Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film)

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adventure film dark fantasy film film

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 dark fantasy adventure film directed by Tim Burton, adapted from Ransom Riggs's novel about a boy who discovers a hidden orphanage for children with supernatural abilities.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → dark fantasy film → film →
adaptationOf	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (novel) →
antagonistGroup	hollowgasts → wights →
basedOn	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (novel) →
basedOnAuthor	Ransom Riggs →
character	Abe Portman → Barron → Bronwyn Bruntley → Emma Bloom → Enoch O'Connor → Horace Somnusson → Hugh Apiston → Millard Nullings → Miss Alma Peregrine → Olive Abroholos Elephanta →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Tim Burton →
genre	adventure → dark fantasy → supernatural →
guardianCharacter	Miss Alma Peregrine →
guardianRole	headmistress of the orphanage →
hasElement	orphanage → supernatural abilities →
hasSupernaturalGroup	peculiar children →
hasTheme	acceptance of difference → coming of age → time loops →
language	English →
leadCharacterAbility	Jacob can see hollowgasts →
mainCharacter	Jacob Portman →
narrativePerspective	primarily from Jacob Portman's point of view →
plotSummary	A teenage boy discovers a hidden orphanage for children with supernatural abilities and must protect them from dangerous creatures. →
protagonist	Jacob Portman →
releaseYear	2016 →
setting	Wales → time loop in 1943 →
targetAudience	young adult →
title	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jane Goldman → Rupert Everett ("Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children") → Tim Burton → Tim Burton →	notableWork
Jane Goldman ("Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs") →	basedScreenplayOn
Tim Burton →	directed
Chris Lebenzon ("Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children") →	edited
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (film) ("Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children") →	title
Jane Goldman →	wroteScreenplayFor