Blue Fox Entertainment and Shout! Studios will deliver a modern take on a classically creepy tale to U.S. theaters next month, announcing the Stateside release of The Canterville Ghost just in time for Halloween! The CG-animated Oscar Wilde adaptation out of the U.K. will arrive October 20.
Synopsis: As the 19th gives way to the 20thcentury and scientific invention brings forth new ways of traversing and seeing the world, a modern American family moves into their recently purchased, country home, Canterville Chase, in England, only to find it is haunted by a ghost. Sir Simon de Canterville has been haunting the grounds of Canterville Chase successfully for over three hundred years, but he meets his match when he tries to scare out the new arrivals.
Directed by Kim Burdon (Stressed Eric) and Robert Chandler (The Amazing Maurice, The Deep) from a screenplay by Giles New & Keiron Self, the film stars actor, writer and television host Stephen Fry (The Hobbit films) as the put-upon specter of Simon de Canterville.
The voice cast also features Fry’s longtime collaborator, Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie (House, Stuart Little), Golden Globe nominee Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor, Bates Motel), Emily Carey (Wonder Woman, Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon), Oscar nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake, The Crown), Miranda Hart (Spy, Call the Midwife) and Golden Globe nominee Toby Jones (The Girl, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy).
Co-director Chandler also serves as producer through his Space Age Films banner, alongside Gina Carter of Sprout Pictures (co-owned by Fry), P. Jayakumar of Toonz Media Group and Nadia Khamlichi & Martin Metz of Align. Executive producers are Fry, Jerry Hibbert, Bob Benton, Hilary Strong, Edward Noeltner, Nessa McGill, Khamlichi, Jayakumar, Paul Cummins, Paul Grindey and Charles Moore.
