Brendan Fraser has been signed for the upcoming feature film version of Cornelia Funke's bestselling young adult novel, Inkheart.
Brendan Fraser has signed a deal to star in Inkheart, New Line Cinema's adaptation of Cornelia Funke's best-selling children's novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Iain Softley is directing.
The book centers on a girl whose father, a bookbinder, has the power to bring characters from books to life by reading aloud. When a villainous ruler and his band of rogues from a children's fable kidnap the man, his daughter and her friends, both real and imaginary, must set things right.
Fraser (The Mummy) will play the father, Mortimer "Mo" Folchart, who also is known as Silvertongue.
Playwright David Lindsay-Abaire wrote the adaptation. Mark Ordesky is overseeing for the studio. A fall start is being eyed.
We certainly didn't see that casting choice coming, but the more we think about it, the better it sounds.
