Elizabeth Banks May Direct ‘Red Queen,’ A YA Tale Of Magic And Royality
By Germain Lussier/June 11, 2015 3:30 pm EST
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Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood–those with common, Red blood serve the Silver- blooded elite, who are gifted with superhuman abilities. Mare is a Red, scraping by as a thief in a poor, rural village, until a twist of fate throws her in front of the Silver court. Before the king, princes, and all the nobles, she discovers she has an ability of her own.
To cover up this impossibility, the king forces her to play the role of a lost Silver princess and betroths her to one of his own sons. As Mare is drawn further into the Silver world, she risks everything and uses her new position to help the Scarlet Guard–a growing Red rebellion–even as her heart tugs her in an impossible direction. One wrong move can lead to her death, but in the dangerous game she plays, the only certainty is betrayal.
It certainly sounds like slightly Game of Thrones, does it not? Definitely a very different project for Banks, though she is one of the stars of The Hunger Games franchise so she knows that YA audience.
What do you think about Banks directing the film? Here’s the author Aveyard said:
