tim burton will unleash his
directorial skills on the for Peculiar
Children' movie, an adaptation based on the famed young adult novel penned by
Ransom Riggs. The film will follow a teenager named Jacob who explores an
abandoned orphanage on a Welsh island and learns about several children who
have been isolated from the society.
The book itself comes with odd and
spooky photographs making Burton the ideal director of the 'Miss Peregrine's
Home for Peculiar Children' movie. The 55-year-old director is known for
several strange and scary films including 'Frankenweenie,' 'Dark Shadows,'
'Corpse Bride,' '' and 'Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.'
The script will be penned by Jane
Goldman who's known for her works for 'X-Men: First Class' and 'The Woman in
Black.'
Since Burton's films frequently
include jhonny depp and Helene Bonham-Carter, fans are wondering whether the
two will have appearances on the 'Miss Peregrine's' movie. If Depp will be
joining the film, surely he won't play the lead role of Jacob.
As per the films casting call, Jacob
is described as "an outsider in his Florida town. Wears odd vintage
clothes, as if from another era. After the traumatic & mysterious death of
his beloved grandfather leaves him troubled, he sets off in search for answers
to the story of his eastern European grandfather. Seeking 18, to play 17."
'Miss Peregrine's' movie will begin
filming in August. The producers are eyeing for a July 2015 release.
Meanwhile, Riggs has just released
'Hollow City,' the sequel to his highly-acclaimed novel. While Riggs penned
'Miss Peregrine's' for 10 months, writing 'Hollow City' took him two and a half
years.
"There's a whole host of
challenges that come with second books. The end of the first book was so
open-ended that I could have gone anywhere in the second book. And I tried
going everywhere before I picked the way that I thought was best," he told
She Knows.
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