Looks like Tim
Burton has set his big eyes 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 abandoned children’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.
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