She even dedicated the second novel of the trilogy to him and sent him a signed copy. Master sorcerer Balthazar Blake must find and train Merlin's descendant to defeat dark sorceress Morgana la Fée. Mortimer "Mo" "Silvertongue" Folchart has the special talent to bring characters out of books. Eliza started working at 9 years old after landing the lead as … Check out the lineup of new movies and shows streaming on Netflix this month, including Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? The hardcover first edition Inkheart costs too much currently, so the first edition paperback Inkheart could be the better option for personal reading. On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. Paul Bettany's wife Jennifer Connelly played Dustfinger's wife, Roxanne. Inkheart (German title: Tintenherz) is a 2003 young adult fantasy novel by Cornelia Funke, and the first book of the Inkheart trilogy.Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education Association named the book one of its "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children". It was originally set for release for Christmas 2007, which was pushed back to March 19, 2008 before finally premiering in Germany on December 11, 2008, and a day later in the U.K.
Now, ten years later, Meggie (Eliza Bennett) discovers the truth and it's up to her to escape Capricorn's evil grasp.Rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved that he'll retrieve a fallen star by venturing into the magical realm. It is the same toolkit Rick (Fraser) gives to Evie (Rachel Weisz) in The Mummy (1999). Help Center Contributor Zone Polls. The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian. Cornelia Funke's main issue with selling the rights to her novel was how much influence she would have over the casting, which she eventually solved by being a producer. This movie's release was delayed several times. Before executive producer Mark Ordesky secured the rights of the Inkworld trilogy for New Line Cinema, Cornelia Funke was hesitating between him, David Heyman (producer of the Harry Potter film franchise and I Am Legend (2007)), Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer of Transformers (2007) and Stardust (2007)) and Deborah Forte (producer of The Golden Compass (2007) and Tuck Everlasting (2002)), with Ordesky and Heyman being the main contenders. Oh, Brendan Fraser. A teenager discovers he's the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods. In a parallel universe, young Lyra Belacqua journeys to the far North to save her best friend and other kidnapped children from terrible experiments by a mysterious organization. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero. Brendan Fraser was Author Cornelia Funke's personal choice for the role of Mo, as he was her inspiration for the character. As a result of her constant hesitation and indecision, Ordesky gave Funke the nickname "Cornelia Flakey".
Cornelia Funke visited the set several times, to the great joy of producer and director Iain Softley, who was proud of seeing Funke's pleasure at seeing her words come to life. The book ends on a cliffhanger whether Dustfinger gets back home.
You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. The first scene plays in Switzerland. She is known for her role as Jules Thomas in the MTV series Sweet/Vicious for which her performance received critical acclaim. Capricorn (Andy Serkis) and Basta (Jamie Foreman), two villains, and Dustfinger (Paul Bettany), a fire-eater. Eliza Bennett, Actress: Sweet/Vicious. For Industry Professionals. 8 of 9 people found this review helpful. Community. A teenage girl discovers her father has an amazing talent to bring characters out of their books and must try to stop a freed villain from destroying them all, with the help of her father, her aunt, and a storybook's hero. This movie holds many connections to The Wizard of Oz (1939), featuring winged monkeys, Toto, and a cyclone. Cornelia Funke and her family moved from Hamburg, Germany to Los Angeles, California in May 2005 after Funke decided to be one of this movie's producers. In the bookstore, when Mortimer "Mo" "Silvertongue" Folchart (Brendan Fraser) is looking for the book, the words whispered that lead him to it are the first paragraph of chapter 52 in Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures. Inkheart’s Iain Softley to direct based on Flann O’Brien short story. Directed by Iain Softley. The Italian Riviera Film Commission helped to find an abandoned and suitably spooky town to serve as Capricorn's (Andy Serkis') lair.