Pair nab privileges to V.C. Andrews library

'Family Storms'Dan Angel ("Door-to-doorInch) from the Hatchery has bought privileges towards the V.C. Andrews library and teamed with Jane Startz ("Ella Enchanted") to build up and convey movies, TV series and telepics according to Andrews' works.Angel and Startz introduced the partnership Friday. You will find presently 70 Andrews books, released in 1979 with "Flowers within the Loft," with worldwide sales well over 106 million copies in 95 nations in 26 languages in tales mixing aspects of Medieval horror and family secrets. Andrew Neiderman, who's composed 44 books under their own title, continues to be the freelancer of Andrews' books since her dying in 1986.The most recent addition is "Family Storms" and it is follow up "Cloudburst," launched within the fall. Paranormal love story "In To The Darkness" is going to be released in March and "The Forbidden Sister is going to be released within the fall 2012, then its follow up "Roxy's Story.""V.C. Andrews is really a significant cultural icon and it has been during the last 30 years,Inch Startz stated. "Her collected works really are a treasure chest of genres -- romance, medieval, paranormal -- with highly original and frequently outr tales which have enormous multigenerational and multicultural appeal." Angel's credits include "The Haunting Hour," "Serta Versus." and "Gifted Hands." Startz created "The Indian within the Cupboard," "The Mighty" and "Tuck Everlasting."Simon & Schuster United kingdom, lengthy-term marketers of V.C. Andrews, stated inside a statement, "We're delighted that Virginia Andrews will discover a new audience through this exciting collaboration using the Hatchery and Jane Startz Prods., using this global brand to increased levels."In 2007, the Hatchery and Jaffe/Braunstein introduced intends to create a miniseries for Lifetime in line with the Andrews' "The Landry" however the project did not get together. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com