Michael Stuhlbarg and Emily Mortimer have joined the cast of Martin Scorsese’s currently-in-production adaptation of Brian Selznick’s historical children’s fiction, “The Invention Of Hugo Cabret.”
Stuhlbarg and Mortimer recently worked with Scorsese on his last two major productions (the “Boardwalk Empire” pilot and “Shutter Island”) and now join the likes of Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Chloe Moretz, Asa Butterfield, Jude Law, Ray Winstone and Christopher Lee for the story of an orphaned boy secretly living at a Paris train station who is caught in a magical, mysterious adventure after encountering a broken machine, an eccentric girl, and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop.
Editor Thelma Schoonmaker described the project as “a whole new kind of film for us” as “it’s very visual [with] very little dialogue.” The film will of course be shot in 3D and mark Scorsese’s first venture into the format, something he aspired to do after finding “he didn’t feel that the 3D he saw was as interesting as in the old ones like ‘Dial M for Murder’ and ‘House of Wax.’ He’s decided he wants to be stronger with 3D to make it jump out at you. He’s going to go a little bit further with it.”
We’re not exactly diehard fans of 3D or children’s films but with that motivation and this cast, we can’t help but be intrigued for what Scorsese has in store. “Hugo Cabret” is shooting now in Paris and London and is slated to hit theaters December 9, 2011.