Editorial Staff
Felicity Jones (“The Amazing Spider-Man 2”) has joined the cast of director Juan Antonio Bayona’s “A Monster Calls”, according to Deadline.
The feature adaptation of the Patrick Ness kids book is also eyeing Liam Neeson for the role of the titular character.
Here’s the synopsis of the book :
An unflinching, darkly funny, and deeply moving story of a boy, his seriously ill mother, and an unexpected monstrous visitor.
At seven minutes past midnight, thirteen-year-old Conor wakes to find a monster outside his bedroom window. But it isn’t the monster Conor’s been expecting– he’s been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he’s had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments. The monster in his backyard is different. It’s ancient. And wild. And it wants something from Conor. Something terrible and dangerous. It wants the truth. From the final idea of award-winning author Siobhan Dowd– whose premature death from cancer prevented her from writing it herself– Patrick Ness has spun a haunting and darkly funny novel of mischief, loss, and monsters both real and imagined.
“A Monster Calls” hits cinemas October 14.
