14, Kripke spoke to THR about his love of Bellairs’ books, the process of adapting the novel, and the day he found out Blanchett was interested in starring as Mrs. When young Lewis, in an attempt to impress the popular kid at school with his burgeoning magic skills, winds up maybe raising Izard from the dead, he and Jonathan have to figure out how to find the clock before Isaac can use it to complete the eschatological plan set in motion the night he died.Īhead of the film’s premiere on Sept.
Jonathan’s mansion is full of magical curiosities, including animated stained-glass windows, an anthropomorphic chair, a griffin topiary that farts dead leaves, and the titular clock - hidden away by the home’s previous owner, Isaac Izard (yet another wizard also: evil also, Kyle McLaughlan) - whose purpose and exact location are still TBD. As it turns out, Jonathan - as well as his neighbor and best friend, Florence Zimmerman ( Cate Blanchett) - are both wizards, and agree to take Lewis under their wing. Set in 1955 in the fictional Michigan town of New Zebedee, Clock stars Owen Vaccaro as Lewis Barnavelt, an awkward boy sent to live with his oddball Uncle Jonathan ( Jack Black, channeling his best Jack Black) after the death of his parents.
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