The worried denizens of Ridley Scott’s increasingly packed development list need not shudder in fear: the Counsellor director isn’t adding another potential shot-calling gig. At least, not this time… No, he’s simply picking up the option on a new project for his Scott Free company to produce, aiming to bring Colet and Jasmine Abedi’s Fae to the big screen.
The Abedi sisters have cooked up a bestseller, albeit one that appears to carry a very well-used plot: Caroline Ellis' sixteenth birthday sets into motion a series of events that have been fated for centuries. A descendant of Virginia Dare, the first child born in the lost colony of Roanoke, and unaware of her birthright as the heir to the throne of the Light Fae, it isn’t until Caroline begins a tumultuous relationship with Devilyn Reilly that the truth of her heritage is revealed.
Devilyn is the only Fae who is both of the Light and of the Dark, and struggles to maintain that precarious balance to avoid succumbing to the power of the Dark within him. He is the only one who can save Caroline from those who would destroy her and destroy all hope for unity among the Fae. He promises Caroline that he will protect her at all costs, even when it means protecting her from himself...
While on paper it does feel like a story we’ve read and seen several times before, and in movies that haven’t managed to score Twilight or Hunger Games levels of success, there may be something there that will make it stand out. It would appear Scott wants a piece of the YA action. There’s no sign of a director or writer attached yet.