DreamWorks Acquires Film Rights to Bardugo's Shadow and Bone

Posted on September 17, 2012

DreamWorks Studios announced it has acquired the feature film rights to Leigh Bardugo's debut novel Shadow and Bone. The young adult fantasy novel was published in June 2012 by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. It is the first in a planned three book series, called the Grisha Trilogy.

David Heyman, who produced the Harry Potter films, will produce along with "Up in the Air" producer Jeffrey Clifford. Heyman said in a statement, "Shadow and Bone is a riveting and wholly original adventure set in a breathtakingly imaginative world. I am thrilled to be working with the DreamWorks team and incredibly grateful to Leigh Bardugo for giving us the opportunity to bring her work to the screen."

In Shadow and Bone, a young woman, named Alina Starkov, must learn to control her newly discovered power in order to save her country from the Shadow Fold, a swath of darkness filled with monsters that feast on human flesh.