“A bunch of weirdos. They’re all weird!” laughed director Tim Burton at the 20th Century Fox, Saks fifth Avenue, and Visa Signature premiere of his latest film “Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children” Monday night. Burton was speaking about his cast which includes Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Ella Purnell, Allison Janney, Judi Dench, Lauren McCrostie and Finlay MacMillan.
The gothic-themed movie, based on a young adult novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs, follows a boy named Jake after a family tragedy. Jake soon discovers a spooky, yet enchanting home that is refuge for children with odd abilities and talents.
Jackson, who plays a white-eyed villain named Barron, explained to Variety that Burton is “very Quentin [Tarantino]-like” in his directing style.
“It’s incumbent on you to come in there as precise and as sure as you want to do as [he is],” Jackson said. “But...
The gothic-themed movie, based on a young adult novel of the same name by Ransom Riggs, follows a boy named Jake after a family tragedy. Jake soon discovers a spooky, yet enchanting home that is refuge for children with odd abilities and talents.
Jackson, who plays a white-eyed villain named Barron, explained to Variety that Burton is “very Quentin [Tarantino]-like” in his directing style.
“It’s incumbent on you to come in there as precise and as sure as you want to do as [he is],” Jackson said. “But...
- 9/27/2016
- by Sade Spence
- Variety - Film News
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