Screenwriter Jane Goldman (The Woman in Black, Kick-Ass) has her head wrapped around characters with unique capabilities with X-Men: First Class and upcoming sequel on her docket. Now, it looks like she may be able to lend her writing talents in adapting a book where the characters are equally as interesting, or you might even call them peculiar!
Deadline now reports that Goldman is in talks with 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment to adapt Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs. Just last month we reported that director Tim Burton was currently in negotiations to direct the big-screen adaptation.
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Book Synopsis:
A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And 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 who once lived here—one of whom was his own grandfather—were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a desolate island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
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