Il s’agit de l’un des films Disney les plus attendus : WRINKLE IN TIME (« Un raccourci dans le temps »), tiré du classique de la littérature jeunesse et bestseller international écrit par Madeleine L’Engle, sortira dans les salles américaines le 9 mars 2018, et en France cinq jours après, le 14 mars. La bande annonce a été mise en ligne sur le site d’Hollywood Reporter :
En France, les droits de CASTLE HANGNAIL sont encore disponibles :
From the creator of Dragonbreath comes a tale of witches, minions, and one fantastic castle, just right for fans of Roald Dahl and Tom Angleberger
CASTLE HANGNAIL by Ursula Vernon Dial Books, April 2015
When Molly shows up on Castle Hangnail’s doorstep to fill the vacancy for a wicked witch, the castle’s minions are understandably dubious. After all, she is twelve years old, barely five feet tall, and quite polite. (The minions are used to tall, demanding evil sorceresses with razor-sharp cheekbones.) But the castle desperately needs a master or else the Board of Magic will decommission it, leaving all the minions without the home they love. So when Molly assures them she is quite wicked indeed (So wicked! REALLY wicked!) and begins completing the tasks required by the Board of Magic for approval, everyone feels hopeful. Unfortunately, it turns out that Molly has quite a few secrets, including the biggest one of all: that she isn’t who she says she is.
This quirky, richly illustrated novel is filled with humor, magic, and an unforgettable all-star cast of castle characters.
L’adaptation cinématographique de ce titre publié par Scribner et dont les droits français ont été acquis par Michel Lafon Publishing a été réalisé par Mira Nair, la réalisatrice indienne qui en 2001 avait remporté le Lion d’Or à Venise avec « Monsoon Wedding ».
Ci-dessous, la bande annonce du film, produit par Disney :
Publié par Scribner en Octobre 2013, THE QUEEN OF KATWE relate l’incroyable histoire de Phiona Mutesi, jeune ougandaise, championne d’échecs. Élevée dans un bidonville, elle découvre les échecs à l’âge de 9 ans, errant affamée, dans les couloirs d’un tournoi organisé dans un refuge.
Les droits de THE QUEEN OF KATWE ont été cédés à Little, Brown UK (Royaume-Uni), Scribe (Océanie), Bruna (Pays Bas), BTB (Allemagne), Piemme (Italie), Juritzen (Norvège), Kinneret (Israël), Woongjin (Corée).
The “astonishing” (The New York Times Book Review) and “inspirational” (Shelf Awareness) true story of Phiona Mutesi—a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Uganda
THE QUEEN OF KATWE
One Girl’s Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion By Tim Crothers Scribner, October 2013
One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende.
Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess—a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chessboard in the dirt, Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that—like their daily lives—requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona.
By the age of eleven Phiona was her country’s junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master—the first female titled player in her country’s history—Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world’s most unstable countries. The Queen of Katwe is a “remarkable” (NPR) and “riveting” (New York Post) book that shows how “Phiona’s story transcends the limitations of the chessboard” (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).