Roberts tracks Drew's clues for Warners
New 'Nancy Drew'
SepT 13, 2005
The mystery of who will play teenage detective Nancy Drew has been solved: Emma Roberts has signed on to play the sleuth in a big-screen version from Warner Bros. Pictures.
Jerry Weintraub is producing and Andrew Fleming is directing "Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills."
In the film, Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, and she stumbles on evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the death of a movie star. Her resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.
The film will be an updated adaptation of the long-running Nancy Drew book series, which was first published in 1930 and featured a plucky heroine who lived in fictional River Heights. The daughter of an attorney, she tackled jewel thieves, smugglers, kidnappers and organized crime syndicates. The books also had a dose of fashion and cooking.
The books were attributed to Carolyn Keene, a pen name used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the books. Mildred A. Wirt Benson wrote 23 of the first 30 books, and Harriet Stratemeyer, who inherited the company with her sister Edna, penned 24 volumes. The books have been rewritten and updated over the years.
The 175th volume of the series, which was called "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories," was published in 2003. The line was relaunched last year, this time called "Nancy Drew Girl Detective."
Screen versions of Nancy Drew date back to 1938, when Bonita Granville portrayed Drew as a reporter for a high school paper in four lighthearted romps for Warners. Pamela Sue Martin, who later found fame on "Dynasty," played Drew in the short-lived TV series "The Nancy Drew Mysteries." There also was a syndicated series in 1995 that starred Tracy Ryan and a MOW that appeared as part of ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" in 2002 that starred Maggie Lawson.
Susan Ekins and Mark Vahradian are exec producing the new film, which was written by Tiffany Paulsen. Fleming is now doing a rewrite.
Jessica Goodman is overseeing for Warners.
Roberts, who stars in Nickelodeon's tween hit "Unfabulous" and is the daughter of Eric Roberts and the niece of Julia Roberts, stars in Fox 2000's upcoming "Aquamarine" with Sara Paxton and Jojo. Roberts also appeared in "Blow" with Johnny Depp. Her debut album comes out this month on Columbia Records.
Roberts is repped by David Sweeney at Sweeney Management.
Jerry Weintraub is producing and Andrew Fleming is directing "Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills."
In the film, Nancy Drew accompanies her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, and she stumbles on evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the death of a movie star. Her resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.
The film will be an updated adaptation of the long-running Nancy Drew book series, which was first published in 1930 and featured a plucky heroine who lived in fictional River Heights. The daughter of an attorney, she tackled jewel thieves, smugglers, kidnappers and organized crime syndicates. The books also had a dose of fashion and cooking.
The books were attributed to Carolyn Keene, a pen name used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, which published the books. Mildred A. Wirt Benson wrote 23 of the first 30 books, and Harriet Stratemeyer, who inherited the company with her sister Edna, penned 24 volumes. The books have been rewritten and updated over the years.
The 175th volume of the series, which was called "Nancy Drew Mystery Stories," was published in 2003. The line was relaunched last year, this time called "Nancy Drew Girl Detective."
Screen versions of Nancy Drew date back to 1938, when Bonita Granville portrayed Drew as a reporter for a high school paper in four lighthearted romps for Warners. Pamela Sue Martin, who later found fame on "Dynasty," played Drew in the short-lived TV series "The Nancy Drew Mysteries." There also was a syndicated series in 1995 that starred Tracy Ryan and a MOW that appeared as part of ABC's "Wonderful World of Disney" in 2002 that starred Maggie Lawson.
Susan Ekins and Mark Vahradian are exec producing the new film, which was written by Tiffany Paulsen. Fleming is now doing a rewrite.
Jessica Goodman is overseeing for Warners.
Roberts, who stars in Nickelodeon's tween hit "Unfabulous" and is the daughter of Eric Roberts and the niece of Julia Roberts, stars in Fox 2000's upcoming "Aquamarine" with Sara Paxton and Jojo. Roberts also appeared in "Blow" with Johnny Depp. Her debut album comes out this month on Columbia Records.
Roberts is repped by David Sweeney at Sweeney Management.
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