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'Clueless' Director Preps Vampire Comedy

by BOXOFFICE Staff

posted November 5, 2009 10:06 AM

New project will poke fun at the vampire craze

Source: Bloody Disgusting

Parlay Films has just locked in international distribution rights to Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Clueless director Amy Heckerling's new project Vamps.

The project, also written by Heckerling, follows two modern vampire women living it up in New York City, before a sudden turn of events forces them to choose between love and immortality. Krysten Ritter, who recently appeared in Confessions of a Shopaholic, is already signed to play one of the leads, and Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films is producing.

Heckerling's last project, I Could Never Be Your Woman (starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Paul Rudd) was intended as a theatrical release, but was unceremoniously yanked and released direct to video by its distributor in the United States. The film managed to earn $9.5 million in foreign territories. Vamps is scheduled to start shooting in March 2010.

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