A Monster Calls | Limited Release: December 23; Wide Release: January 16 (1,500 theaters) | Based on the Book

[Films]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=amonstercalls.htmI remember reading this book. Didn't really like itJ.A Bayona is directing

[Impact]

A drama is named A Monster Calls.

I think I just have a hard time taking this title seriously

[Films]

A drama is named A Monster Calls.

I think I just have a hard time taking this title seriously

 

It's not really a drama, it's pretty much a fantasy

[Mauro Teixeira]

OMG, really? Patrick Ness is an amazing writer. I read A Monster Calls a few months ago and liked it very much. Though I'm not exactly seeing this as a movie.

[Blankments]

What is this about??

[Fancyarcher]

"Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences of his mother's terminal cancer; he is serially visited in the middle of the night by a monster who tells stories. Dowd suffered from terminal cancer herself when she started the story and died before she could write it^".

 

No idea, if they're gonna change the story or not.

[Blankments]

"Set in present-day England, it features a boy who struggles to cope with the consequences of his mother's terminal cancer; he is serially visited in the middle of the night by a monster who tells stories. Dowd suffered from terminal cancer herself when she started the story and died before she could write it^".

 

No idea, if they're gonna change the story or not.

 

... Wait, so the book was never written? Then how can this be adapted from that?

[simbaqueen]

Absolutely loved the book. Think this is going to be an incredible movie with major awards potential.

[Fancyarcher]

... Wait, so the book was never written? Then how can this be adapted from that?

 

No the author died but somebody else wrote the book from her idea.

[Blankments]

No the author died but somebody else wrote the book from her idea.

Gotcha, that makes a lot more sense

[Mauro Teixeira]

Yap. Patrick Ness wrote the book Dowd never managed to due to her disease.

The ilustrated version is really good.

 

Book trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8-psqOON-Y (really good, imho, for a book trailer).

[Neo]

Liam Neeson joins Bayona fantasy

[Blankments]

Love me some Neeson

[Neo]

A Monster Calls and Sigourney Weaver Answers

[SuperBatman]

Nice Cast so far.

[Ash Skywalker]

Edited November 19, 2015 by Ash

[marveldcfox]

This looks superb.

 

 

[marveldcfox]

https://youtu.be/gXRrcXHD3UQ

 

New trailer. This looks visually stunning and frankly way better than the garbage bfg. If it wasn't for Spielberg directing no one would have given shit. 

 

A Monster Calls deserves more hype and buzz for looking million times more interesting than that nonsense. 

[Elessar]

Wow, great trailer. This was not on my radar, until now.

[acab]

This looks great.