New Series Coming from 'Twilight' Author

Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer is turning her attention to the small screen.

Starz has handed out a straight-to-series order for supernatural thriller The Rook, the premium cable network announced Friday at the Television Critics Association's summer press tour.

From Lionsgate and Liberty Global, The Rook will be exec produced by Meyer and showrunner Stephen Garrett. The drama is a co-production between Lionsgate and Liberty Global. Starz will air the series in 2018 and at the same time, Liberty Global will feature the series exclusively on demand across its footprint in Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Lionsgate will distribute the series worldwide.

"The Rook is another important step in Liberty Global’s premium scripted content strategy. Shot in the U.K., this project is a perfect fit for Virgin Media as well as our other European markets," said Liberty Global chief programming officer Bruce Mann. "The series, which we look forward to making available exclusively to millions of Liberty Global subscribers worldwide, is an amazing supernatural thriller, which we are excited to have in the hands of an elite creative showrunner like Stephen Garrett.  We're also delighted to be partnering with our good friends at Lionsgate and Starz."

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The Twlight franchise stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattison.