The film adaptation of Maggie Stiefvater’s young adult fantasy, Shiver, has had its fits and starts, including a change in directors from Andy Fickman (Heathers: The Musical) to Claire McCarthy (Ophelia).
The feature is currently filming in Vancouver, however, and Deadline broke the news on who will be playing the leading roles. Maddie Ziegler (pictured above in My Old Ass) and Levi Miller (Kraven the Hunter) are starring in the movie, whose synopsis spells out the plot:
Shiver follows Grace, who was attacked by a pack of wolves as a child. However, one of them—a yellow-eyed wolf—saved her, creating an inexplicable bond between them. Years later, she meets a young man named Sam with the exact same yellow eyes and immediately feels a connection to him. Their love story unfolds against the backdrop of mystical events, mysterious disappearances, and intrigues that reveal to Grace the true nature of Sam and his connection to the wolves. At the same time, as winter approaches, Sam must fight to hold on to his humanity—or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.
That’s right, werewolves are back, baby. Though did they ever really leave us? The success of Stiefvater’s The Wolves of Mercy Falls series, in which Shiver is the first book, suggests that peoples’ love of werewolves hasn’t waned. Surprising, I know.
No news yet on when Shiver will premiere. Deadline notes that the production company, Simple House Films, is considering the movie as the start of a potential franchise, so it might be the first of many werewolf-adjacent movies set in this world.
