Tim Burton Up For ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’

There’s no denying that Tim Burton has a monopoly on movies that are Gothically kooky and whimsically creepy in design. Hence why it’s not surprising to hear that 20th Century Fox wants to hire the filmmaker on as director for the literary adaptation, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

 

Dylan Clark and Peter Chernin (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) along with Jeno Topping (the Charlie’s Angels film series) are set to produce the literary project. Burton, should he sign on as director, would presumably also serve as a co-producer.

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Fox and Chernin Entertainment acquired the rights to Ransom Rigg’s source material earlier this year. Deadline is reporting that, should Burton agree to helm Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, he would “be involved” in recruiting a scriber for the project.

Given that the filmmaker tends to prefer working with the same individuals over and over, chances are good that someone like John August (Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride, Frankenweenie) could be the man Burton would select to handle that job.

Here is an official description of Ransom Rigg’s original novel

A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience.

As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.