Writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton on Adapting Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle
Writer/director Destin Daniel Cretton re-teamed with his Short Term 12 star Brie Larson for The Glass Castle, based on Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir about her chaotic childhood. Walls’ parents struggled with substance abuse and mental illness, and their four children were often hungry and neglected. Larson plays Walls as a young adult, professionally successful as a gossip columnist in New York. As the film opens, we see her leave an elegant restaurant after dinner with her Wall Street fiancé and his prospective client. From her taxi,
Watch Brie Larson & Woody Harrelson in the new Trailer for The Glass Castle
Lionsgate released a new trailer for the upcoming film The Glass Castle, called “Dream.” The film is based on the long-lasting New York Times best-selling memoir of the same name by Jeanette Walls, a gripping portrait of family dysfunction that made major waves when it was published in 2005. The film stars Oscar winner Brie Larson (Room), Woody Harrelson (The Messenger) and Naomi Watts (Birdman) and is directed by Destin Cretto,
