Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)

For the book, see Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
File:Miss Peregrine Film Poster.jpg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Tim Burton
Produced by	Peter Chernin Jenno Topping
Screenplay by	Jane Goldman
Based on	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Starring	Eva Green Asa Butterfield Ella Purnell Chris O'Dowd Allison Janney Terence Stamp Kim Dickens Rupert Everett Judi Dench Samuel L. Jackson
Music by	Matthew Margeson Michael Higham
Cinematography	Bruno Delbonnel
Edited by	Chris Lebenzon
Production companies	Chernin Entertainment Tim Burton Productions TSG Entertainment
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30)
Country	United States
Language	English

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is an upcoming 2016 American fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jane Goldman, based on the 2011 novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs. The film stars Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Chris O'Dowd, Allison Janney, Terence Stamp, Kim Dickens, Rupert Everett, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson. Filming began in February 2015 in London and the Tampa Bay Area. It is scheduled to be released domestically on September 30, 2016 by 20th Century Fox.

Premise

A 16-year-old boy named Jacob Portman accidentally works himself onto a mysterious island where he helps a group of peculiar, orphaned children, all with strange powers and traits, at Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, protecting them and leading them away from horrible creatures known as Wights and Hollowgasts, who are out to destroy them.

Cast

• Asa Butterfield as Jacob Portman, a young teenager who visits Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children and is given the task/promise to protect the Peculiar Children.
• Eva Green as Miss Peregrine, the headmistress of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children with the ability to transform into a peregrine.
• Samuel L. Jackson as Barron, one of the "Wights", creatures that hunt and kill peculiars
• Chris O'Dowd as Franklin Portman, Jacob's father.
• Allison Janney as Dr. Golan, a Wight and a master of disguises.
• Terence Stamp as Abraham Portman, Jacob's grandfather.
  • Callum Wilson as Young Abraham Portman
• Judi Dench as Miss Avocet
• Kim Dickens
• Rupert Everett

The Peculiar Children

• Ella Purnell as Emma Bloom, a lighter-than-air teenager who can control air, create bubbles that insulate air underwater, and must be weighed or attached to a rope to keep her from floating away.
• Lauren McCrostie as Olive Abroholos Elephanta, a teenager who can make fire with her hands.
• Cameron King as Millard Nullings, a boy with invisibility.
• Pixie Davies as Bronwyn Buntley, a little girl with superhuman strength.
• Georgia Pemberton as Fiona Frauenfeld, a wild-looking teenager with an affinity for plants, to the point where she can cause plants to grow from the ground.
• Finlay MacMillan as Enoch O'Connor, a teenager who can bring dead things back to life for a short period of time.
• Milo Parker as Hugh Apiston, a teenager who has an affinity for bees, to the point where a hive of them live in his stomach.
• Raffiella Chapman as Claire Densmore, a little girl with an extra mouth hidden under her hair at the back of her head.
• Hayden Keeler-Stone as Horace Somusson, a teenager with horrific, prophetic dreams.
• Louis Davison as Victor Buntley, the late brother of Bronwyn Buntley.

Production

The film rights to the 2011 novel Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs were sold to 20th Century Fox on May 17, 2011. Chernin Entertainment also signed on to produce the film with producers Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark and Jenno Topping. Later on November 15 the same year, Deadline.com reported that Tim Burton was in talks to direct the film, and it was also revealed that he would be involved with the studio in setting a writer to adapt the novel. On December 2, Jane Goldman was reportedly hired to adapt the story as a screenplay for the film, while Burton was not confirmed yet.

Casting

On July 28, 2014, Eva Green was set to play Miss Peregrine in the film. On September 24, 2014, it was announced that Asa Butterfield was being eyed for the lead role as Burton's choice, but at that time he had not yet been offered the role. On November 5, 2014, Ella Purnell was offered for a role and was in final talks to join the film; it was also reported that Butterfield had been offered the male lead role and was the favored choice. On February 6, 2015, Samuel L. Jackson was added to the cast to play Barron, while Butterfield was also confirmed for the lead role. Terence Stamp, Chris O'Dowd, Rupert Everett, Kim Dickens, and Judi Dench were announced as being in the cast on March 12, 2015.

Filming

Filming was once set to begin in August 2014 in London. On February 17, 2015, Tampa Bay Times revealed that some parts of the film were being shot in London. Principal photography on the film began on February 24, 2015 in the Tampa Bay Area. Filming would last for two weeks in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, in Florida area. It is the second Tim Burton film to be shot in the Tampa Bay area, the first being Edward Scissorhands, in 1989. The production of the film would later move to Cornwall and Blackpool in the United Kingdom and Belgium.

Release

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children was previously set for a July 31, 2015 release. Later in August 2014, the film's date was shifted back to March 4, 2016, then December 25, 2016, then up to September 30, 2016.

External links

• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children at IMDb