From J.A. Bayona, the director of The Orphanage, comes A Monster Calls, a fantastical film about a young boy who falls back on his imagination as the world continuously batters him with harsh realities. Written by Patrick Ness, who also wrote the novel the film is based on, we’ll be seeing this film come out on October 21st via Focus Features.
A new trailer for the film has been released and it’s simply magnificent. It showcases all the emotions that Conor will be going through, such as being raised with love, entering a new home with a cold caregiver, enduring bullying, and coming to terms with his own pain and rage, all with the assistance of an Ent-like monster that is as destructive as it is caring.
Based on the award-winning children’s fantasy novel, “12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith.”
Lewis MacDougall, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Liam Neeson, and Sigourney Weaver all star.
