A Monster Calls (film): Difference between revisions

* [[Sigourney Weaver]] as Mrs. Clayton (credited as "Grandma"), Conor’sConor's strict grandmother

* [[Felicity Jones]] as Elisabeth "Lizzie" Clayton (credited as "Mom"), Conor’sConor's mother, who is undergoing treatment for an unspecified [[terminal illness]]

* [[Toby Kebbell]] as Liam O'Malley (credited as "Dad"), Conor’sConor's father, who is divorced from Lizzie and now lives in the United States with his new wife and daughter

* [[Geraldine Chaplin]] as the head teacher at Conor’sConor's school

[[Focus Features]] bought the rights to [[Patrick Ness]]' book in March 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fleming |first=Mike |url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/03/focus-features-juan-antonio-bayona-a-monster-callsiver-road-and-participant-693667/ |title=Focus Features Makes $20 Million Deal For 'A Monster Calls' Movie |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=5 March 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> Ness served as the film's screenwriter, with [[J. A. Bayona]] hired as director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/04/a-monster-calls-october-14-2016-release-focus-features-juan-antonio-bayona-712096/ |title=Focus Dates 'A Monster Calls' For October 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood|date=9 April 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014}}</ref> [[Felicity Jones]] was cast on 23 April 2014,<ref>{{cite news|title=Felicity Jones To Star In Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.deadline.com/2014/04/felicity-jones-to-star-in-juan-antonio-bayonas-a-monster-calls-717960/|access-date=24 April 2014|newspaper=deadline.com[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=23 April 2014}}</ref> [[Liam Neeson]] was cast on 8 May,<ref>{{cite news|last=McClintock|first=Pamela|title=Cannes: Liam Neeson Joins 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-liam-neeson-joins-a-702270|access-date=10 May 2014|newspaper=hollywoodreporter.com|date=8 May 2014}}</ref> [[Sigourney Weaver]] was cast on 18 August,<ref>{{cite news|title=Sigourney Weaver Joins High-Profile 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sigourney-weaver-joins-high-profile-726024|work=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref> and [[Toby Kebbell]] was cast on 19 August.<ref>{{cite news|title='Fantastic Four' Actor Toby Kebbell in Talks to Join 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/fantastic-four-toby-kebbell-a-monster-calls-1201286443/|work=Variety.com}}</ref> On 3 September, Ness tweeted that [[Lewis MacDougall]] had been cast in the lead role.<ref name=MacDougall>{{cite news|last1=Espina|first1=Alfonso|title=Lewis MacDougall to Lead Adaptation of Patrick Ness' 'A Monster Calls'|url=http://upandcomers.net/2014/09/04/newcomer-lewis-macdougall-lead-adaptation-patrick-ness-monster-calls/|access-date=1 October 2014|website=upandcomers.net|date=4 September 2014|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006113013/http://upandcomers.net/2014/09/04/newcomer-lewis-macdougall-lead-adaptation-patrick-ness-monster-calls/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Geraldine Chaplin]] joined the cast of the film on 30 September.<ref name="casting-three">{{cite news|title=Three Join 'A Monster Calls'|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/alec-baldwin-kevin-spacey-boss-baby-843783/|access-date=1 October 2014|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=30 September 2014}}</ref>