After the production company formed with Aimee entered its own peculiar limbo, approaches by various people with an angle persisted. I eventually settled on optioning the rights to the book annually, which led to working alongside Parallel who continued to take up the Option from 2011.
Each time I renewed the option on The Highgate Vampire for a further twelve months, outside interest would emerge but, of course, was thwarted by the existence of the Option. Hammer Films showed interest, but could not be persuaded to work in tandem with Parallel, or indeed anyone else. This eventually led to me deciding not to renew the Option; so that I am free to entertain the right people.
And that is where we are today. The only involvement I insist upon is advisory and consultative. The project still remains shrouded in the same amount of mist-laden uncertainty as it ever did. Waiting ...
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