Straying from his usual gore-tastic horror and suspenseful thriller territory, Eli Roth is here on family friendly fright duty, overseeing the adaptation of John Bellairs and Edward Gorey's The House With A Clock In Its Walls. The new trailer has crept online.
With Supernatural creator Eric Kripke providing the script, The House With A Clock In Its Walls finds 10-year-old Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) going to live with his uncle (Jack Black) in a creaky old house with a mysterious ticktocking heart and Cate Blanchett's composed Mrs. Zimmerman. But his new town’s sleepy façade jolts to life with a secret world of warlocks and witches when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead...
Kyle MacLachlan, Colleen Camp and Renée Elise Goldsberry also feature in the cast for the film, scheduled for release on 21 September.
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