Inkheart (film)

Infobox Film
name = Inkheart


caption = Film poster
director = Iain Softley
writer = David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay)
Cornelia Funke (novel)
Gary David Goldberg
starring = Brendan Fraser
Eliza Bennett
Paul Bettany
Helen Mirren
Andy Serkis
Jim Broadbent
producer = Cornelia Funke
Ileen Maisel
Barry Mendel
music = Javier Navarrete
distributor = New Line Cinema
released = January 9 2009
runtime =
language = English
country = United States
United Kingdom
budget = £30,000,000 (estimated)
website = http://www.inkheartmovie.com/
imdb_id = 0494238
amg_id = 1:359300

"Inkheart" is an upcoming 2009 fantasy film, directed by Iain Softley. It is based on the 2003 German novel of the same name by Cornelia Funke. The film was first slated for release on March 19 2008, but has been pushed back to January 9 2009, partially because of New Line's marketing worries in connection with now-concluded 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike. It will now be released on January 30 2009. cite journal|url=http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117979257.html?categoryId=13&cs=1|first=Sarah|last=Marshall|date=January 30 2008|title=New Line postpones 'Inkheart' release|journal=Variety|accessdate=2008-01-20]

Production

The author of the book on which the film was based, Cornelia Funke was quoted as saying that "we had our second screening (summer 2007), which went well, and I really loved the movie, but they are still changing things, especially at the end." fact|date=December 2007

As with the production of "",Fact|date=December 2007 the production progressed very slowly. The American release was originally slated for Christmas 2007, but then was changed to March 19, 2008. In addition, due to the writer's strike, the film was further pushed back and is now set to open January 9th, 2009.

Inkheart was filmed at Shepperton Studios near London, England and on location in 2006/2007.

Plot

When Mo (Brendan Fraser) reads aloud from books, he has the ability to make the characters come out of the book, into real life. Mo discovered his power when his daughter Meggie (Eliza Bennett), was just a baby.Mo read aloud from the book "Inkheart", which caused several of the book's wicked characters, including Capricorn (Andy Serkis), to literally come to life. But while he read them out of the book, he accidentally read Meggie’s mother, Theresa (Sienna Guillory) into the story.

Meggie is 12 years old, but knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent. But Meggie is annoyed that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a man who burns for pleasure and being so evil that he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart", has searched for Meggie's father for years, seeking to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved daughter Meggie as bait. While Meggie discovers Capricorn's ruthless plan, she too, can pluck people from pages and bring them to life, but it takes a while for her to realize her power.

Cast

*Brendan Fraser as Mortimer Folchart
*Eliza Bennett as Meggie Folchart
*Paul Bettany as Dustfinger
*Andy Serkis as Capricorn
*Jim Broadbent as Fenoglio
*Helen Mirren as Elinor Loredan
*Rafi Gavron as Farid
*Sienna Guillory as Theresa "Resa" Folchart
*Lesley Sharp as Mortola
* Matt King as Cockerell
*Jamie Foreman as Basta
*Marnix Van Den Broeke as The Shadow
*Steve Speirs as Flatnose
*Jessie Cave as Nymph, an original character created for the film.
*Adam Bond as Prince Charming, an original character created for the film.
*Tereza Srbova as Rapunzel, an original character created for the film.

References

External links

* [http://www.inkheartmovie.com/ Official site]
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* [http://www.corneliafunke.de/en/film/film-105.html Cornelia Funke's Website]
*en [http://www.inkheart.net/ Official site Locations]
*it [http://www.cuoredinchiostro.com/ Italian Official site ]
* [http://movies.about.com/od/inkheart/a/inkhearthm12907.htm Director Iain Softley and Helen Mirren Talk About "Inkheart"]
* [http://www.inkweb.artemis-fowl.net InkWeb - The Inkheart Fansite]
* [http://www.jessiecave.com/inkheart Website dedicated to Inkheart - the movie]