'The Bitch Posse': Catherine Hardwicke Takes On Teen Book-To-Film

Having taken on supernatural horrors in vampires and werewolves, "Twilight" and "Red Riding Hood" director Catherine Hardwicke is turning to a real life scare: angry teenage girls.

Deadline reports that Hardwicke has signed on to helm the big screen adaptation of the 2006 book "The B*tch Posse," by Martha O'Connor. Here's the synopsis, via Publisher's Weekly:

The story focuses on three friends, Cherry, Amy and Rennie, as high school seniors and as women in their mid-30s. Compelled by miserable home lives to form the B*tch Posse as teenagers, the three girls ricochet dangerously through their last year of high school, sharing a passionate, almost sinister bond until a terrible secret rips them apart. Still damaged--and separated--by the unspeakable event, the three live equally wretched lives as adults, Cherry in a mental institution, Rennie as a promiscuous failed writer and Amy in a loveless marriage.

Hardwicke knows the subject matter well, having directed the indie favorite "Thirteen," as well as the coming of age tale "Lords of Dogtown."

This may not be Hardwicke's only upcoming project; she's long been on board to direct "Maximum Ride," a film adaptation of the James Patterson novels, as well as the drama "Freeheld," which is set to star Ellen Page.

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Comments

[Cassandra45]

04:21 PM on 05/09/2011

Good grief, did she go Hollywood or something??? This looks nothing like the wacky free spirit who directed one of my favorite movies, "Lords of Dogtown" !

[GraphicMatt]

10:15 AM on 05/09/2011

Is it just me or is that the worst haircut ever?

[kinogod]

01:18 AM on 05/09/2011

This person can not direct.

[WYHKTai-Tai]

06:02 AM on 05/09/2011

'Thirteen' & 'Lords of DogTown' were both really good.

[PatrickforO]

12:31 AM on 05/09/2011

OMG. I am now emotionally compromised....CRUNCH!

[SukiTheCat]

11:51 PM on 05/08/2011

I took my little sister to see Red Riding Hood...I know it has an audience which is obviously not me, but my Lord, it was an awful movie. I fell asleep within 15 minutes

[lipstickpig]

09:27 PM on 05/08/2011

Too bad she is a mean person and many do not respect her.

[thislittlepeggy]

09:19 PM on 05/08/2011

She is not a good director.

[Aitch5]

07:35 PM on 05/08/2011

She is not lacking for work!

[rekk]

05:21 PM on 05/08/2011

Thirteen was horrifying and ecxellent. I have a feeling Twilight, RRH, etc are paying the bills. Good on her getting a passion project on the ground. Even more kudos for being an 'auteuse' in a room full of 'auteurs'!

[LMPE]

05:18 PM on 05/08/2011

For the most part, the only "Twilight" in my vocab is the 1998 detective movie starring Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon and Gene Hackman.

[situationcritical]

05:04 PM on 05/08/2011

So, will it end with a sappy wedding proposal, like the rest of Hardwicke's movies?

Okay, I've only seen one of her films, and it ended with a sappy wedding proposal. I have a feeling that's the way she ends all her movies. I'll trust my intuition this time.

[ponderingmuch]

08:42 PM on 05/08/2011

The only one of her movies I have seen is Thirteen which certainly is not sappy and does not end with a wedding proposal.

[situationcritical]

10:45 PM on 05/08/2011

Still gonna roll with my intuition. I will never know if "13" ends in a sappy wedding proposal or not because I will never watch it. My hunches are telling me it most likely does.

[SeanMartin]

04:52 PM on 05/08/2011

The feel-good movie of the year, I guess.

But after RED RIDING HOOD, forgive my incessantly lowered expectations.

[darkelflass]

03:40 PM on 05/08/2011

I haven't seen "Red Riding Hood," but her directing style on "Twilight" did not impress me at all.

[LMPE]

05:16 PM on 05/08/2011

I've only seen the second movie. I spent the entire movie trying to figure out what the plot was.

[Aitch5]

07:36 PM on 05/08/2011

blame Chris Weitz for that one.

[tomasino]

03:25 PM on 05/08/2011

"Cherry in a mental institution, Rennie as a promiscuous failed writer and Amy in a loveless marriage."

SPOILER ALERT!

They're all the same person.

[amanandamouse]

04:55 PM on 05/08/2011

The fact that I have nosedive to read this book or see this movie doesn't make you any less of an 'ash' hole.

[amanandamouse]

04:57 PM on 05/08/2011

nosedive = no desire

[wk2hrd]

03:18 PM on 05/08/2011

Sounds like a worth while project