"Shameless" star Emmy Rossum is in final negotiations to join the cast of Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment's supernatural love story "Beautiful Creatures."

Richard LaGravenese will direct from his own adaptation of the first novel in Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl's popular series of novels, all three of which were published by Little Brown Books.

Set in the South, story follows two star-crossed teenage lovers -- a local boy and a mysterious new girl -- who uncover dark secrets about their families, their history and their town.

Jack O'Connell and Alice Englert are set to star alongside Viola Davis and Emma Thompson. Rossum will play Ridley, Englert's cousin who became a dark witch on her 16th birthday, which turned the two girls into enemies.

Erwin Stoff is producing with Alcon toppers Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove. Pic starts shooting next month in New Orleans.

Rossum's past feature credits include "Mystic River," "The Day After Tomorrow," "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Poseidon." She currently stars on Showtime's hit series "Shameless." Thesp is repped by ICM and The Schiff Company.

 《无耻之徒》女星埃米·罗森有望加盟《美丽生灵》（Beautiful Creatures）一片，此前维奥拉·戴维斯、艾玛·汤普森两位演技派也已经确定出演该片。

《美丽生灵》根据Kami Garcia、Margaret Stoh所著同名畅销书改编，以美国南北战争时期为背景，包含了超自然的奇幻内容，讲述一对少男少女“罗密欧与朱丽叶”似的爱情故事。听上去与《暮光之城》系列不无相似之处。这对少男少女将分别由英国的杰克·奥康奈尔（《Skins》）与新西兰新人爱丽丝·恩格勒特饰演。

据《综艺》报道，埃米·罗森将饰演少女的表姐，她在16岁生日时成为了一名邪恶的女巫。《美丽生灵》定于2013年上映。

《美丽生灵》内容简介：

《美丽生灵》描述一段南北战争时期的生死恋，还有尘封百年的命运之谜。然而，即使在被人遗忘的南部，杂草丛生的庭院，阴暗的沼泽地还有摇摇欲坠的墓地，这样的地方，秘密也是无法永远掩盖下去的……

蕾娜·杜凯竭力掩饰着自己的超能力，也挣扎着想冲破笼罩家族好几代的诅咒。伊森·魏特不断地做噩梦，梦里有火焰，有坠落。他们注定相恋，又注定分离。面对着命运的轮回，光明与黑暗的两难选择，超乎想象的华丽爱情又该如何？