Nightmares of Edgar Poe To Be Released

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Variety report that Craig Rosenberg has signed a deal to write and direct 'Nevermore: The Nightmares of Edgar Allan Poe,' a thriller in which the famous writer plays the prime role in a murder mystery.

The Neal Moritz-produced film puts Poe in the action much the way the Bard was used in 'Shakespeare in Love.' Grieving the traumatic death of his wife in Baltimore, Poe watches as a series of murders unfold, replicating exact details from his fictional horror. The mystery is populated with characters from his own books, as he stays with Roderick Usher from 'Fall of the House of Usher.'

The question becomes: Could Poe, driven mad with grief, be committing the murders himself, with his imagination having gone beyond the written page?

Rosenberg is also adapting the Tim Wilson novel 'I Spy' for Warner Bros. and producer Mark Canton. The novel is about a teacher, who, 20 years after witnessing the brutal murder of her parents, begins to suspect that the father of her fave student is the killer.

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