a half ago!" based on A Darker Shade of Magic by V. E. Schwab. Sony Pictures and Gerard Butler's production company G-BASE have acquired the rights to adapt the book."V.E. Schwab's A Darker Shade of Magic is Being Adapted for Television!" — Tor
==Production==
On February 3, 2016, it was announced that Gerard Butler's production company G-BASE acquired the rights to adapt the Shades of Magic series as a limited TV series consisting of ten or twelve episodes.
With help from producer Danielle Robinson, V. E. Schwab had already written the pilot script."I wrote my first pilot several years ago, for Shades of Magic, before it eventually sold for film (with the brilliant Derek Kolstad writing the screenplay)" However, a year later, on February 24, 2017, it was announced that a movie would be produced instead, and that Sony Pictures won the movie rights, beating Fox 2000, eOne, and Lionsgate. With the format change, Schwab has become one of the producers of the movie alongside Robinson, Alan Siegel, and Neal Moritz. Toby Ascher from Original Productions"I was already with the incredible folks at G-Base. Now We've added Toby + Neal at Original, and the team at Sony, with Matt Milam at helm." is the executive producer, and Executive Matthew Milam and Sanford Panitch, the president of Sony Pictures, are set to oversee production.
In 2018, Schwab stated that a script for the movie was already written"today has brought me an amazing ADSOM script treatment" and that is "magical.""So many steps in the process, and any one of them can be the last, BUT I recently read the script treatment and holy hell it is magical." However, that script was later replaced with one Schwab wrote herself."V.E. Schwab starts her books at the end, but she decided her 'Shades of Magic' series isn't over yet" — Today
On September 23, 2019, Schwab had an extensive and quite successful meeting with the movie's screenwriter."Spent almost 3 hours talking with the SHADES OF MAGIC screenwriter today, and my heart is full of so much joy and fear and hope."
On October 3, 2019, the movie's screenwriter was announced: Derek Kolstad, the creator of the John Wick franchise."'John Wick' Writer Derek Kolstad to Adapt 'A Darker Shade of Magic' for Sony (EXCLUSIVE)" — Variety
Schwab and her movie team are currently in negotiations with a director."Secrets, Secrets, are no fun" — V. E. Schwab on Instagram
There is the possibility that A Gathering of Shadows and A Conjuring of Light may be adapted as movies as well.
==Trivia==
* When V. E. Schwab went to Los Angeles to meet with producer Danielle Robinson to discuss the project, Robinson gifted her an antique map of London."BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE ADSOM TV DEAL!" — V. E. Schwab on Wordpress
* The scene Schwab is most excited to see in the movie is the one where Lila creates another Kell and makes it do a strip tease before it attempts to kill her."if you had one particular scene you would be most excited to have on the big screen from Shade of Magic series, what would it be?" — "Definitely the scene where Lila makes a conjured Kell do a strip tease and then it tries to kill her."
==References==
pt-br:Um Tom Mais Escuro de Magia (filme)
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