The network will be working with MTV's Teen Wolf showrunner Jeff Davis. Davis is adapting the property with actor/writer Brandon Boyce (Teen Wolf)
The original Swedish film, a much more pleasant adaptation of John Ajvide Lindqvist's horror novel, was lauded and adored by critics and horror fans around the World. The story was about a young bullied boy who befriends the young girl who movies in next door. After a series of bizarre murders in their town he finds out that she is a vampire and her handler has been draining his victims' blood so that she may live. Their friendship blossoms and the blood continues to flow. The film ends with the young couple leaving town, their fates unknown.
Why am I concerned that the innocence in that precious film is going to be lost when adapted for a YA audience? That is all I am going to say about that.
A&E already has two other adaptations on their roster. Bates Motel and most recently The Returned, the adaptation of the French supernatural drama.