Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant

Teenager Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque du Freak and become a vampire. Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant is a 2009 American English-language Action Adventure movie starring John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Chris Massoglia, Ray Stevenson, Patrick Fugit and Daniel Vincent. The movie is based on Vampire Blood by Darren Shan. Relativity Media in association with The Donners' Company and Depth of Field. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Lauren Shuler Donner, Paul Weitz, Ewan Leslie and Andrew Miano. Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant is written by Paul Weitz, Brian Helgeland and Darren Shan and it is directed by Paul Weitz. Universal Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant was released on 7th January 2010 and takes a screen time of 109 minutes. Cirque du Freak: The Vampires Assistant was made on a budget of $40 million and at the box office it grossed only $39 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Paul Weitz and Brian Helgeland. Cinematography was done by J. Michael Muro and editing by Leslie Jones. The music was composed by Stephen Trask.