Hammer Films adds books to slate

From DHD – The return of the legendary Hammer Films, a British genre powerhouse, now includes Jeanette Winterson, the award-winning British author. She’s writing an original novella for the new Hammer imprint to be published summer 2011.  Arrow Books (Random House) plans to publish 6 Hammer novels a year beginning spring 2011.

Hammer, a London based production subsidiary of Exclusive Media Group, hadn’t been in production since the 1980s. Recently new investment has reinvigorated the brand – though Hammer’s first film release in over 30 years, Let Me In, was something of a dud at the U.S. box office this past weekend (that’s what you get for remaking a genius film).

Next up from Hammer is The Resident, starring Hilary Swank, and The Woman In Black, starring Daniel Radcliffe, which is in production now.