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Hugo Cabret movie

Production Begins on Scorsese's Hugo Cabret
Source: Sony Pictures June 29, 2010


Production has begun in London on Academy Award®-winner Martin Scorsese's adventure film Hugo Cabret. The live-action film, to be photographed in 3D, stars Academy Award® winner Ben Kingsley (Shutter Island), Sacha Baron Cohen (Bruno), Asa Butterfield (The Boy in the Striped Pajamas), and Chloë Moretz (Kick-Ass).

Based on Brian Selznick's captivating and imaginative New York Times bestseller "The Invention of Hugo Cabret," the screenplay is by John Logan and the film is produced by Scorsese, Graham King, Tim Headington, and Johnny Depp.

Executive producers are Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Charles Newirth and Christi Dembrowski.

Hugo Cabret, Scorsese's first film shot in 3D, tells the tale of an orphan boy living a secret life in the walls of a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical, mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.

Also appearing in the all-star cast are Academy Award® nominee Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes), Ray Winstone (London Boulevard), Christopher Lee ("The Lord of the Rings"), Helen McCrory ("The Special Relationship"), Frances de la Tour (Alice in Wonderland), and Richard Griffiths (The History Boys).

Hugo Cabret re-teams Scorsese, King, and Logan, all of whom worked together on The Aviator. It also reunites Scorsese with several of his longtime collaborators, including director of photography Robert Richardson (Shutter Island, Inglourious Basterds), production designer Dante Ferretti (Shutter Island, Sweeney Todd), costume designer Sandy Powell (Shutter Island, The Young Victoria), and editor Thelma Schoonmaker (Shutter Island, The Departed), all multiple-time Oscar® winners, as well as casting director Ellen Lewis (The Departed, The Aviator).

GK Films acquired the screen rights to "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" shortly after the book was published by Scholastic Press in 2007 and immediately became the #1 New York Times best-selling novel. The ground-breaking book was universally praised by critics and received several literary awards including the coveted 2008 Caldecott Medal and a National Book Award; it was also named the New York Times' Best Illustrated book among many other honors.

Hugo Cabret will be filmed at London's Shepperton Studios as well as on locations in London and Paris. It is scheduled for a December 2011 release in North America by Sony Pictures.



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Magician's Muse

HERE'S THE CONTEST: I have one -- ONLY ONE -- advance reading copy of #6 THE SEER, MAGICIAN'S MUSE that I can give away.

To win this book and read MAGICIAN'S MUSE before the Oct. 1st release, all you have to do is guess which character is going to die. Yup. A teen character who has been in at least two books is going to be killed in the 6th book.

Which THE SEER character do you think is going to die? I'll draw a winner from the correct answers. Email ljscheer@yahoo.com with your guess for one entry.

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WINNERS ANNOUNCED Mystery Mania Writing Contest

Grades 6-8 Category
First Prize Emily Mullis "The Imperial Dragon Mystery"
Second Prize Kassidy Cameron "The Mystery of Hero"
Third Prize Tessa Demko "Stones"

Grades 9-12 Category
First Prize Riva Martin "Secret in the Closet"
Second Prize Rachel Urbanowski "Accidents"
Third Prize Aron Kowalski "The Mystery of My Demise"




It was a difficult choice. All entries were excellent.
Winners were chosen by popular vote by patrons and staff.
Thanks to all.


A special thanks to the Friends of NMPL for donating the first prize Visa cards and Paul Schyler of Bank Street Theater for donating the third prize movie tickets.