Los Angeles: `Alien` star Sigourney Weaver is the latest star to join the Liam Neeson-Felicity Jones starrer `A Monster Calls`.
The film is an adaptation of Patrick Ness` award-winning children`s fantasy novel and is being directed by Juan Antonio Bayona of `The Impossible` fame.
The story revolves around a young boy who attempts to deal with bullying at the hands of his classmates, and his mother`s terminal illness, by escaping into a fantastical world through the guidance of a tree monster, reportedly.
Weaver will play the boy`s grandmother, Jones is on board as the mother, while Neeson is playing the titular monster.
The film will release on October 14, 2016.
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