Looks like Tim Burton has set his
big eye on a new project. As previously reported in April, Burton’s IMDB page
has had his name lined up for several upcoming spooky projects, but one has
finally been verified: the adaptation of Ransom Riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home
for Peculiar Children.
Riggs' story follows a teenage boy
who discovers an abondend childrens’s home on a Welsh island, only to then
uncover the hidden secrets within its walls. The novel makes use of eerie
historical photographs that Riggs collected over the years. Each photo depicts
a character that the boy meets along his way.
Aiming for a July 2015 release, the
script will be penned by screenwriter jane goldman, who, aside from her work on
the screenplay for “Kick Ass” and the “X-Men” franchise, has previously tackled
adaptations of Susan Hill's The Woman in Black
and Neil Gaiman's Stardust.
Riggs has a sequel completed, Hollow
City, slated for January 2014 (no film deals have been reported for the sequel).
Burton is currently in pre-production on “Big Eyes,” a 1960s-based biographical
film about artists Walter and Margaret Keane. The cast for the film has some
brand new faces for Burton’s body of work, recently acquiring Krysten Ritter,
Jason Schwartzman, and Danny Huston.
Watch the book trailer for ransom
riggs’ Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children below.
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