Title: The House With a Clock in its Walls
Original Title: The House With a Clock in its Walls
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: USA Canada
- Language: English
- Length: 105 Minutes (1 hour 45 min)
- Budget: $42,000,000
- Genre: Fantasy Thriller Family
- Studios: Amblin Entertainment
- Distributor: eOne Films
Release Dates
- UK: September 15 2018
- United States: September 21 2018
Plot
The new film by director Eli Roth ('Hostel') means a change of register to fantastic and more familiar cinema.
Produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by Eli Roth, 'The Clock House on the Wall' is a magical adventure for the whole family starring Jack Black ('Nightmares', 'Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle', 'Gulliver's Travels' ',' Kung Fu Panda '), Cate Blanchett ('Thor: Ragnarok','Cinderella','The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'), Kyle McLachlan ('Twin Peaks').
The story tells the magical and chilling tale of Lewis (Owen Vaccaro), a 10-year-old boy who, after becoming an orphan, moves into his uncle's old, creaking house, which has a mysterious clock. Soon, the boring and quiet life of their new town is interrupted when accidentally, Lewis wakes wizards and witches from a secret world
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Videos
2:01 'The House With A Clock In Its Walls' trailer #2
May 26 2018
2:00 Trailer VO 'The House With a Clock in its Walls'
March 28 2018
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Trivia
Spielberg Dad
Eli Roth's first directed film working with Amblin Entertainment, it's founder and one of his cinematic heroes Steven Spielberg. Eli Roth previously had a cameo in El mundo perdido: Jurassic Park (1997) that was directed by Spielberg and produced by Amblin. Also Eli has said his favorite Spielberg movies are Tiburón (1975) and Poltergeist (Fenómenos extraños) (1982).
First adaptation
This is Eli Roth's first adaptation of a literary work, his first Gothic work and his first family film.
Comics enemies
Cate Blanchett and Kyle MacLachlan, who play rival magicians in this film, have both been in Marvel comic-book features as enemies of the god hero Thor: Blanchett played Hela in Thor: Ragnarok (2017), and MacLachlan played Calvin Zabo/Mr Hyde in Agentes de S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) (although he never encounters Thor).
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