Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Directed by Paul Weitz
When Darren Shan is taken to a circus that's chock-full of sideshow oddities, he meets a vampire and receives a life-changing bite on the neck.
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It’s also apparent that the study and the filmmakers were hoping their film would be the start of another popular YA fantasy series, ending things on a cliffhanger that, while not as annoying as the one in that first Maze Runner or 2009’s Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant proved to be, is still rather obnoxious and unsatisfactory.
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More unlikely is Kevin James' (2015's " Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 ") non-POTUS-like Will Cooper and Jane Krakowski's (2009's " Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ") First Lady Jane.
From 2007's " The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising " to 2008's " City of Ember " to 2009's " Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ," finding the next "Harry Potter" franchise has been more difficult than anticipated.
Sure there will be inevitable comparisons to those wizarding inhabitants of Scotland's Hogwarts (especially given that the home here is on a Welsh isle) and the list of wannabe Potter -esque franchises that haven't got past the first hurdle is lengthy ( Lemony Snicket , The Golden Compass , Cirque du Freak , Vampire Academy ), but Burton and screenwriter Jane Goldman ( Stardust ) have expertly combined to create a world and story intriguing and engrossing enough to warrant a return journey.
Willem Dafoe (2009's " Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant ") and Samantha Morton (2008's " Synecdoche, New York ") are among the unrecognizable players hidden under digital effects as Na'vi rejects Tars Tarkas and Sola.
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That trail is also littered with failure ( Beautiful Creatures , Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, I Am Number Four, Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker), so clearly there’s no guarantee.