EXCLUSIVE: Resident Evil producer Constantin is lining up its next franchise in the shape of Kate Stewart’s Ravenhood series, which it is working on with After franchise producers Jennifer Gibgot and Andrew Panay.
The steamy book franchise, which has to date spawned four novels and has more to come, charts a modern day retelling of the Robin Hood story in which a young woman moves to North Carolina where she falls in with a mysterious clan who live by their own rules and brandish matching raven tattoos.
Leading German indie Constantin, which is in post on Paramount’s Regretting You, recently acquired the rights to Stewart’s romance-suspense saga and has set in-house producer Robert Kulzer (Resident Evil) to steer the feature project with Jennifer Gibgot (After franchise) of Ethea Entertainment and Andrew Panay (Wedding Crashers, After). After We Collided screenwriter Mario Celaya will also produce.
Making her screenwriting debut, Stewart will co-write the script with Celaya and also serve as executive producer alongside Nadine Christine Hamdan and Oliver Berben.
Published by Kensington Publishing in the U.S. and Pan Macmillan internationally, The Ravenhood book trilogy comprises Flock, Exodus, and The Finish Line. Recently released One Last Rainy Day is the first book in the Ravenhood Legacy Series. The film news comes ahead of the June 24th release of Severed Heart, the second installment in the Ravenhood Legacy Series.
The series, which has a robust social media following, has sold more than three million copies between paperback and audiobooks.
Resident Evil, The Neverending Story and The Baader Meinhof Complex outfit Constantin is also in post on Gore Verbinski’s Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die.
Stewart is represented by Paradigm, Levy Law, and Odin Law & Media.
