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Monster House Helmer Adapts Ember

MONSTER HOUSE director Gil Kenan is developing a live-action adaptation of THE CITY OF EMBER, based on the 2003 book by Jeanne DuPrau, reports SCI FI WIRE.

"It's science fiction, and that's all I'm going to say," Kenan said in a recent interview. "It's a post-apocalyptic children's film. It's going to be closely based on the novel."

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS and CORPSE BRIDE screenwriter Caroline Thompson will pen the script with Playtone and Walden Media producing.

THE CITY OF EMBER is set in a future when Earth's surface has been destroyed by toxic pollutants and humans live in cities under the ground. Two 12-year-olds, Doon Harrow and Lina Mayfleet, decide to venture to the surface when their only source of light begins to flicker out.

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