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"Gossip Girl&amp;#039;s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage have teamed with Twilight director Catherine Hardwicke for a new pilot. Horror drama Copeland Prep has been written by Bret Easton Ellis and takes place at a secondary school where the students are being transformed into monsters, according to Deadline.   Ellis will executive produce alongside Schwartz and Savage, while Hardwicke will serve as executive consultant. Schwartz and Savage&amp;#039;s Fake Empire also produces Hart of Dixie for The CW, as well as forthcoming series Cult and The Carrie Diaries. Ellis is known for his novels American Psycho and The Rules of Attraction. The writer recently attracted controversy when he referred to CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory as &amp;quot;terrible&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;gayness personified&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m not a homophobe. I&amp;#039;m a misanthrope,&amp;quot; he argued last month. &amp;quot;I hate the way homosexuality is presented in our entertainment culture.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; The CW orders boyband-turned-detectives Boiling Point pilot &amp;gt; Wonder Woman new TV series in development at The CW "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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