"THE MOTH DIARIES" Scoot Speedman, Lily Cole Open "THE MOTH DIARIES"

I know this is an old article, but there still isn't much information on this film, so why not comment an old article?
Anyway, I agree with Charlotte- 'The Moth Diaries' is stunningly beautiful book, and one which filming would be a huge risk (especially in light of the recent eye-candy vampire romance craze). As far as I'm concerned, whether the book is even about vampires at all is debatable, considering that that particular question is never answered- it's a story that is primarily about madness, for which vampires are simply a manifestation of or a trope used for exploration. In that respect, a straight-up 'horror film' (though I'd say it does have considerable horror elements, in the detachment and gothicism of the setting, the mystery in the deaths and the unanswered questions) wouldn't be able to support it- it needs to be shot with abstract thought and symbolism in mind to get across the fact that absolutely nothing is certain, and that everything in it exists in the mind of one character whose judgement cannot be entirely trusted.
And yes, Lily Cole would not be right as Ernessa- I don't know much about her, but she certainly seems more of a Lucy. But then, Ernessa is a character whose allure is linked to the fact that she's very awkward looking and appears to have had her puberty retarded (I'm sure she's described as being as flat-chested as a child, despite being, or claiming to be, sixteen)- I don't think the mainstream film industry even considers hiring actresses who look like that, unfortunately. So either we'll be seeing a prettied-up 'perfect vamp' Ernessa or Lily Cole in breast bindings and a prosthetic nose, which will probably insult a lot of people.
I'm hoping that the director's credentials will mean that she doesn't fall into these cliched traps, and unless it starts to look obscenely awful when trailers and suchlike start to appear, I do plan to see it. I'm just worried that the type of people who would have been Twihards if they weren't gay will latch onto this and turn Ernessa into a sort of female Edward Cullen, and will fawn over her and idolise her despite the fact that, if she is a vampire, she is a parasite who takes advantage of an emotionally immature young girl (which does actually make her sound like Edward Cullen, but then the point of Ernessa is that she's meant to be unnerving, I suppose).
Also, as a queer woman, I very much resent this being referred to as a story of 'girl-on-girl vampires'- one of the things I love most about the book is the way non-heterosexual orientations are treated as entirely inconsequential and natural- not as an issue, but as something that just exists, is understood by the narrator- and is treated in a realistic way, which brings in teenage sexual confusion without being patronising or writing off non-heterosexuality as a phase, yet still makes it an integral part of the narrative itself. Describing it simply as a story of 'girl-on-girl vampires' trivialises this immensely, as though the sexuality of the female protagonist herself is secondary to pleasing the section of presumably heterosexual men who want to watch lesbian vampires having sex with each other. This, in my opinion, is where the film could go most wrong- it could very well offend many lesbian and queer viewers by reducing them to sex objects, when the book is full of genuine queer identity.

I can only be optimistic, I suppose. I just hope I won't be disappointed. And if I am, at least there's always the book.