A new animated feature adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost is on the way. Deadline reports today that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox have teamed up to bring The Canterville Ghost to theaters this Halloween.
While no release date has been set just yet, Deadline reports that Shout! Studios and Blue Fox “sets the film for a strategic rollout across multiple platforms, beginning with a theatrical launch timed for Halloween.” That might make this another great gateway horror entry for the whole family this spooky season.
The animated reimagining of Wilde’s short story tells “of a modern American family that moves to their recently purchased country home, Canterville Chase in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Effectively, Sir Simon de Canterville (Stephen Fry) has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over 300 years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.”
In addition to Fry, the voice cast includes Hugh Laurie (“House“), Freddie Highmore (“The Good Doctor,” “Bates Motel”), Emily Carey (“House of the Dragon“), David Harewood (Wendell & Wild), Meera Syal (“The Sandman”), Miranda Hart (Spy), Toby Jones (The Hunger Games, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom) and Imelda Staunton (Amulet).
Kim Burdon (Stressed Eric) directed alongside co-director Robert Chandler (The Amazing Maurice), from a screenplay by Giles New & Keiron Self.
Blue Fox Entertainment founder James Huntsman stated, “We are thrilled to partner with the amazing team at Shout! Studios and take this animated family ghost story to theatrical audiences across the country just in time for Halloween.”
Wilde’s humorous short story, featuring an American family dealing with an English nobleman ghost after moving into a castle, has been adapted several times for stage and screen. Perhaps its most well known adaptation was 1944’s The Canterville Ghost, which featured actor Charles Laughton (The Night of the Hunter) as the central ghost. This new animated iteration of Wilde’s story has been in the works for nearly a decade.
Producers included Robert Chandler of Space Age Films, Gina Carter of Sprout Pictures, P. Jayakumar of Toonz Media Group, and Nadia Khamlichi and Martin Metz of Align. Executive producers include Fry, Jerry Hibbert, Bob Benton, Hilary Strong, Edward Noeltner, Nessa McGill, Nadia Khamlichi, P. Jayakumar, Pual Cummins, Paul, Grindey, and Charles Moore.
Stay tuned for additional details on The Canterville Ghost as they arrive.
Shout! Studios/Blue Fox
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