Carlos Alonso Ojea directs this film for Netflix with a script by Carlos García Miranda, author of the novel of the same name
Carlos Alonso Ojea directs ‘The criminal readers club’ for Netflix, a horror film set in the university environment. It has a script by Carlos García Miranda, who is adapting his own novel of the same name, which follows the literature of authors such as Stephen King, published in 2018. The cast includes Daniel Grao, Veki Velilla, Álvaro Mel, Priscilla Delgado, Iván Pellicer, Ane Rot, Carlos Alcaide, Hamza Zaidi and María Cerezuela.
In ‘The Criminal Book Club’, eight young students who meet weekly in a book club to share their passion for horror literature. One day, they are complicit in a costume prank that ends in a fatality and a pact of silence. After that event, the readership is threatened by an anonymous writer who wants to reveal a dark secret. The stalker threatens to post a gory horror novel based on them on social media. Each chapter, one of them will die. Distrusting each other, the group of young readers begins a battle for survival in the middle of the university campus. Each of them could be the next victim or the killer disguised as a clown.
As in the novel intended for young readers, the film version will focus on the iconic figure of the killer clowns. The writer and screenwriter Carlos García Miranda has a master’s degree in psychology, studied audiovisual communication and was a screenwriter for television series such as ‘Los Protegidos’ or ‘El Internado’, a production with great international success, sold to more than 30 countries.
Still without a release date, ‘The criminal readers’ club’ is the second production based on bestsellers by Carlos García Miranda (‘Physics or chemistry’, ‘The protected: The return’, coming out soon). Another book by the author that will be on the screen soon is ‘Conexo’, an adventure novel that will be an eight-episode series written by the author himself and directed by Carlos Therón (‘Kings of the Night’, ‘Operación Camarón ‘).
Director Carlos Alonso Ojea returns to the genre after co-directing the episodic horror film ‘The Innocents’ with 11 other directors. «A novel like ‘The Criminal Readers’ Club’ which, in addition to its bestseller, hits the nail on the head in what it offers its audience makes it very easy for us to begin what I’m sure is a fruitful relationship with Planeta (publisher of the book),” said Raimon Masllorens, CEO of Brutal Media and promoter of the film.
For his part, Francisco Javier Sanz, director of Grupo Planeta’s audiovisual rights management agency, says: «Carlos García Miranda has the brilliant ability to anticipate successful trends as a screenwriter and as a novelist. Since its publication, ‘The Criminal Readers’ Club’ has aroused a great deal of interest in the audiovisual world. We are confident that Raimon and the Brutal Media team will be the ideal partner to bring the book to the screen together with Carlos.”
Primarily shot in the city of Toledo, in locations such as the San Pedro Mártir Building or Tavera Hospital, ‘The Criminal Readers’ Club’ is a Brutal Media production for Netflix.
Source: La Verdad
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