Laika assumes Suspiria’s writer to the Surreal Stop-Motion adaptation script by Travis Knight by Piranesi

Adaptation of Laika of Susanna Clarke’s New fantasy for the mind Piranesi I just took a big step forward with the assumption of acclaimed screenwriter Dave Kajganich To manage the script.

Kajganich, known for his work on Suspiria, Bones and everything elseand AMC’s TerrorHe is currently collaborating with some of the most respected directors in the sector, too Barry Jenkins, Ridley ScottAND Edward Berger. Now, he will bring his talents and his skills in Laika’s ambitious Stop-Motion vision on Clarke’s beloved novel.

“Piranesi has changed my soul and is one of the books around the world, of any era, I will love me more,” said Kajganich in a note. “Having the trust of Travis and Susanna in adapting it is something I take as honor of the highest order. They are two of the most beautiful, intelligent and more human people you can imagine, so all this is a real dream that you come together.”

Announced for the first time in June 2024, Piranesi will be directed by the President and CEO of Laika Travis Knightwho previously directed the appointed Oscar Kubo and the two ropes and the next Wildwood. The project marks a return to the roots of the study in the narration of stop-motion, even if they continue to branches into live action.

The story for Piranesi It is set in an alternative dreamlike reality and follows Piranesi, “whose house is not a normal building: its rooms are infinite, its infinite corridors, its walls are flanked by thousands and thousands of statues, each different from all the others.

“Inside the labyrinth of the rooms, an ocean is imprisoned; waves that scale thunder, the rooms are flooded in an instant. But Piranesi is not afraid; it includes the tides while understanding the labyrinth model itself. He lives to explore the house.”

There is another person at home, “one man called the other, who visits Piranesi twice a week and asks for help with research in a great and secret knowledge.

“But as Piranesi explores, evidence of another person emerges and a terrible truth begins to reveal, revealing a world as well as what Piranesi has always known.”

From its release, Clarke’s novel has become a literary phenomenon, selling over four million copies and winning the 2021 women’s prize for narrative. His meditative tone, philosophical depth and strange beauty seem to measure for Laika’s visual narrative.

Knight previously shared in a declaration: “Piranesi It is a treasure and very dear to me. As a director, I can barely imagine a more joyful experience than wandering for the worlds that Susanna has dreamed of being.

“It is one of my favorite authors of all time and with PiranesiSusanna has created a beautiful, devastating work of art and in the end that affirms life. I am humiliated that he chose Laika as his home. “

Kajganich is also working Brad Pitt’S The knights he is also writing Be my babyA biographical film by Ronnie Spector for A24, with Zendaya Set on stars e Barry Jenkins Direction.

While Laika continues to push further into live-action, with projects such as Atmosphere from Anna Boden AND Ryan FleckAND Collapse from Brian Duffield and producers Phil Lord AND Chris MillerThe study did not lose sight of what has made them a favorite of fans first: animation of bold and stylized stop-motion that tells stories with emotional weight.

Source: deadline