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In this age of Harry
Potter, when the YA novel rules, especially in the fantasy and sci fi
genres, and when Hollywood exploits the opportunity to adapt it, it
should be no surprise that another movie based on a young readers’
book will be coming to theatres soon. This one is called The House
With a Clock In Its Walls. The book, by John Bellairs, was
published in 1973.
However, not until now has a full-length feature film been in the
works. The thing that came closest to a movie version of this,
unfortunately, little-known novel was a short film which
was actually a segment of a late ‘70s made-for-TV Halloween
special, Once Upon a Midnight Scary,
hosted by Vincent Price.
But the book has too much in it to tell the full story in only a
less-than-half-hour segment of
a one-hour TV
special. So it will be very interesting to see how this movie
plays out the whole story. Also, there will be plenty of room for
more magic and monsters than the TV special could have possibly
shown.
The story to House
With a Clock: 10-year old Lewis goes to live with his wizard
uncle, Johnathon, whose next-door neighbor and lady friend, Ms.
Zimmerman, is a witch. Lewis soon discovers that his uncle’s house
has a continuously ticking clock hidden in one of the walls. But the
loud ticking is the least of the problems with this clock—the clock
has been set by an evil force to bring a deadly fate.
I can hardly wait
for this movie to release but actually prefer to since, as with the
book, there’s a Halloween theme to it. The movie is due for release
on September 21st, according to the Internet MovieDatabase (IMDB), just before the season begins and so
is near-perfect timing. I just hope it does as well as the trailer
makes it look so it can stay in theatres through October.
The House With A Clock In Its Walls Trailer
The House With a
Clock In Its Walls is directed by Eli Roth, screen-written by
Eric Kripke and stars Jack Black as Uncle Johnathan, Cate Blanchett
as Mrs. Zimmerman and Owen Vaccaro as Lewis.
I’m planning to
see Ready Player One tomorrow, so hopefully I’ll have a review
for you here next week!
Until then . . .
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