Focus Features has released a brand new trailer for The Orphanage director Juan Antonio Bayona’s A Monster Calls, screened at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, as well as Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas. Kalyn reviewed the film, calling it “a heartfelt coming-of-age fairytale.”
Focus had originally slated the film for release in October but has since pushed it into “Award Season” with plans for a limited top 10 city run on December 23rd before going wide on January 6th.
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.