J. A. Bayona

Review: A Monster Calls (TIFF 2016)

Posted 10 years ago

PLOT: A young boy (Lewis MacDougall) who’s struggling to come to terms with his dying mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness is befriended by a monstrous, storytelling tree demon (voiced by Liam Neeson). REVIEW: A couple of TIFF’s ago, director J.A Bayona...

A Monster Calls this Christmas: J. A. Bayona fantasy flick date pushed back

Posted 10 years ago

J. A. Bayona's fantasy monster flick A MONSTER CALLS has been yanked back down the schedule once more. Last time, it was only moved back a week, but now it's sliding two months down. This might be in an effort to...

Release date for A Monster Calls pushed back into the heart of awards season

Posted 10 years ago

There’s no harsher sting than when the release date for a movie you’re dying to see gets pulled out from under you and moved to a later date, leaving you to lie on the ground wondering what you’re going to...

Liam Neeson shares a new trailer for A Monster Calls

Posted 10 years ago

Hosted by Liam Neeson, the new trailer for J.A. Bayona's A MONSTER CALLS has arrived online, and it's one that I highly recommend that you check out. Based on the 2011 children's book by Patrick Ness (who wrote the screenplay...

A Monster Calls trailer wraps dark fantasy around a coming of age tale

Posted 10 years ago

From director J.A. Bayona (THE IMPOSSIBLE) comes A MONSTER CALLS. The story follows 12-year-old Conor (Lewis MacDougall), dealing with his mother’s (Felicity Jones) illness, a less-than-sympathetic grandmother (Sigourney Weaver), and bullying classmates, who finds a most unlikely ally when a...

The Witch’s Anya Taylor-Joy signs on for Sergio G. Sanchez’s Marrowbone

Posted 10 years ago

Anya Taylor-Joy delivered a breakthrough performance in THE WITCH, and has since followed that up by landing the title role in Luke Scott's sci-fi thriller MORGAN. For her next movie, the 20-year-old actress is staying within the genre, signing on...

Teaser poster debuts for J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls

Posted 10 years ago

With just over four months to go until the release of A MONSTER CALLS, the latest film from THE ORPHANAGE director J.A. Bayona, a teaser poster has arrived online, with the filmmaker officially unveiling it himself on his Twitter account....

J. A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls to call in a week later

Posted 10 years ago

Now that THE ORPHANAGE's J. A. Bayona has signed on to helm the follow-up to the devastatingly successful JURASSIC WORLD, buzz has been building up for his most recent feature, A MONSTER CALLS. The lush fantasy adventure is still coming this...

Lionsgate to bring Marrowbone to a worldwide audience

Posted 10 years ago

J. A. Bayona's career was more or less kick-started by Guillermo del Toro, who produced THE ORPHANAGE. Well, now the tides have turned and Bayona has become his own del Toro. As he moves onto big Hollywood blockbusters (he will be...

J.A. Bayona to executive produce Sergio G. Sanchez’s Marrowbone

Posted 10 years ago

J.A. Bayona is currently gearing up to direct the next JURASSIC PARK / JURASSIC WORLD sequel, but as he heads into blockbuster territory he's still keeping in touch with his supernatural horror roots. The director of THE ORPHANAGE (pictured above),...

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