When you direct a film like 2007’s The Orphanage, you immediately have my interest for all future projects. Up next from Spanish filmmaker Juan Antonio Bayona is an adaption of the novel A Monster Calls, and the cast for this one includes Liam Neeson. On tap today is your first tease.
Check it out below, along with a still, and look for the film on October 14, 2016.
The cast also includes Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, and Sigourney Weaver. A Monster Calls was written by Patrick Ness, based on his award-winning children’s fantasy novel.
Synopsis:
Twelve-year-old Conor (MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith.