Image Entertainment August 17, 2010 Synopsis: This moving tale of a boy who befriends a mysterious man with unearthly powers will cast a spell on the entire family! Young Michael hates his dilapidated new home, he’s worried about his sick baby sister and he’s bullied at school. But life changes when he stumbles upon “Skellig” … Continue reading
NewStatesman.com Rachel Cooke 16 April 2009 Skellig: Sky 1 The Department Store: BBC2 Mostly, I prefer being an adult to having been a child; my childhood was often miserable, and I longed to escape it. One of the things I do miss is the ability to lose myself completely in fiction. The child who is … Continue reading
The Guardian John Dugdale 6 April 2009 Newspapers I was a Guardian man for many, many years but two years ago I had a change of heart – it got a bit celeby. I still get it on Fridays but read the Times and get the Observer and Sunday Times on Sundays. I’d never read … Continue reading
Guardian.co.uk Leigh Holmwood 2 September 2008 Sky1 has signed up Oscar nominees Tim Roth and Kelly MacDonald as well as Life on Mars star John Simm for its new feature-length drama Skellig. The 120-minute “modern fairytale”, which is based on David Almond’s Whitbread Children’s Award-winning novel, is the first project to commence production from Sky1’s … Continue reading
