'Beautiful' replace on British Entertainment

Blighty's Entertainment Film Entrepreneurs has pre-bought U.K. rights for mystical teenage witch pic "Beautiful Creatures." Pic, that's produced by Alcon Entertainment and being looked within the European Film Market by Summit Intl., has provided to Germany's Concorde Film on Friday. Numerous British customers were mentioned being competing for your project, including Entertainment One. Pic, using the best-selling tome by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, toplines Emma Thompson, Viola Davis and beginners Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert. "Creatures" is presently in pre-production which is modified and helmed by Richard Lagravenese, whose previous pointing credits include "P.S. I Like You" and "Freedom Authors" and scribe credits include "Water for Tigers" and "The Bridges of Madison County." Warner Bros. will release the teen medieval romance in your area through its financing and distribution agreement with Alcon. Story focuses on just a little-town teenage boy Ethan, who wants avoiding his regular existence prior to the day he meets Lena, a young witch. The Two fall crazily for each other but as her 16th birthday approaches, she fears for Ethan's safety within her existence and chooses to erase their love from his memory despite the fact that outcomes of the two remains inevitable. Erwin Stoff, Andrew A. Kosove, Broderick Manley and Molly Cruz produce. Garcia and Stohl's "Beautiful" series up to now includes four books which is first installment was launched last season. Contact Diana Lodderhose at diana.lodderhose@variety.com