Ginger Snaps is getting reimagined for the small screen. Deadline reports that a TV series adaptation of the horror movie series is now in the works with Anna Ssemuyaba (Guerilla) on board to write. Orphan Black co-creator John Fawcett, who directed the first Ginger Snaps, executive produces. The original films’ producers, Copperheart Entertainment, are collaborating with Sid Gentle Films for the project.
“Could it be more socially relevant in this day and age to launch the television series, Ginger Snaps?” Fawcett said in a statement. “For me, this is the ultimate follow-up to Orphan Black and I know those fans will find new love with the iconic Ginger and Brigette Fitzgerald. Anna Ssemuyaba is the perfect writer to help us bring our edgy, girl-power horror story to the small screen. I can’t wait for a big bite of this!”
Per Deadline, the new series “tells the story of sisters, Ginger and Brigette, who are self-imposed outcasts in their hometown. Inseparable and fascinated with the macabre, they make a pact to escape their sleepy suburban home by sixteen or else take their own lives. But on the night of her first period, Ginger is attacked and infected by a werewolf which unleashes a monstrous kind of puberty. Brigette can’t understand this new version of her sister who is violent and sexual. As a bloody trail begins to form in Ginger’s wake, Brigette must find a way to curb her sister’s new cravings or risk losing her forever.”
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