Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

The Box of Delights

4/7/09 - Mike Newell will direct The Box of Delights, based on John Masefield's classic 1930s children's fantasy novel, about a boy entrusted with a magic box that allows him to travel through time, Variety reported.  U.K.-based Brilliant Films is funding development of the feature, which Frank Cottrell Boyce is adapting.  Sarah Radclyffe, Courtney Pledger and Esther Douglas are attached to produce with Brilliant Films' Joe Abrams and Rory Gilmartin receiving executive producer credits alongside Newell.

AlienAlmanac.com 2009