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'''''A Monster Calls''''' is a 2016 [[dark fantasy]] [[drama film]] directed by [[J. A. Bayona]] from a screenplay by [[Patrick Ness]] and based on Ness' [[A Monster Calls|2011 novel of the same name]]. It stars [[Liam Neeson , Sigourney Weaver]], [[Felicity Jones]], [[Toby Kebbell]], [[and Lewis MacDougall]], and [[Liam Neeson]]. In the film, Conor O'Malley (MacDougall) grapples with his mother's [[terminal illness]] as he is visited by the Monster (Neeson), a giant anthropomorphic [[yew tree]] who tells him stories.
 
The film rights to Ness' novel were acquired by [[Focus Features]] in March 2014, after which, he was hired as screenwriter and Bayona signed on as director. Jones was first hired that April and Neeson joined that May, with the rest of the main cast rounded out by that September. [[Principal photography]] began on 30 September 2014, with filming locations mainly including [[West Yorkshire]], [[Derbyshire]] and [[Lancashire]] in England, with additional scenes filmed on location in [[Spain]].<ref name=tiff/>