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Exclusive Interview: Director J.A. Bayona on A Monster Calls

May 5, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Ahead of the UK home entertainment release of A Monster Calls this coming Monday, we’ve got an exclusive video interview with director J.A. Bayona, as he discusses his adaptation of Patrick Ness’ novel; check it out here or over on our YouTube channel…

SEE ALSO: Read our review of A Monster Calls here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEg8t_t3zYg

A visually spectacular drama from acclaimed director Juan Antonio Bayona (“The Impossible”), based on the award-winning fantasy novel. 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall) attempts to deal with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness and the bullying of his classmates by escaping into a fantastical world of monsters and fairy tales that explore courage, loss, and faith. Also featuring Liam Neeson who will star in performance-capture and voiceover as the nocturnally visiting monster of the title, and Sigourney Weaver as the maternal grandmother.

A Monster Calls is available now on Digital Download and releases on Blu-ray and DVD on May 8th.

Originally published May 5, 2017. Updated April 15, 2018.

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Exclusives, Gary Collinson, Interviews, Movies Tagged With: A Monster Calls, J.A. Bayona

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer who is the Editor-in-Chief of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature 'The Baby in the Basket' and suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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