Emma Thompson joins 'Beautiful Creatures'

Emma Thompson, is at final discussions to participate the cast of Alcon's supernatural love story "Beautiful Creatures." She'll join Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert since the leads and Viola Davis in the supporting tole. Thompson may have the twin role from the and surrounding suburbs religious firebrand as well as the dark witch who offers her. Project's based on first novel from the series put together by Kami Carcia and Margaret Stohl. The film will probably be released by Warner Bros via Alcon's output deal. Alcon has film rights to all or any three books inside the series launched by Little Brown Books, including ''Beautiful Darkness,'' and ''Beautiful Chaos.'' Erwin Stoff (''Water for Tigers,'' ''I Am Legend'') will produce along with Alcon co-founders and co-CEOs Broderick Manley and Andrew Kosove. The transitional phase story will start shooting in April in New Orleans. Story is occur the South about two star-joined teenage fanatics -- a close boy, together with unknown new girl who uncover dark secrets regarding families, their background their town. Thompson will next be viewed in Sony's "MIB3." Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com