Danny DeVito Adapting "True Confessions of Charlot...
Danny DeVito Adapting "True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle"
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Danny DeVito will direct "The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle," and has set Morgan Freeman, Pierce Brosnan and Saoirse Ronan (Atonement) to star.
DeVito wrote the script, an adaptation of the bestselling young adult novel written by Avi. The film is in pre-production, with shooting to begin in September.
Ronan will play the title character, a daring teen who makes a trans-Atlantic crossing from England to America in the 1830s and finds herself caught between a charismatic but ruthless captain and a mutinous crew. Brosnan will play the captain and Freeman plays the ship's cook, who guides the young woman through the journey.
DeVito, who will not appear in the film, returns to young adult fare for the first time as director since "Matilda," the 1996 adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. He's worked on the script for several years.
"Like 'Matilda,' this had topnotch moral lessons in terms of choices that a 13-year-old girl has to make," DeVito said, adding: "I want edge, in terms of keeping you on the edge of your PG seat. You always want to push to the limit, but I want people to know I'll take care of the audience like I would my own children."
DeVito wrote the script, an adaptation of the bestselling young adult novel written by Avi. The film is in pre-production, with shooting to begin in September.
Ronan will play the title character, a daring teen who makes a trans-Atlantic crossing from England to America in the 1830s and finds herself caught between a charismatic but ruthless captain and a mutinous crew. Brosnan will play the captain and Freeman plays the ship's cook, who guides the young woman through the journey.
DeVito, who will not appear in the film, returns to young adult fare for the first time as director since "Matilda," the 1996 adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel. He's worked on the script for several years.
"Like 'Matilda,' this had topnotch moral lessons in terms of choices that a 13-year-old girl has to make," DeVito said, adding: "I want edge, in terms of keeping you on the edge of your PG seat. You always want to push to the limit, but I want people to know I'll take care of the audience like I would my own children."
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