ShoulderHill Films Options Ghost Huntress Young Adult Book Series

ShoulderHill Films Options Ghost Huntress Young Adult Book Series

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ShoulderHill Films, a subsidiary of ShoulderHill Entertainment has optioned Marley Gibson's Ghost Huntress. The teen supernatural thriller/romance series features 16-year old Kendall Moorehead who discovers her psychic abilities when she moves with her family to a small southern town. Together with new friends, Kendall forms a tech-savvy ghost hunting team to match wits against troubled spirits, high school and teenage boys.

The deal includes all three books currently published in the series, Ghost Huntress Book 1: The Awakening, Ghost Huntress Book 2: The Guidance and Ghost Huntress Book 3: The Reason. The Ghost Huntress series is published by Graphia Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's young adult division. ShoulderHill Films acquired the film rights from Sean Daily at Hotchkiss and Associates, on behalf of Deidre Knight at The Knight Agency.

"Marley's series stood out to us from the very beginning," said Danielle Addair, President and Co-founder of ShoulderHill Entertainment. "Gibson's knowledge of the paranormal and teenage angst has helped her create a terrific teen adventure. The Ghost Huntress series celebrates girl power while highlighting the fact that it's our differences which make us special. Each girl finds something in herself by being part of the ghost hunting team."

Marley Gibson's previous works include the 2008 books The New Sisters (Sorority 101) and Zeta or Omega? (Sorority 101) written under pen name Kate Harmon. She is also co-author of The Other Side: A Teen's Guide to Ghost Hunting and Christmas Miracles in 2009.

ShoulderHill optioned best-selling author and screenwriter Andrew Klavan's screenplay Bury The Dead earlier this year.

About ShoulderHill Entertainment

ShoulderHill Films is a WGA Signatory and wholly-owned subsidiary of ShoulderHill Entertainment. Founded in 2005, ShoulderHill Entertainment opened ShoulderHill Entertainment UK in 2010. The company's mission is to provide a profitable stream of motion pictures and capitalize on its deep production experience by enacting a lean, multi-faceted business model which incorporates the new media landscape. ShoulderHill seeks to produce films that balance creativity with business efficiency and to effectively address the realities of financing and marketing. Investor return is top priority for ShoulderHill as is working side-by-side with partners to create globally marketable products.

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