‘Kick-Ass’ Writer Jane Goldman To Pen Tim Burton’s ‘Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children’
Jane Goldmanrules. With her great accent, awesome red hair, and big, beautiful…talent, she’s becoming one of the most exciting screenwriters in Hollywood. She’s co-writtenStardust, Kick-Ass, The DebtandX-Men: First Classwith Matthew Vaughn, she’s gotThe Woman in Blackstarring Daniel Radcliffecoming soon and nowDeadlinereports she’s in talks to adapt the bookMiss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children,possibly for directorTim Burton.Deadline’s article makes it clear that Burton hasn’t completely committed to the project, but it’s a priority for 20th Century Fox, especially because they hope Goldman will team with Vaughn to assist withtheX-Men: First Classsequel.
As perRuss’s initial articleonMiss Peregrine, it’s “the story of an old orphanage and its strange and possibly dangerous residents” and the original book, byRansom Riggsblends that story with a bunch of old photographs that are very much in line with Burton’s visual signature from films likeEdward Scissorhands, BeetlejuiceandBatman.
Here’s the official description:
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
Burton has two films that he’s actually working on (Dark ShadowsandFrankenweenie) both out in 2012 and, after that, this might be his next thing. Or not. Much probably depends on Goldman’s adaptation.
