Benighted Scooped Up By Warner Bros

Warner Bros. and Graham King's Initial Entertainment Group have just picked up the rights to the were wolf novel Benighted. Written by Kit Whitfield the novel was originally published in the U.K. under the title Bareback.

Benighted is an alternate reality story in which 90% of the population is werewolf. Everyone else must keep the peace during the full moon. While the story sounds like a kick ass drag out horror film they tag the movie with this, "a book with core themes of racism and alienation wrapped in a drama with vast visual effects possibilities".

So I'm not sure exactly what direction this film will take. Right now it looks like Andrew Adamson is being set up to direct. Now Adamson is known for directing kid friendly movies such as the Shrek series and Chronicles of Narnia. Lets hope this is his film of release and he goes all out with the werewolves.