Christopher John Weitz is an American film director,screenwriter,producer,and actor. He is best known for his work with his brother Paul on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy;the latter earned the Weitz brothers a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Among his other main works,Weitz directed the film adaptation of the novel The Golden Compass and the film adaptation of New Moon from the series of Twilight books,wrote the screenplay for Disney's 2015 live-action adaptation of Cinderella,and co-wrote Rogue One with Tony Gilroy.
Darren O'Shaughnessy is an Irish writer and novelist. He is best known for his young adult fiction series The Saga of Darren Shan,The Demonata,and Zom-B,published under the pseudonym Darren Shan. The former was adapted into a manga series from 2006 to 2009 as well as a live-action film in 2009,with a prequel series,The Saga of Larten Crepsley,being released from 2010 to 2012.
Paul John Weitz is an American screenwriter,director and producer. He is the older brother of filmmaker Chris Weitz. Together they worked on the comedy films American Pie and About a Boy;for the latter,they were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Weitz is also a writer,executive producer,and director of the Amazon Prime Video dramedy series Mozart in the Jungle.
Stephen Trask is an American musician and composer who graduated from Wesleyan University. He was the music director and house band member at the New York City club Squeezebox,where they performed with stars such as Debbie Harry,Lene Lovich and Joey Ramone.
The Saga of Darren Shan is a young adult 12-part book series written by Darren O'Shaughnessy about the struggle of Darren Shan,a boy who has become involved in the world of vampires. As of October 2008,the book has been published in 33 countries around the world,in 30 different languages. A film based on the first three books in the series was released in theatres on 23 October 2009. Blackstone Audio has also released CD recordings of all 12 books in the series,read by Ralph Lïster.
Kayla Ewell is an American actress known for her roles on television as Caitlin Ramirez on CBS's long-running soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful,as Maureen Sampson on NBC's Freaks and Geeks,and as Vicki Donovan on The CW's The Vampire Diaries.
Cirque du Freak is the first of twelve novels in The Saga of Darren Shan by Darren Shan,published in January 2000.
Vampire Blood is the first trilogy in The Saga of Darren Shan by the author Darren Shan. It contains the books Cirque du Freak,The Vampire's Assistant and Tunnels of Blood. These starting books explore how Darren must adapt to his new life,and what that entails. The first book contains the reasons why he became a half-vampire and what he had to give up in order to save his ex-best friend,as well as introducing the character. The second and third go into more detail about how he has to change and what he will never be able to do. The main theme for the whole of the trilogy is insecurity. Darren has just been changed into something hardly anyone would accept,and this,combined with the fact that he is just a child,leads into a darker and more unusual way to grow up.
Jessica Carlson is an American actress from New York City,known for her role as Rebecca the monkey girl in the Universal's Cirque du Freak:The Vampire's Assistant.
A Plumm Summer is a 2007 adventure-family film directed by Caroline Zelder. It stars Owen Pearce,Chris Massoglia,Morgan Flynn,William Baldwin,Henry Winkler,and Lisa Guerrero,and is narrated by Jeff Daniels. The film follows a teenage boy,his young brother,and a new-to-town teenage girl as they try to find a marionette from a local television show which has been stolen and held for ransom. Meanwhile,the brothers' father struggles with alcoholism and their mother tries to hold her marriage together.
Twilight is a 2008 American romantic fantasy film directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg,based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stephenie Meyer. It is the first installment in The Twilight Saga film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan,a teenage girl,and Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen,a vampire. It focuses on the development of Bella and Edward's relationship and the subsequent efforts of Edward and his family to keep Bella safe from another coven of vampires.
Cirque du Freak:The Vampire's Assistant is a 2009 American fantasy film directed by Paul Weitz and co-screenplay adapted with Brian Helgeland,loosely based on the Vampire Blood trilogy of the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan. The first three books in the 12-part series—Cirque du Freak,The Vampire’s Assistant,and Tunnels of Blood—inspired the film. The film received mixed reviews and was a commercial failure.
The Twilight Saga:New Moon is a 2009 American romantic fantasy film directed by Chris Weitz from a screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg,based on the 2006 novel New Moon by Stephenie Meyer. The sequel to Twilight (2008),it is the second installment in The Twilight Saga film series. The film stars Kristen Stewart,Robert Pattinson,and Taylor Lautner,reprising their roles as Bella Swan,Edward Cullen,and Jacob Black,respectively.
Bee Vang is an American actor of Hmong Thai descent. He is best known for starring in Clint Eastwood's 2008 film Gran Torino as Thao Vang Lor.
Kerry Kohansky Roberts is an American film producer best known for her work on the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist.
Yusuke Yamamoto is a Japanese actor and DJ. He was born in Aichi,Japan. His debut role was as Tsurugi Kamishiro,a.k.a. Kamen Rider Sasword,in Kamen Rider Kabuto.
Charlie St. Cloud is a 2010 American supernatural drama film based on Ben Sherwood's novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud,published in 2004 by Bantam Books. The film is directed by Burr Steers and stars Zac Efron and Amanda Crew. The story is about Charlie St. Cloud's choice between keeping a promise he made to his younger brother,who died in a car accident,or going after the girl he loves. In some markets the film used the complete title of the book.
Cirque du Freak,known as The Saga of Darren Shan in Japan,is a Japanese manga series illustrated by Takahiro Arai and based on the book series The Saga of Darren Shan by author Darren Shan. The series was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from August 2006 to February 2009,with its chapters compiled in twelve tankōbon volumes.
The Hole is a 2009 American 3D dark fantasy horror film directed by Joe Dante and starring Chris Massoglia,Haley Bennett,Nathan Gamble,Bruce Dern,and Teri Polo. The film follows Dane and Lucas Thompson,two brothers who move into their new house with their single mother,Susan. Dane and Lucas,along with their new neighbor Julie Campbell,discover a trap door in the basement,leading to a bottomless pit,and accidentally unleash a supernatural force that manifests itself into any fear of the person who looks into the hole.
The Twilight Saga is a series of romance fantasy films based on the book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The series has grossed over $3.36 billion worldwide. The first installment,Twilight,was released on November 21,2008. The second installment,New Moon,followed on November 20,2009. The third installment,Eclipse,was released on June 30,2010. The fourth installment,Breaking Dawn –Part 1,was released on November 18,2011,while the fifth and final installment,Breaking Dawn –Part 2,was released on November 16,2012.
