The Historian News

Brad Kane Assists "The Historian"

June 16, 2007 09:06:11

Building path in feature screenwriting, former child actor Brad Kane has come onboard to pen the script of "The Historian", a mystery horror thriller Red Wagon is developing for Columbia Pictures.

Adapted from the Elizabeth Kostova novel about modern-day vampires, the picture follows a young woman as she searches for her father, who is on the hunt for the grave of Vlad the Impaler, the feudal lord who inspired Bram Stoker's "Dracula." Rights to the book were purchased by Columbia shortly before it hit bookstores two years ago with Red Wagon's Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher searching for the right writer since before finally picking up Kane.

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David Magee Considered to Write the "Historian"

December 03, 2005 01:12:56

David Magee, the screenwriter of "Finding Neverland," is considering to write "The Historian," a drama mystery flick which Red Wagon is producing for Columbia Pictures. While Magee is still busy negotiating, Red Wagon's Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher are producing.

"The Historian" actually is an adaptation of Elizabeth Kostova's first novel. The story centers on a young woman who searches Europe for her missing father, who took on the challenge of locating the grave of Vlad the Impaler (the bloodthirsty feudal lord who inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula). Along the way, she comes across a slew of bloodsuckers who try to stop her.

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