EXCLUSIVE: Claire McCarthy has added seven to the cast of Shiver, her adaptation of the New York Times bestselling YA fantasy novel by Maggie Stiefvater. The newcomers are Sofia Wylie (The Map That Leads to You), Iman Vellani (The Marvels), Lyon Daniels (The Spiderwick Chronicles), Alexander Ludwig (Earth Abides), Ross Butler (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Alicia Witt (Longlegs), and Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear (As Good As It Gets).
As previously announced, Maddie Ziegler and Levi Miller star. Production in Vancouver is underway.
Adapted for the screen by McCarthy and Jett Tattersall, Shiver follows Grace, who was attacked by a pack of wolves as a child. However, one of them—a yellow-eyed wolf — saved her, creating an inexplicable bond between them. Years later, she meets a young man named Sam with the exact same yellow eyes and immediately feels a connection to him. Their love story unfolds against the backdrop of mystical events, mysterious disappearances, and intrigues that reveal to Grace the true nature of Sam and his connection to the wolves. At the same time, as winter approaches, Sam must fight to hold on to his humanity — or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
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Simple House Films’ Addam Bramich (Zipline, Poker Face), Ryan Hamilton (Zipline, Hotel Mumbai) and Volodymyr Artemenko (Ice Fall, Zipline); CatchLight Studios’ Jeanette Volturno (Heretic, Invisible Man); and Ziegler are producing, with Anna Todd (After franchise, Regretting You) serving as executive producer. The film is being eyed as the first in a new franchise by the recently launched Simple House Films, which developed and fully financed the project.
Wylie is represented by UTA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Vellani by Principal Entertainment LA and Gang, Tyre, Ramer; Daniels by Gersh, Industry Entertainment, and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Ludwig by Gersh and Untitled Entertainment; Butler by UTA and attorney Jamie Afifi; Witt by Independent Artist Group, Mosaic, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; and Kinnear by CAA and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman.
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