It's official! Film option for Sisters of Misery!

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January 25, 2010

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Megan Kelley Hall's SISTERS OF MISERY, a modern-day gothic retelling of the Salem witch trials which focuses on the disappearance of a teenage girl from a small, elitist New England town, optioned to director Allison Anders, along with writing partner Terry Graham, by Elisabeth Weed of Weed Literary and Julie Kane-Ritsch of Gotham Group. Anders is represented by Ragna Nervik.

And here is the full release:

The film rights to Megan Kelley Hall’s debut novel, “Sisters of Misery,” have been optioned by award-winning director Allison Anders, along with writing partner Terry Graham. A graduate of UCLA's film school, Allison Anders was honored by the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best New Director in 1992 for Gas Food Lodging. Other films, which include Border Radio, Mi Vida Loca, Grace of My Heart, Sugar Town and Things Behind the Sun, have premiered at the Cannes International Film Festival and at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. Together with Terry, Allison wrote and sold a pilot script to AMC in 2008. “Sisters of Misery,” published by Kensington books and set for re-release in the summer of 2010, is a modern-day gothic retelling of the Salem witch trials and focuses on the disappearance of a teenage girl from a small, elitist New England town. With elements of the supernatural and magic realism, this coming-of-age series has been described by Publisher’s Weekly as “a suspenseful saga that sits between fairy tale and thriller, though readers need not be a diehard fan of either genre in order to appreciate Hall’s intricate story of family history, witchcraft, teenage romance and sisterhood.”

Both Allison Anders and Terry Graham are represented by manager, Ragna Nervik. Hall is represented by Elisabeth Weed of Weed Literary and Julie Kane-Ritsch of Gotham Group.