Neil Jordan Tackles Vampires Again in 'Byzantium'
Irish filmmaker Neil Jordan first caught the attention of horror fans back in 1984 with his adaptation of Angela Carter's The Company of Wolves. And though he's since won widespread acclaim for films like Mona Lisa and The Crying Game, Jordan's returned to our favorite genre from time to time with movies like High Spirits, Interview with the Vampire, and -- tangentially -- the terrific, disturbing The Butcher Boy. So many of us were pretty stoked to hear that Jordan would be getting creepy once again by adapting Neil Gaiman's Newbery Award-winning The Graveyard Book. But it looks like there's another horror project that Jordan will tackle first -- the mother-daughter vampire tale Byzantium. More after the jump.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jordan "is reuniting with producer Stephen Woolley [with whom he began working on The Company of Wolves] to make Byzantium, a female vampire movie with Saoirse Ronan and Gemma Arterton as the lead bloodsuckers."
