A Classic Comic Strip Becomes a Movie

A teaser trailer for Netflix’s upcoming movie Slumberland was simply launched. The movie stars Jason Momoa and relies on a traditional and intensely influential newspaper cartoon by Winsor McCay referred to as Little Nemo In Slumberland. The movie model is directed by The Hunger Games franchise’s Francis Lawrence.

The movie tells of a youngster, Nemo, who not too long ago misplaced her father. An outlaw from Slumberland seems to her whereas she’s sleeping one night time, and offers her a tour of his world. They hatch a plan to determine a option to get to see her father once more. The trailer additionally showcases some unbelievable particular results, similar to buildings rising out of the bottom and a huge sea.

Here is the movie’s official synopsis:

Slumberland takes audiences to a magical new place, a dreamworld the place precocious Nemo (Marlow Barkley) and her eccentric companion Flip (Jason Momoa) embark on the journey of a lifetime. After her father Peter (Kyle Chandler) is unexpectedly misplaced at sea, younger Nemo’s idyllic Pacific Northwest existence is totally upended when she is shipped to reside within the metropolis together with her well-meaning however deeply awkward uncle Phillip (Chris O’Dowd). Her new faculty and new routine are difficult by day however at night time, a secret map to the fantastical world of Slumberland connects Nemo to Flip, a rough-around-the-edges however lovable outlaw who shortly turns into her accomplice and information. She and Flip quickly discover themselves on an unbelievable journey traversing goals and fleeing nightmares, the place Nemo begins to hope that she shall be reunited together with her father as soon as once more.

Slumberland will debut on Netflix in November of 2022.